TCJ Book Club Pick: Cherie Burns’s Diving for Starfish

Drumroll, please! Our July 2018 selection for The Court Jeweller Book Club is…

Diving for Starfish by Cherie Burns! I recently finished this one, and it was a brisk, captivating read that lovers of this blog are going to absolutely eat up. The book details the writer’s attempt to solve a jewelry mystery, tracking down the whereabouts of a series of three (or four? or five? or more???) amazing ruby and amethyst starfish brooches made in the 1930s by the French jeweler Boivin. 

The journey takes Burns from New York to London to Paris and back, from famous auction houses to the homes of private collectors. The book sheds light on the immense secrecy that shrouds so much of the jewelry industry and emphasizes the difficulty of establishing reliable provenance for famous pieces. You’re all going to love it.

Diving for Starfish was published this spring, and it’s currently available in both hardcover and e-book editions from Amazon (and from other retailers). Used copies of the book can also already be purchased via Amazon. Grab a copy, dig in, and we’ll discuss the book here on the blog on July 26th!

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