An appreciation of ethnic jewellery and adornment

To those interested in buying my wife Truus Daalder's Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment

Several members of "Ethnic Jewels" have bought copies of my wife Truus Daalder's *Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment*, which I am helping her to sell. For those wishing to know more, a few comments. We now have only a very limited number of copies left for direct sale from us. Unfortunately we cannot, for a single copy, compete against Amazon.com outside Australia. Amazon sells the book at a very reasonable price - usually around USD$150, although currently it is just over $141, which represents great value indeed. Their room to move the price down further is inherently limited by the fact that the Australian dollar is very strong. Those wishing to buy a minimum of THREE COPIES at a wholesale price from us can do so very advantageously: please write to us, which is best done by going to our website for the book at http://www.ethnicartpress.com.au, and we can then give you a quote. Several people here have been very happy to buy this way. But for a single copy we would advise buying from Amazon (which is supplied by our fellow-publisher Macmillan). Thank you for reading this notice. I add, finally, that the book was produced for love, not money. We found it worth doing, but as a way of sharing an interest and passion with others - not as a commercial venture. And that is the honest truth! With best wishes, - Joost Daalder

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Comment by Joost Daalder on August 18, 2011 at 12:49: We bought this piece from Tadema in London in 1994. I beleve is correct name is "Les cigales", but otherwise the name is close. It cost us roughly US$10,000. Much more recently we bought, in Sydney, "Semi de marguerites", at $2000, whch did not seem dear, allthough Lalique is popular in Australia - but the buyers are mean! The "Cigales" are amber in colour, and the other one is a fairly light blue. We don't want to sell, thanks. Best wishes! - Joost

Comment by lennart on August 18, 2011 at 10:39: Dear Joost Daalder, being a young collectioner of Rene Lalique's (glass)work, the Internet has become my working tool. I apologize in advance by stubbing in, but I happen to stumble upon your conversation on this site. You made a remark about a Lalique brooch you own(ed) I am very much interested in these kind of pieces. If its for sale, please let me know. I am currently writing a PHD about Lalique at Leyde University and research famliy histories of clients of Lalique in the Netherlands. There are wonderfull stories to tell. My best regards, Lennart

lennartbooij@bkb.nl