JEWELRY RESEARCH SITES AND REFERENCE MATERIALS

Hallmarks
www.modernsilver.com
A good source for silver hallmarks.

FOR GEMSTONE INFORMATION
Gemological Institute of America, the World's Foremost Authority in Gemology
www.gia.edu

EXCELLENT REFERENCE BOOKS FOR ESTATE JEWELRY IDENTIFICATION

American and European Jewelry 1830-1914
Charlotte Gere

American Jewelry Manufacturers
Dorothy Rainwater
A great source used to identify American Jewelry.

Art Nouveau Jewelry
Vivienne Becker
Great source for Art Nouveau Jewelry

Answers to Questions about Old Jewelry
C. Jeanenne Bell G.G.

Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide
Kyle Husfloen

Bedazzled
5,000 Years of Jewelry
The Walters Art Museum

Christie's Twentieth-Century Jewelry
Sally Everitt and David Lancaster

English Silver Hallmarks
Judith Banister
500 makers marks from 1697 to 1

How to Be a Jewelry Detective
C. Jeanenne Bell G.G.
Excellent place to start for estate jewelry research.

Gems and Jewels
A Connoisseur's Guide
Benjamin Zucker

Guide to Gold Marks of the World
Jan Divis
Excellent tool to help determine jewelry period and country of origin by reviewing gold mark.

An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry
Harold Newman
Great book that defines past jewelry terms.

Jewelry Trade Mark Book
1934 Edition
How to find trademarks

Masterpieces of American Jewelry
by Judith Price

Masterpieces of French Jewelry
by Judith Price

Pleasures of Jewelry and Gemstones
Joseph Sataloff and Allison Richards

Popular Jewelry of the '60s, '70s, and 80's
Roseann Ettinger

Turquoise
The World Story of a Fascinating Gemstone
Joe Dan Lowry and Joe P Lowry

Warman's Jewelry Identification and Price Guide
Christie Romero
"A fully illustrated identification price guide to the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries."

AUCTION COMPANY CATALOGS, DESIGNER CATALOGS FOR VINTAGE JEWELRY INDENTIFICATION

Cartier
Christie's
Illustraded Jewelry Catalog, 1892, The New England Jeweler
Skinner's
Sotheby's

ANTIQUE AND ESTATE JEWELRY RESEARCH
The American Society of Jewelry Historians
http://www.jewelryhistorians.com

PATENT RESEARCH
US Patent and Trademark Office
www.uspto.gov/parft/#notices

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