184 pages, Fourth Edition, 2010

A unique book for all those who buy or sell gold or silver, jewellery or coins.

The book started when I worked at a jewellery shop specialising in scrap and bullion. From the very first day, I started making lists and charts: details of how to calculate scrap prices quickly, lists of coins and medallions, notes about how I had mistaken non gold items for gold.

This new edition contains the latest hallmark charts (including international marks), reviews of gold testers, and the latest information about trading in secondhand goods, weights & measures, and selling on the internet. Also: how to clean silver using a simple chemical reaction; how to check a weighing machine; advice about handling testing acids; details of the best places to sell gold and how much money to expect; how to buy and sell for profit.

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Hardback, 288 pages.

On one level this is a glorious picture book detailing the history of the fruit knife from the 1650s to the 1960s; on another level it is a guide for any collector or dealer showing the varying styles through the ages, including sponsors' marks, hallmarks and values.

So the next time you find 'an old penknife' or an 'interesting item of cutlery' check to see if it is an old fruit knife, and research its age, maker and value.

Pocket version of the famous 'Jacksons' (the original version weighs 3Kg) - but this is the small 'pocket' version. Contains 15,000 marks from England, Scotland and Ireland, enabling the dating of gold and silver items from 1300.
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Softback, 540 pages. 2005 edition.

Several thousand marks from around the world, look up the country or if you don't know which country, look up the mark in the index which is in 'picture' order.

5th Edition, 2005 (English language version)

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Hardback, 360 pages

A serious book about identifying gemstones, written by two professional gemmologists.

Rather than work through a list of gemstones, there's a brief introduction to gemmology, then a list of gem testers, describing their features and limitations.

The result is a complete set of instruction manuals for gem testers, a guide to the principles behind them...and by the time you've finished, you should be able to identify hundreds of gemstones. Includes loupes, microscopes, UV lights, dichroscopes, refractometers, spectroscopes and polariscopes.

A classic dictionary of gemmology including colour photographs and gem-testing. Hardback 240 pages, one only.
Why "clearance" ?

by Matheau-Raven, Hardback, 233 pages.

Present an 'expert' with a sliver plated item and he will probably examine it in great detail before pronouncing the obvious, "It's silver plated"...when what you wanted to know was: how old is it and who made it and when did they trade and what else did they make, and did they have any other marks and trade names? The answers are in this book.

James E Hickling, 1995, hardback, 175 pages.

Retail price was £16.99.


Contents and Review
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James Hickling, 1987, hardback, 192 pages.

Retail price was £14.99


Contents and Review
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A standard text book about metalworking, hardback, 512 pages, nearly 2Kg.


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