Antoinette Matlins

Jewelry & Gems at Auction

The Definitive Guide to Buying & Selling at the Auction House & on Internet Auction Sites

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Guides you through the auction process to take the guesswork out of buying and selling at auction and reduce the risk of making costly mistakes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781683361404
• ISBN-10: 1683361407
• Artikelnr.: 45377475

Autorenporträt

Antoinette Matlins, PG, FGA, is an internationally respected gem and jewelry expert, author and lecturer. With over 1 million copies of her seven books in print in nine languages, she is the most widely read author in the world on the subject of jewelry and gems. Honored with the international Accredited Gemologists Association's highest award for excellence in gemology, Ms. Matlins' books are widely used throughout the world by consumers and professionals in the gem and jewelry field. Her books include Jewelry & Gems: The Buying Guide (over 400,000 copies now in print-the only book of its kind ever offered by Consumer Reports); Colored Gemstones: The Antoinette Matlins Buying Guide; The Pearl Book: The Definitive Buying Guide; Gem Identification Made Easy; Engagement & Wedding Rings: The Definitive Buying Guide for People in Love; and Jewelry & Gems at Auction: The Definitive Guide to Buying & Selling at the Auction House & on Internet Auction Sites (all GemStone Press). Former gemology editor of National Jeweler magazine, her articles and comments on buying and selling gems and jewelry and on gem investment have appeared in many national and international consumer and trade publications. She is also the author of the "Gemstones" chapter in the Encyclopedia of Investments, second edition. Ms. Matlins has gained wide recognition as a dedicated consumer advocate, and continues to spearhead the Accredited Gemologists Association's nationwide campaign against gemstone investment telemarketing scams and other types of consumer misrepresentation. A popular media guest, she has been seen on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, educating consumers about gems and jewelry and exposing fraud. In addition to her educational work, Ms. Matlins is retained by clients worldwide to seek fine, rare or unusual gems and jewels for acquisition.

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Contents List of Price Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii List of Special Charts and Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii List of Color Photograph Sections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi part i
Buying and Selling at Auction 1. The Allure of the Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. The Traditional Auction House: How to Be a Successful Buyer or Seller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. What to Expect at Internet Auctions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 4. Opportunities Exist, but Not without Risk: What to Watch Out for When Buying or Selling at Auction . . . . 70 part 2
Becoming Familiar with Gems 5. Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 part 3
Diamonds 6. What Is a Diamond?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 7. Judging Cut and Its Effect on Beauty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 8. Judging Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 9. Judging Clarity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 10. Diamond Grading Reports: How to Read Them . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 11. Is It a Diamond or a Diamond Imposter?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 12. How to Avoid Fraud and Misrepresentation When Buying Diamonds at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 13. Fancy-Color Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 14. Understanding Diamond Prices and What to Bid . . . . . . . . . . . 163 vi Contents part 4
Colored Gemstones and Pearls 15. The Allure of Colored Gemstones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 16. Judging Quality in Colored Gemstones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 17. Colored Gemstones at Auction: Natural, Treated, Synthetic, and Imitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 18. Understanding Colored Gemstone Prices and What to Bid . . . 208 19. Choices in Colored Gemstones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 20. Pearls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 21. Gemstone Investment: Not for the Casual Investor . . . . . . . . . . 253 part 5
Design and Style: Great Jewelry 22. Gold and Platinum: Timeless Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 23. What's in a Name: Great Jewelry Periods and Great Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 part 6
Important Advice Before Buying or Selling at Auction 24. Important Questions to Ask Before Buying or Selling at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 25. How to Find a Reliable Gemologist-Appraiser- And Why You Need One . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Internationally Respected Laboratories Issuing Reports Used by Major Auction Houses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295 Online Auction Sites. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 A Selected List of Auction Houses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Where to Get Additional Information 298 Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Black and White Exhibits and Color Plates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Price Guides Retail Price Guide for Round Brilliant-Cut Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Retail Price Guide for Old-European Cut Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Retail Price Guide for Rose-Cut Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Retail Price Guide for Briolette-Cut Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 A Sampling of Diamonds Sold at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168 Retail Price Guide for Fancy-Color Diamonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 A Sampling of Fancy-Color Diamonds Sold at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 A Sampling of Colored Gemstones Sold at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Top Twenty Natural Pearl Lots Sold at Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 Special Charts and Tables Sizes and Weights of Various Diamond Cuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Diamond Color Grades . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Commonly Used Diamond Color Grading Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Commonly Used Diamond Flaw (Clarity) Grading Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Comparison of Diamonds and Diamond Look-Alikes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Gemstones That Are Not Routinely Enhanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 How Treatments Affect Prices of Colored Gems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Gold Marks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 How Alloys Affect Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262