Antique Jewelry Book

ChristinaMarieH wrote

on Jan 10, 2009 11:03 AM

 I am looking for a comprehensive book with antique jewelry from 1800-1950, especially images of pieces from Czechoslovakia and West Germany.

Any ideas?

Sunrise Jewelry wrote

on Jan 10, 2009 11:56 AM

 Have you tried a search on Barnes & Noble or Amazon for "antique jewelry books"?  If you're thinking it and we're discussing it, I'm sure someone before us has too and it's out there somewhere.

 Truly interesting topic, I love the old pieces too.  Good luck!

SCB1 wrote

on Jan 10, 2009 12:30 PM

For myself I would head to the local library and do a search. If I found something I really wanted for my own library I would then see if I could order at either Barnes and Nobles or Borders. You could also seach for it at Amazon but first I would find what I wanted and barrowed it from my laibrary.

Sunrise Jewelry wrote

on Jan 10, 2009 1:03 PM

 Sue is right.  Please forgive me, I'm a product of my 15-year-old kid and tend to forget that there's a way to do anything other than on the internet.  

ChristinaMarieH wrote

on Jan 10, 2009 3:07 PM

 Thanks!

I was without internet for a long time...it happens to be the last place I think to look for stuff. I earned a great big DUH award.

Sheila H wrote

on Jan 11, 2009 11:24 AM

 On a side note ... my son was doing a report for Geography class, he has Iran and this was shortly after the Iraq war started. Anyway, we could not find what we needed on the internet. I told him we were doing it old school. So I took him to the library and in 10 mintues we had what we needed. We had researched the internet for like 5 hours over several days and everything that came up had to do with the war. Anyway...mom amazed him that day. I think that the library is becoming almost forgotten.

I agree that you should check the library first. See what they have, check them out. Then if you find something that you really like, then you can get it from the bookstore or purchase it online. That way you know that you are getting something that you will like and use. Otherwise, it is a chance as to whether it will be what you want/like/need.

wrote

on Jan 13, 2009 1:36 AM

It's true-the library is almost the last place I think to look for anything these days, which is a bit silly.  I used to love going to the library and poking around for hours on end.  I need to start doing that again.  Besides, that's cheap and educational entertainment for the whole family.

Sheila H wrote

on Jan 13, 2009 6:35 AM

I use to go every Friday that I did not work. I would grab some books, plus I would go get books on jewelry making. It really is a wonderful resource. Somehow having the internet right at our fingertips is working against that. So Sad!

GO LIBRARIES!

( Sorry I really don't know why I cheered for libraries, it just seemed right...)

SCB1 wrote

on Jan 13, 2009 8:22 AM

I need to go to the library today to return several books I checked out over the holidays. A few beading books and a novel
I love our library. It is new and has a separate area within for the children’s library. They have large picture windows in the back of the building over looking the wooded area and the flower gardens. Lots of bird feeders outside the windows. Beautiful in the winter white snow. there is fireplace lots of comfy chairs as well as long tables and chairs. they also have several quite rooms where you can study quietly.
Like I said I love my library!

Kokopelli wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 2:59 AM

I love libraries, too, because I love books. The internet is nice, if you can't find it in the library or want to look something up at once, deep in the night, during a blizzard etc. I loved the library of the university where I studied. Open 24/7 and for everyone (not only students), 2 million books! It was 1960's architecture, so not very beautiful, but I really miss it. And if you can't find a book there, they ordered it from another library in Germany, if it was available there.

Sunrise Jewelry wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 12:42 PM

 Books are actually my first love.  A definite lifesaver when I was a young girl, the only part I loved about punishment from my abusive mother was getting grounded to my room so that I could escape into a book.  My dream at that age was to read every book in the world....and then I grew up.  I still have most of my childhood books.  And I now collect vintage books (turn of the century from 1800's to 1900's).  Ironic that I love books so much that it's a challenge and act of self-discipline to pass by a bookstore without stepping inside, and I gave birth to a child who has always hated reading, except for anything to do with military, war, guns, history (especially ancient or anything to do with Reagan) or any form of physics -- go figure.

 I refuse to listen to books on tape and I prefer to "read the book" before "seeing the movie".  Anyone else like that or am I just strange?  LOL  

Zerenity by Inca wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 1:12 PM

Hi Dawn
I love books too ... My dream job allways been in a library (and I did as an assistant before I got sick), I also had a ton of books,and I collected and saved all my childhood "treasures" .... Tho my mum been nagging that I should give it to my cousin's kid, since my cousin did the proper thing and got a kid. So when my mum in a rush desided to empty her house before xmas and I got a lot more stuff into my tiny flat than I thought possible, I gave in and told her she could give the kid my books.
And I do like to read a book before seing the movie. But I dont mind listen to a book, someone reading to me is one of the few happy memories I have from being little... Tho since I learned to read when I was 4, my mum only read to me if I was sick. So I love "books on tape" (or cd)

CrystalCubeBead. wrote

on Jan 14, 2009 2:03 PM

I prefere to readthe book -- forget about the movie!  I have a much richer imagination than do the producer and director anyway!!

And, if we didn't like reading, we wouldn't be here either.

Stan B.

Sunrise Jewelry wrote

on Jan 15, 2009 12:46 PM

 I completely understand, Inca.  My mother never read to me, but my Grandma did and she encouraged me to start reading early much against my mother's wishes.  When I left home to go to university, my mother cleaned my room putting everything into boxes for me to take to Goodwill when I returned home for Christmas.  When my Grandma found out what she had done, she got very upset at my mother and she and my aunt went over and took all my stuff to store in her basement.  I have throughout the years gotten rid of most of my childhood stuff, except for my books and my Mrs. Beasley doll.

 I would love to work in a library, and have applied at a couple of the local libraries.  But nowadays they require a degree and/or lots of experience....just a love of books and reading is not good enough anymore.  So, any time my son's high school librarian puts out the call for volunteer help, I'm usually the first one she thinks of. 

 Out of curiosity, who remembers the old and Jane books? 

CrystalCubeBead. wrote

on Jan 15, 2009 12:50 PM

SunriseJewelry:

 

 Out of curiosity, who remembers the old and Jane books? 

Ahhh, yes:  Look!  Look Di--, see spot!  Run, Spot, Run!

Stan B.