Product Description

In this companion volume to GEMS AND JEWELRY APPRAISING, 2ND EDITION, the first comprehensive book on appraising, Registered Master Valuer Anna M Miller offers a comprehensive guide to antique, period, and contemporary jewellery identification and appraisal. Offering clear, practical, insightful guidance with a wealth of photos and figures, the book contains expert information, case studies, typical problems, pricing data, and key documents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #131332 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 216 pages

Review
"Beautifully illustrated. You will find expert inforamtion and clear insightful guidance on all aspects of appraising" - Antiques & Collecting Magazine, August 2004.

About the Author
Anna M. Miller, G.G., M.G.A., R.M.V, is a jewelry historian, author, lecturer and instructor.

The developer of the Master Valuer Program, a jewelry appraisal course that has been taught worldwide, she currently consults with individuals and companies on buying, selling, appraising, and interpreting the jewelry arts.

Miller is the author of five books on gems and jewelry, including Cameos Old and New and Gems & Jewelry Appraising.

Customer Reviews

"The Nuts & Bolts" of Appraisal Practice!
Anna Miller, in her recently updated version (9-99) of "The Illustrated Guide to Jewelry Appraising", gives a novice or a professional some expert information in this edition. The concepts and principles section alone is worth the price of the book, but her book also covers everthing from making the "correct identification" to tips on the appraisal document itself. Also included is supplemental info. on antique jewelry, estimating values and appraisal narrative, plus weight estimation formulas for unusual diamond cuts. I would suggest her book to anyone with an interest in appraising or anyone who has the need to understand the process of jewelry evaluation.

A narrative jewelry description, a methodology for research, and much more
Maybe you think the fine art of jewelry appraising is one of determining value alone - but there's so much more to the skill, as Registered Master Valuer and jewelry historian Anna Miller reveals in Illustrated Guide To Jewelry Appraising 3rd Edition: Antique, Period & Modern. Her updated, expanded new third edition combines case studies and typical valuation challenges with key documents to aid in the pricing process, instructions on how to do a narrative jewelry description, a methodology for research, and much more. Loaded with practical, technical data, Illustrated Guide To Jewelry Appraising should not be missed by any serious jewelry collector.

good book
This book has some valuable information and it is worth reading if you are a novice and you purchase a lot of jewelry for pleasure and business.
However, I noticed that she tells one story about cameo values in this book and tells the complete opposite in her cameo third edition book. That was a "red flag" warning in my opinion.