Beads: A Reference and Price Guide by Sindi Schloss

Beads: A Reference and Price Guide, an historic jewelry review and comprehensive guide for identifying, dating, and valuing beads... A must-have resource for bead identification with price guides for appraisers, jewelry designers, estate buyers, antique dealers and collectors Addresses factors that affect a bead's value Charts help quickly identify, date, and evaluate beads Hints to help you recognize fakes and reproductions An overview of beads and bead materials throughout human history Sindi Schloss, graduate gemologist, jewelry appraiser, historian and teacher, was a friend of the late great Pete Francis and carries on his tradition of educating the world about beads of all kinds, from everywhere.