Passing of a Fellow Appraiser

Fellow appraiser David Maloney passed along the following information about the passing of jewelry appraiser Christie Romero. I did not know Chrisite, but my thoughts are with her family.

Christie Romero passed way this past Saturday, September 5th.
She led a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer, beating the odds
and living longer than a year after her diagnosis. Of course, she
would because she was such a noble person, working diligently on
her many projects which included teaching, writing and curating.
She was an inspiration to everyone in the jewelry world, from the
students she imbued with knowledge of jewelry to her books which included three editions of Warman's Jewelry. She was working on the exhibition, Adorned: Two Centuries of Jewelry and Dress: 1800-2000, a ground breaking show that incorporated jewelry with fashion. Teaching was her passion, giving classes in Southern California since 1988 and, in 1991, she began lecturing at the annual summer conference, Antique Jewelry and Art Conference, first at the University of Maine in Orono, Maine, and, later at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. She was an appraiser for The Antiques Roadshow and, in the 1990s, established The Center for Jewelry Studies.

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