Sarah Coventry® Jewelry

by Kay Oshel
Sarah Coventry® Jewelry
Author: Kay Oshel
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780764317040
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Sarah Coventry*R jewelry was produced from 1949 through 1984 and is extremely popular with collectors today. This beautiful book provides detailed information about dates of manufacture and company names for Sarah Coventry brooches, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings, and sets. Includes current market values, original catalog material, interviews with former employees, collector tips, glossary, index.

Identifying Sarah Coventry Jewelry, 1949-2009

by Sandra Sturdivant
Identifying Sarah Coventry Jewelry, 1949-2009
Author: Sandra Sturdivant
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764342141
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Sarah Coventry became a household word by selling beautiful, inexpensive, costume jewelry direct to the consumer and remained in fashion for more than 60 years. This in-depth look at the history of their designs contains more than 1,000 color images and engaging text. It begins with the unsigned years of 1949-1963, covers the cardex years of 1954-1965, includes the catalog years of 1966-1984, and has a smattering of beauties from the years after Lifestyle Brands acquired the rights to the trademark for other concerns. All of it has been carefully researched and documented, and presented here in full color form. Complete with a thorough genealogy of founder C. H. Stuart and his family, this is a great resource for jewelry collectors, historians, and fashion designers.

Fine Fashion Jewelry from Sarah Coventry

by Jennifer A. Lindbeck
Fine Fashion Jewelry from Sarah Coventry
Author: Jennifer A. Lindbeck
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780764311420
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Over 400 stunning color photos, with company history, original catalog pages and advertisements, retail and current values, and an index will help you rediscover the fine fashion jewelry and accessory lines from Sarah Coventry. Included are bracelets, pierced and clip earrings, pins, pendants, necklaces, rings, belts, original packaging and much more.

Sarah Coventry Jewelry

by Monica Lynn Clements
Sarah Coventry Jewelry
Author: Monica Lynn Clements
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764306860
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As an increasingly popular line of collectible jewellery, creations distributed by Sarah Coventry, Inc. have made their mark. From the 1950s through the 1980s, women purchased the jewellery exclusively at home jewellery parties. The success of the jewellery made Sarah Coventry, Inc. one of the largest distributors of costume jewellery. Although the parties are a thing of the past, Sarah Coventry jewellery has not been forgotten. Now, these durable and fashionable pieces are sought after by collectors who have rediscovered their timeless appeal. In Sarah Coventry Jewellery, authors Monica Lynn Clements and Patricia Rosser Clements have compiled nearly 400 photographs that display the unique designs along with their current market values. Sets, limited edition pieces, earrings, bracelets, rings, pendants, and brooches are shown. The photographs depict jewellery made of gold metal, rhodium, and plastic as well as jewellery adorned with colourful plastic "stones", rhinestones, and gemstones. This reference guide is a must for collectors of Sarah Coventry jewellery.

Emmons Fashion Magic Jewelry

by Cathryn S. Dippo
Emmons Fashion Magic Jewelry
Author: Cathryn S. Dippo
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
Total Pages: 173
Release: 2005
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764321948
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Emmons Fashion Magic was the first jewelry to be sold at home parties, between 1949 and 1981, preceding its sister company, Sarah Coventry. Known for its versatility and quality, Emmons jewelry is highly collectible today and deserves a place in all costume jewelry collections. 580 stunning, full-color photographs show, for the first time, the wide range of over 1,300 named designs in various materials and colors that has made Emmons fashion jewelry so popular. Here, over 1,700 jewelry items appear in groups arranged by their materials and colors, for easy identification. The markings and dating clues are discussed. Captions identify the design names, pertinent construction details, and values. Packed with details about the C. H. Stuart companies, their "showcases" (sales catalogs), and marketing via home fashion shows, this is the ultimate Emmons sourcebook and a must-have reference for all jewelry collectors.

Identifying Avon Jewelry

by Sandra Sturdivant
Identifying Avon Jewelry
Author: Sandra Sturdivant
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780764330612
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Open this book to find 3,200 glittering jewelry items distributed by Avon Products, Inc. from 1965 to 2006. It is an almost complete record of the company's production. Read the authority's guide to identifying each design by its official name and date of release, based on the original company brochures, along with current market values. Then go to your jewelry box and see your collection in a different light; now you, too, can become an authority. Learn how the Avon company evolved since 1886. The jewelry line began in 1965 and grew, through original designs and direct marketing home parties, into a giant with about 250 new designs each year. Avon packaging is also an important part of the jewelry's success, and here you will see all the variations that are so desirable among collectors today. Some of the original box styles may even inspire designers today to "think outside the box." This comprehensive new book will become the standard reference for Avon jewelry because it is handsome, complete, and wholly accurate. What more could a jewelry lover want?

Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry

by Marcia Sparkles Brown
Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry
Author: Marcia Sparkles Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2003-09
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9781574323672
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This book will teach any collector to identify the company that produced that enchanting piece of costume jewelry. Arranged alphabetically for the reader's convenience, the book highlights jewelry from 24 companies that is easily found and affordable. Home party plan Emmons, Sarah Ann Coventry, and Judy Lee; door-to-door Avon including Elizabeth Taylor and Kenneth Jay Lane designs; Monet, Napier, BSK, Art, Marvella, Western Germany, Gerry, Park Lane, B. David, Cathe, Dodds; the butterflies of La Roco; the whimsicals from JJ; and Les Bernard, Lisner, and Celebrity are all included in this beautiful book, which presents almost 400 full-color photographs. Tips on field identification and characteristics of the companies are included.

The Napier Co

by Melinda L. Lewis
The Napier Co
Author: Melinda L. Lewis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1011
Release: 2013
Genre: Costume jewelry
ISBN: 9780974374062
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The Napier Jewelry book is a visual encyclopedia of Napier Costume Jewelry. It tells the heretofore untold and phenomenal story of The Napier Co. inception, development, flowering, and ultimate success. It chronicles the history of its management, manufacturing, marketing, and most importantly, the unparalleled beauty of Napier fashion jewelry. With approximately 4000 pictures of Napier jewelry history and over 250,000 words of text and descriptions, you will be taken step-by-step, decade by decade, through the development of the Napier style. As a collector, you will learn to recognize the findings, materials, and designs to appropriately circa-date the Napier jewelry in which you are investing. As a lover of vintage costume jewelry, you will enjoy the drama and excitement of the trials, tribulations, and breakthroughs at each stage of the Napier journey. In the end, you will have a deep and lasting appreciation of the romantic story infused into the metal, gemstones, crystals, cabochons, and elegance of each piece of Napier jewelry that you own or are considering owning

Coro Jewelry

by Marcia Sparkles Brown
Coro Jewelry
Author: Marcia Sparkles Brown
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-10-15
Genre: Costume jewelry
ISBN: 9781574324129
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Two volumes of Signed Costume Jewelry, displays over 600 color photographs with identification and values in Coro Jewelry. Advertisements spanning the years 1943 to 1961 are included, as well as illustrations of the Canadian, English, and American plants and salesrooms. There are chapters devoted to Coro, Corocraft, Vendome, Francois, Mylu, and the company's international connections, including Mexico. Biographies and photographs of important company officers are featured. An additional.