May 27, 2004 - Sale 2008

Sale 2008 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 489
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(GEM CUTTING.) Group of 13 volumes on gem cutting. Illustrated. 8vo, various bindings. Vp, vd

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Marsh. Cameo Cutting. Darnton's Manuals for Home Work. London, (1890) Renton. Intaglio Engraving. London, 1896 Claremont. The Gem-Cutter's Craft. London, 1906 Drake; et al. The Art of Gem Cutting. The Mineralogist Vol. 6, no 4. April, 1938 Baxter. Jewelry Gem Cutting, and Metalcraft . . . revised edition. New York, (1942) M.D.R. Manufacturing. The Book of Gem Cuts Vols 1 and 2. Los Angeles, 1949 Sinkankas. Gem Cutting: A Lapidary's Manual. Princeton, 1955 Sperisen. The Art of the Lapidary. New York, (1971) Ritchie. Shell Carving. History and Techniques. South Brunswick, N.J., (1974) Walter. Gemstone Carving. Radnor, (1977) Ludel. How to Cut a Diamond. Inscribed to Polissack by Ludel. Np, Nevada, 1985.