C. Jeanenne Bell
C. Jeanenne Bell (born in Birmingham) is a jewelry appraiser, dealer, author and publisher who has appeared on the television program Antiques Roadshow since its first year.
Bell studied architecture and interior design. She became interested in hairwork, jewelry made using locks of hair from loved ones, and began a collection. She earned a graduate gemologist designation from the Gemological Society of America. She completed her first book on antique jewelry for Indiana University and the International Society of Appraisers in 1984.
Bell founded Jewelry Box Antiques in Shawnee, Missouri and Antiques Detectives and its AD Press in Lenexa, Kansas. She debuted her own line of revival jewelry in 1993.
Bell is a member of the Society of Jewelry Historians, the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors, the Hairwork Society, the Alumni Association of the Gemological Institute of America, and the National Association of Jewelry Appraisers. In addition to Antiques Roadshow she has appeared on Treasures in Your Home (PAX-TV), FX Collectibles (FOX), and the Saturday Early Show (CBS).
Bell and her husband Michael Marshall have four children, ten grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Books
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (1996-) Answers to Questions About Old Jewelry: 1840-1950. Books Americana (1st - 4th editions) Krause Publications. (5th - 7th editions) - 7th edition, 2009 ISBN 0896896951
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (2001) How to be a Jewelry Detective Lenexa, Kansas: AD Press. ISBN 0970337809
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (2001) Jewelry Detective Book: Resources
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (2004) Collectors' Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches: 1500 - 1950s. Collector Books. ISBN 1574323954
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (1998) Collectors' Encyclopedia of Hairwork Jewelry. Lenexa, Kansas: AD Press. ISBN 0970337876
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (2003) Warman's Antique Jewelry Field Guide: Values and Identification. Krause Publications ISBN 0873495276
- Bell, C. Jeanenne (2004) Collecting Victorian Jewelry: Identification and Price Guide
External links
- C. Jeanenne Bell. Antiques Roadshow archive
- Jewelry Box Antiques website