Inside the Jewelry Box, Volume 2.(Inside the Jewelry Box: A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewelry Identification and Values, Volume 2)(Brief article)(Book review)

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Inside the Jewelry Box, Volume 2

Ann Mitchell Pitman

Collector Books

PO Box 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009

1574325426, $24.95 www.collectorbooks.com 1-800-626-5420

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