Fabulous Fakes by Carole Tanenbaum (2006, Hardcover)

Nice book, super color and pictures. More of a coffee table book though than a reference book. Some very high end costume jewelry in this book makes it interesting to read and peruse. I wanted more information on each designer. However the pictures are some of the best I've seen. Also, I was hoping for some valuations of the jewelry pieces. Nice book and I'll keep it in my collection, but not one I refer to often.

The connoisseur's guide to the increasingly popular collectible and wearable genre. A brilliant and beautiful full-color package from one of North America's foremost experts. Carole Tanenbaum, a high-profile personality in the worlds of costume jewelry and fashion, is one of North America’s foremost collectors of vintage costume jewelry. Her pieces are featured in more than forty international venues, including Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, and Barneys, and have been showcased in exhibitions in museums that include New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Includes hundreds of color photographs.

It was a good price and beautiful colorful jewelry. I am a vintage jewelry collector and bead maker by craft and it gave me ideas for colors and I simply enjoyed looking at the lovely pieces.

lots of information. For the price I paid for this book it is really awesome. I wish there was a price guide tho.