Plastic Bangles

I’m over the moon in reading this book! A real showstopper of photos and historical info, including the authors’ visual and written report on their visit to an old plastics factory. Magnificent! A must have if you collect vintage jewelry.

Love this beautiful book! Has all of the history on glorious bangles made in Lucite, plastic and more. Terrific pictures. If you love old or new bangles and want to know the background of them, this is a great book to purchase.

Fun book to peruse and use as a reference. I love it!

I went back and forth on buying this - figured I could return if didn’t like it . I purchased because I won a bunch of plastic bangle bracelets in an auction lot - I was just going to throw them out - but figured I’d do some research and check them out. WOW!!! I’ve only sold 4 so far but made 160$!! Since reading - and studying- I’ve purchased a few others from online and thrift stores that I plan on selling soon. I could NEVER have done this without this great and informative book!!! Paid for itself when I sold first bracelet for 75$. Plus, it really is fascinating !

Plastic Bangles is a must have book for people collecting not only Bakelite, but Lucite and other newer plastics. Great pictures and even though the book is over eight years old, prices listed are at least in the ball park. My only complaint about Plastic Bangles is the difficulty I find when trying to reference a bracelet and cannot easily find specific types. I have collected and sold vintage gold and costume jewelry for many years, but have only recently begun to dabble in plastics. With all the new and repro pieces out there I need all the reference books I can get my hands on.

Love, Love, LOVE this book! The photography is awesome! Gives some good testing methods to identify which type of plastic. When I was reading the book, I discovered I personally have several pieces in my own collection that were illustrated. And no, they're not worth hundreds or thousands but rather just a mear $20, but I'm happy just the same. :-)

This book not only provided valuable information, but also saved me from investing in "Fakelite." It's already paid for itself several times over. Love the photos and realistic pricing.

It was very informative and I was surprised that the book was as good as it was. Many other plastic bracelet books were not as organized as this was.