2nd edition by Epstein, 2004
How to be One - How to deal with One
by David Stanley Epstein
149 pages, 30 illustrations, four colour-plates, soft-cover
What's the 'REAL price?
How could I get a break on the price of that stone?
Is the one which has more green or more yellow in it worth more?
Is that gem merchant treating me fairly?
How can a jeweler sell more high-profit coloured stone jewelry and tie up less capital?
These are some of the questions answered and some of the secrets revealed by this famous gem merchant/cutter and author.
If you have asked questions like these and found evasiveness or silence as your reply, you should read this book.
This book is not just a "must" for gem merchants, gemologists and appraisers; it is a book particularly for the jeweller who wants to make more money with coloured stones as well as for gem lovers in general.
About the Author
David Stanley Epstein is a native New Yorker who has traveled around the world trading gems. He has lived in the heart of the most intensive mining region of Brazil since 1983.
Among his credits are that he has been a gem consultant to the People's Republic of China and a foreign editor of Colored Stone Magazine. He is also a renowned gem sculptor and cutter.
Mr. Epstein has been published in the Lapidary Journal, Joyas y Joyeros (Madrid) and other gem and jewelry publications.
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