Antique Advertising

This book helps the beginner as well as the advanced collector in their search for the ideal collectible piece of advertising. There are thousands of listings, hundreds of color photos, and values keyed as to what source the author obtained the price. It is the ideal book for advertising collectors.

Timothy C. Fabrizio has been researching and writing about the talking machine for over 30 years and is presently a talking machine restorer and dealer in New York State. George F. Paul began collecting and researching the talking machine at the age of thirteen. His love of the machines has led him to become a widely recognized expert in the field. He lives in rural New York State with his wife and two children.

A professor of art for over twenty-five years, Cynthia Maris Dantzic is also the author of two prize-winning college texts on 2-D Design and Drawing and several children's books. Her collection of pocket mirrors began with a 10-cent purchase over thirty years ago and now includes over 400 examples.

Rich Bertoia lives in Vineland, New Jersey, where he is an auction cataloguer at Bertoia Auctions.

These colorful, compact guides contain a large amount of information for the beginning collector. Each tells where to start and provides brief introductions to various categories of the six types of collectibles. Arranged in chronological order to show major varieties, designers, manufacturers, and makers, each contains 120 to 150 full-color photographs that are necessarily small but are crisp and clear, well organized, and labeled to fit the text. Every page of each book has a boxed "Fact File" offering important additional details in support of the collectibles described. "Where To Buy" sections list major antique associations and dealers in Britain and the United States, and although the collectibles are British or from Europe, prices are given in American dollars. Additional reading appears in the "What To Read" sections. Except for Perfume Bottles and Advertising Tins, all the books have helpful glossaries, and Ceramics and Glass include makers' marks. Authored by either notable collectibles writers who worked with private collectors or by collectors themselves, these little books have a certain brightness and cheer that make them pleasant reading even if one is not a collector. Because the scope is limited to mainly British collectibles, this series is recommended for larger libraries where there is interest.ATherese Duzinkiewicz Baker, Western Kentucky Univ. Libs., Bowling Green
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