Antique Arrowheads

A Manual of Precious Stones and Antique Gems

Product Description
This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1874 edition by Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, London.

Adventures in Stone Artifacts: A Family Guide to Arrowheads and Other Artifacts

Midwest Book Review
Adventures In Stone Artifacts is an exciting, hands-on way to discover history. Readers will learn about arrowhead hunting and amateur archaeology, stone artifacts, surface hunting responsibilities and etiquette, and prehistory across America. Adventures In Stone Artifacts includes identification and cleaning charts, state preservation agencies, archaeological societies, museums, and more! Adventures In Stone Artifacts is a unique compendium, a wonderful guide to a very special personal hobby or family activity. Adventures In Stone Artifacts is highly recommended for school, public, and personal libraries!

Antique and Contemporary Advertising Memorabilia (Antique and Contemporary Advertising...

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The 2004 Advertising book has been largely expanded with over 1,000 new listings and photos plus updates on current listings. All listings indicate the condition of the item and are keyed to indicate whether the value assigned was derived from an auction, collector, or dealer. Designed to be a valuable tool for the beginner as well as the advanced collector with its easy-to-use alphabetical format and clear, full-color photographs, this book will be wanted by every collector and dealer for their research libraries. 2005 values. AUTHORBIO: B.J. Summers continues to compile essential references for advertising and Coca-Cola collectors. His popular books include Pocket Guide to Coca-Cola, Summers' Guide to Coca-Cola, Soda Pop Memorabilia, Antique Contemporary Advertising Memorabilia, and Value Guide to Gas Station Memorabilia. His books have become standard references in their fields. REVIEW: Advance warning: do not miss the AQS Calendar 2005 just published for the forthcoming year if you're an avid quilter or know someone who is. Once again the most beautiful of quilt designs are captured in a practical wall calendar format pairing full-page quilt designs with large-box calendar wall format presentation. Highly recommended indeed.

Antique Kilims of Anatolia

Book Description
The authoritative account of the acclaimed and collectible kilims, the tribal flatwoven rugs of Turkey. From fleece, yarn, dyeing, looms, and weaves, to the visual language, tribal weavers, and meaning, origins, and aesthetics of the kilim, this book provides an ideal summary of the subject. It is illustrated with over 80 colorful examples, fine ethnographic photographs, and drawings that explain structural features and designs. 80 color and 70 black-and-white illustrations. Originally published in a previous edition as The Tribal Eye)

About The Author
Peter Davies's Turkana Gallery specializes in kilims. He lives in New York City.

Antique Tool Collectors Guide to Value

Book Description
This book describes, prices, and illustrates 56+ categories of antique tools! Types of tools included are: Axes, Anvils, Blacksmith, Chair Making, Chisels, Cobbler, Cooper, Knives, Drills, Farrier, Files & Rasps, Hammers, Hatchets, Lathes, Mallets, Planes, Pliers, Rules, Saws, Screwdrivers, Shears, Shipwright, Squares, Tinsmith, Tool Chests, Tool Holders, Vises, Wrenches, & Many More Items! Thousands of old tools are shown!

Antique Trader Indian Arrowheads Price Guide (Antique Trader Arrowhead Identification and...

Book Description
Coverage is divided into four separate time periods for easily identifying and studying specific points.

Antique Trader Indian Arrowhead Price Guide offers extensive coverage of one of man's earliest efforts to create and manufacture objects of symmetry and beauty. Representative of a unique art form, arrowheads are as beautiful and individual as they were once functional. Often ranging in value from less than $10 to more than several thousand dollars, you'll gain a collecting advantage with the tips for grading, classifying, finding and buying points, 1,000 photos for accurate identification and expert pricing in this expert guide.

Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide

Book Description
In the respected tradition of the Antique Trader Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide, this new price guide gives jewelry collectors the same comprehensive coverage, detailed descriptions and reliable pricing. Thorough in scope yet still compact in size, this guide will appeal to all dealers, appraisers, and collectors.

The easy to use format first classifies jewelry by sectionfine antique, 1800 to 1920; modern, 1920 to present day; and costumeand then organizes jewelry alphabetically by type, such as bracelets, necklaces, watch chains, etc. A special sub-section on jewelry sets is also included. Lists 3,500 piecesfrom the unique to the everydaywith current values for each plus detailed descriptions that note important condition factors.

- Includes 3,500 pieces, each one with a specific price

- Easy-to-use, three-section format includes: fine antique, modern, and costume jewelry

- Detailed descriptions provided for every type of antique and collectible jewelry

Antique Trader Toys Price Guide

Book Description
Following in the tradition of the Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide, this comprehensive toy price guide provides the information every toy collector and enthusiast needs.

Every type of toy made over the past 200 years has become highly collectible, especially those since World War II. Compact, yet inclusive, this guide covers all major types of toys produced in the 19th and 20th centuries and provides detailed descriptions with current values for 3,500 toys. Toys are organized alphabetically by category of toy, such as action, battery-operated, vehicles, games, etc. making it easy to locate specific toys.

Collectors, dealers, and appraisers will rely on this handy pricing reference.

- Comprehensive overview of all major types of toys from the 19th and 20th centuries

- Organized alphabetically by category, such as, action toys, battery-operated, character toys, etc.

- One-source guide to 3,500 toys from true antiques to typical collectibles

Antique Typewriters and Office Collectibles: Identification and Value Guide

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Antique Typewriters Office Collectibles teaches readers to properly identify and evaluate what they have, in terms collectors can understand. In addition to typewriters, the highly collectible ribbon tins are given a special section. The nearly 400 full-color photographs allow you to recognize good machines, learn the differences among models, and distinguish the worthless from the valuable.1997 values. AUTHORBIO: Darryl Rehr is a professional journalist who began collecting typewriters in 1984. Antique Typewriters and Office Collectibles is Rehr's first book-length work in the field, but he has written extensively on the subject for almost two decades. He has been editor of ETCetera, the journal of the Early Typewriter Collectors Association. REVIEW: This identification guide offers a broad view of historical typewriters for anyone who is interested. Specifically, it tries to teach readers how to talk to typewriter collectors about the details of machines which may otherwise seem impossible to describe.

Antiques Price Guide 2008 (Antiques Price Guide)

Book Description
From acclaimed antiques and collectibles expert Judith Miller comes Antiques Price Guide 2008. With the latest prices, market trends, and tips on where and how to buy and sell everything from furniture, glass, textiles, and jewelry, to pottery, porcelain, silver, and tribal art, this book is the essential handbook for buyers, sellers, and collectors. AUTHOR BIO: Judith Miller began collecting antiques in the 1960s, and has written more than 100 books on antiques and interiors. She is a widely sought after lecturer on antiques and collectibles and is highly regarded by collectors and dealers alike. She contributes a monthly column on collecting to the financial times.

Antiques Source Book 2004-2005 (Antiques Source Book)

Book Description
Following the success of the first four editions of this ground-breaking guide, this year's edition continues the high quality, full-color format. Each item is accompanied by a color photograph, measurements and a price, and there is a special section on importing antiques to the United States. This is an excellent reference source for identifying and valuing your own antiques and collectables.

About The Author
Martin Miller has been involved in the antiques business since the 1970s. In 1979 the first edition of Miller's Antiques Price Guide was published and became the bible of the antiques trade. He lives in London, England.

Antiques Sourcebook 2004-2005: The Definitive Guide to Retail Prices for Antiques and...