This OUT OF PRINT catalogue lists and describes 15 Lots, ALL of which are amply illustrated, of highly selected creative marvels of Jewelry Masterpieces by Contemporary Masters !

The items include - ear clips, brooches, necklaces, bracelet, sculpture/object and rings!

Makers include - those in the header and Aletto Brothers, Daniel Brush, Carvin French, de Grisogono, Martin Katz, and Lynn Nakamura.

WOWSERS! Each item has an extensive commentary, and the photos of each designer with a history of their activities, apprenticeships and biography add a wealth of background data for these well-known contemporary international jewelry designers! A fabulously illustrated catalog!

If you have begun your own personal computer database of makers//styles/models, you will certainly find many new items and perhaps even a new jewelry designer to add to your list, information as well as gorgeous color pics, to add to it in this really exceptional reference book. How rewarding it is these days to use an easy-to-do source of instant information based on readily available software (FileMaker Pro, for example), designating KEY SEARCH TERMS to find/locate anything you might be interested in with the click of a mouse. It sure beats all those shelves full of reference books and the zillions of index cards! Just think of all the space you would save by having all that info on several CDs or DVDs!

Index, Biographies, Diamonds The 4C's [cut, colour, clarity, carat], Ring Size Conversion Chart [American - French/Japanese - English - Metric, inches/cm].

For well over 20 years I have been adding these extremely well illustrated, frequently monographic auction catalogues as reference sources to my personal library, and was always absolutely thrilled to find something dealing with my eclectic interests. As with many of the books in my research library, I frequently, when possible, obtained duplicate copies, as I like to have one to use and another as a back-up. They are really a UNIQUE source for hard-to-find data and for use as identification guides, usually containing information about the size, media, dates, styles, signatures, estimated values, and often data on the artist or maker. Older catalogues on specialized subjects are usually extremely difficult to find because knowledgeable collectors had already acquired them as invaluable reference sources when they first appeared!

Book in EXCELLENT Condition!!