This book is extremely useful for anyone new to cameo collecting. There is an extensive history of the cameo, information on famous cameo artists, as well as the different materials used for cameos. It contains a small section on how to date cameos, and how to spot fakes. Overall, a great book for the beginner.

Now available in an newly updated and expanded second edition, Cameos Old & New by Anna Miller is an informative and authoritative guide featuring a wealth of information on the creation, collection, appraisal, and appreciation of cameo jewelry. Filled with black-and-white photographs as well as an inset section of color plates, Cameos Old & New instructs the reader on how to distinguish cameos produced with ultrasonic technology from hand-carved ones, and how to separate old cameos from recent creations. A superb and comprehensive reference, Cameos Old & New is an invaluable resource and reference for collectors, dealers, curators, and anyone wanting to know more about the cameos in their possession.

very good book and helpful too. i enjoy looking at the pictures and it has lots of useful info!

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.

Boy-Crazy Stacey is really one of the best BSC books. Stacey and Mary Anne are mother's helpers for the Pikes for 2 weeks on the Jersey shore. Stacey meets a lifeguard and it's love at first sight for her!!!! But soon Mary Anne gets reeeally mad at Stacey. Will Stacey and Mary Anne survive Sea City? Will Mary Anne forgive Stacey. Does the lifeguard love Stacey. It's a sort of mystery and that's why I like it.

This book is awesome. You should get it if you dont already have it.Stacey and Mary Anne go with the Pikes to Sea City.Mary Anne gets sunburned really bad!Anyway stacey see's a cute lifrguard and falls in luv(as she puts it)the lifeguard's name is Scott Foley.But he's too old for Stacey and then she falls for Toby.Boy-Crazy Stacey is a great book.

Stacey and Mary Anne get to go on a dream trip. The catch? The are working as mother's helpers to the Pike's for two weeks. Lots of exciting things happen. Stacey falls in love with an older boy who is a lifeguard. Mary Anne gets sunburned. They find out Claire adverage at Putt-Putt Golf. And lots more. But Stacey is in a dreamland. She hangs around the lifeguard, Scott, and Mary Anne is getting pretty fed up with her. It semms to Mary Anne, that Stacey is getting paid to drool on a boy. And Mary Anne keeps trying to tell Stacey that Scott is to old. Plus, a boy mother's helper is helping Mary Anne. And they talk alot. Then, something shocking breaks Stacey's heart.

just review is not enough .please give some photograph also to get a better respons.photograph give clear picture about the making of book.please give more picture on net about the book.

This book is a very valuable basic for those interested in buying or collecting antique jewelry. It describes the different historical periods, lists the best markets for antique jewelry-hunting, gives information on how to spot fakes and bad quality, and also wirtes about historical jewels and jewelry care. The book is well presented, interesting, informative, and inspires the reader to start or further develop an antique jewelry collection.

The Buyer's Guide To Affordable Antique Jewelry is a great source of valuable information for the novice antique shopper as well as a excellent reference source for fellow gemologists. Anna Miller touches on easy to follow guides on how to distinguish between various periods of jewelry, with important information and photos on all types of jewelry and gemstones. As a gemologist, this book is an asset and should be a priority to all jewlery professionals, and potential jewelry antique shoppers.

Poor Kristy! She had a rocky start in her new neighborhood when some of the local kids turn out to be snobs & make fun of Kristy & the BSC. It must have been awful for Kristy when Shannon & her gang pointed at Kristy by the bus stop & ridiculed & humiliated her. I don't know if I would have been so quick to welcome Shannon into the BSC. Shannon's initial behavior kind of turned me off. The sad part when Louie the dog had to be put to sleep illustrated how painful it is to lose a pet. It was good that Kristy had that good cry then had the funeral for her dog. I know she really loved Louie.

This is a really good book about Kristy and how she feuds with dim Shannon Kilbourne, the nasty girl up the street. Some of their pranks are dead funny and it is also slightly tearjerking when it is louie the dogs funeral. Top quality stuff here!

I thought This book was really good. For anyone who loves babysitters club books has to read this one! Its a good book about Kristy and How she deals with Snobs in her neighborhood. It almost has a surprise ending to me! Its a really good book.

This type of book needs to be updated every year....especially with the economy we are living in.

buy gems but before you spend money know what you are paying for. Excellent guide lines as to all the current new 'designer' gemstones, being introduced to the market. However, add factor for the increase in gemstones prices. When is the new edition to be printed.??

This book has a wealth of information presented in a concise manner. It contains cuts of gems , colours, sources ..etc, and does not limit itself to a particular gem. It even contains information about pearls, which I thought surprising. I only wish it was more updated, bcause I have had it for 2.5 years, and went to amazon to see if a third version was issued.