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From the Antique Pocket Guides series - a useful series for the collector of small antiques. Collecting small antiques can be of absorbing interest, partly because of items are easy to display and partly because they can be found in a great variety of places, including antique shops, public auctions, bric-a-brac stalls, jumble sales and flea-markets. Each title in this new series is written by an expert in his or her chosen subject. There is a wealth of practical advice to help the novice over a...

World travelers can find glass bells in many countries, making them fun to search for and recall their adventures. Over 400 bells are shown in hundreds of color photographs to whet the interest of newcomers to the field. Seasoned bell collectors will also enjoy the carefully researched history, identification, and text about glass manufacturers and regional characteristics. Dating bells will be easier with this guide. The book will be handled often to compare details and identify glass patterns.

This distinctive pottery, made for use and for show at the village of Mata Ortiz, Mexico, evolved from Juan Quezada's first efforts in 1955 into a business that involves the village and now employs around 350 potters. Six distinct styles are presented: black, polychrome, sgraffito (etched), colored, miniature, and special shapes. Bowls, plates, vessels, and delightful figural pieces have recognizable glazes and coloring that have made Mata Ortiz pottery welcome in many ceramics collections today...

The revised and expanded second edition of this beautiful, popular, and easy-to-follow book is a thorough reference to antique and period jewelry, created over a 200-year period, in Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It presents the changes in construction techniques and jewelry styles through over 680 color photographs, including over 190 new images, with clear descriptions and explanations. From the Georgian through the Victorian, Belle Epoche, Art Deco, and Modern peri...

England - perhaps more than anywhere - is home to many excellent vintage and antiques fairs, from sprawling events attracting buyers from around the world to smaller local markets, from high-end affairs selling fine furniture, porcelain, silver and paintings to more modest gatherings offering everyday collectables and vintage. This guide provides comprehensive information about forty of the best regularly held fairs across England, offering practical advice on visiting, tips on how to bargain an...

Sure, you can tell red wine from white wine, but where do you go from there? You know how complex the intricacies of wine stewardship can be; but how do you make sense of the label and learn to identify a good wine by the way it looks or smells? The Everything Wine Book, 2nd Edition is your one-stop shop for conquering the world of wine--one grape at a time! In this completely updated second edition, you'll learn to: Talk the wine talk like a sommelier; understand and deconstruct wine labels, r...

This is the most informative book available for the collector of buttons, written by a second-generation collector who has traveled the world over to expand her knowledge of this exciting collectible. The book presents over 10,000 buttons of all imaginable materials from 150 AD to the present in full color and relates their history and development around the world. Buttons have been the fastest growing part of the collecting world for the last few years, and this book tells you about the trends...

Collectors will reach for this must-have volume to identify major production errors, defects, fakes, and oddities in U.S. postage stamps. This hobby standard contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on these collectible stamps that can be worth up to thousands of dollars. Issues produced from 1857 to 2002 are covered in detail. Listings contain quantities known, fakes and forgery warnings, condition, defects, variations, and photographs and are organised according to...

This text covers antiques and flea-market finds between the 19th and 21st centuries to include over 700 categories of today's hottest collectables. The book offers practical advice for flea market shoppers to maximize their experience by emphasizing preparation, organization and family fun.

Attract comic book collectors like a magnet! Packed with nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary comics and more than 1,000 illustrations, collectors will find updated listings and prices for Acclaim, Classics Illustrated, Dark Horse, D.C., Marvel and much more. Special sections are devoted to the highly collectible Golden Age, Color Comics, Black & White Comics, and Underground Comics. Each listing is cross-referenced and includes issue number, title, date, artist and current collector value in...

This guide is ideal for anyone who buys, sells or trades firearms for fun or profit.The one-volume guide to the world's most collectible cartridge-firing firearms features more than 50,000 listings with concise descriptions of antique, vintage, collectible and modern commercial firearms from 1857 to the present, complete with pricing in six condition grades.Dubbed "The Little Red Book" by firearm collectors, this firearms price guide delivers on its promise of being "Everything You Need - Nothin...

This practical, accessible guide is part of a series aimed primarily at the budding collector, featuring Staffordshire figures from the late 1830s through to the early 20th century. The book explains how these figures were often collected as souvenirs of a favourite play or a member of the royal family, thus serving as a record of the events and people of the time. The figures are divided into type, such as portraiture, animals or theatrical figures, and informative descriptions are given on the...

Vintage tractors, once viewed as useless relics of days gone by, are now looked upon in a different light. Collectors and historians are buying these iron horses to restore them to their original pride and power. This exhaustive reference offers histories of more than 900 tractor makers.

This essential reference for any handgun collector or enthusiast is now updated with current information on the latest guns and trends in the industry. New models are fully examined in the reliable, easy-to-use format readers are accustomed to. The comprehensive catalogue section is fully updated, expanded and well illustrated, presenting all of today's commercially available handguns. Detailed technical information collected from manufacturers is assembled in this wide-ranging guide. Each listi...