Required reading

For more information about vintage costume jewelry, look for these titles:

•Inside the Jewelry Box: A Collector’s Guide to Costume Jewelry, Identification and Values (Identification and Values) by Ann Mitchell Pitman. Published 2004 by Collector Books. List price $24.95

•Collecting Costume Jewelry 101: The Basics of Starting, Building and Upgrading (Identification & Value Guide) by Julia C. Carroll. Published 2004 by Collector Books. List price $24.95

•Costume Jewelry (DK Collector’s Guides) by John Wainwright, Judith Miller. Published 2003 by D K Collector Guides. List price $30.