Antique Beads

Possessed Possessions 2 : More Haunted Antiques, Furniture and Collectibles

Book Description
This sequel to Possessed Possessions includes 40 more amazing true stories of bizarre, unusual and unexplained incidents--all caused by haunted objects like the demented dolls, spirited sculptures, a pesky piano, a killer crib, and much, much, more.

About The Author
Ed Okonowicz is the author of 15 books, including two volumes featuring haunted antiques and nine volumes of the Spirits Between the Bays Mid-Atlantic ghost/folklore series. Several of his books have won state and national awards. The books in his DelMarVa Murder Mystery series are set on the Delmarva Peninsula, which includes Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia.

Also a professional storyteller, he has appeared in the documentary Ghost Waters, which was featured on The Learning Channel and he conducts ghost tours at Fort Delaware and other sites throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. He sometimes is referred to as "Delmarva's Stephen King."

Schroeders Antiques Price Guide (Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide)

Book Description
No other book on the market houses as much information for a bargain price. Once again over 50,000 listings from reliable sources are included and carefully checked by an authority on the subject. More than 400 expert advisors make sure only the best and most accurate data remains. Hundreds of sharp photographs accompany the 500+ categories: glass and porcelain, match holders, purses, cookie jars, jewelry, advertising, furniture, dolls, records and more. History and other pertinent facts complement the descriptive listings, which reflect the current market and developing trends. 2005 values. AUTHORBIO: After writing their first book, The Story of Fiesta, published in 1974, the Huxfords became pottery editors for Collector Books and in that capacity wrote several other books on various Ohio potteries: Roseville Pottery, McCoy Pottery, Brush-McCoy Pottery, Weller Pottery, and Roseville Pottery, Volume II. Since 1982 they have been editors of Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide; Schroeder's Collectible Toys; Antique to Modern; Garage Sale Flea Market Annual; and Wanted to Buy.

Schroeder's Collectible Toys Antique to Modern Price Guide (Schroeder's Collectible Toys)

Book Description
This book contains values for over 20,000 toys in every category imaginable action figures, cast-iron and paper lithographed toys, wind-ups, Barbie dolls, model kits, diecast banks, games, playsets, character toys, and many other categories of children's playthings dating from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first. Backing the editors is a fantastic team of researchers and advisors who carefully check every line for up-to-the-minute accuracy. Though primarily a price guide, the book also contains coded dealer listings devised to help the reader track down and purchase those hard-to-find items. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: After writing their first book, The Story of Fiesta, published in 1974, the Huxfords became pottery editors for Collector Books and in that capacity wrote several other books on various Ohio potteries: Roseville Pottery, McCoy Pottery, Brush-McCoy Pottery, Weller Pottery, and Roseville Pottery, Volume II. Since 1982 they have been editors of Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide; Schroeder's Collectible Toys; Antique to Modern; Garage Sale Flea Market Annual; and Wanted to Buy. REVIEW: This book is the #1 toy guide the field has to offer. Of the many toy books on the market today, only one tackles this enormous and varied field head-on - Schroeder's Collectible Toys, Antique to Modern. The book contains values for 20,000 toys in every category imaginable. It's easy to use and is compiled by the editors of the #1 antiques collectibles price guide in the country. Their team of advisors carefully checks each category for accuracy.

Solitaire of Love

From Publishers Weekly
The Uruguayan-born author of 20 novels (Dostoevsky's Last Night; A Forbidden Passion) offers a slim but intellectually rigorous meditation on the slippery, often illusory nature of love and the ways in which lovers alienate each other through words, sex and obsession. Peri Rossi shows how desire can at once marginalize, destroy and construct a sense of identity, using the vehicle of an affair between her unnamed male narrator and his beloved, Aida. Consumed by passion, the narrator becomes isolated from society and reality and is facing a self-destruction he seemingly craves. At the same time, it is his relationship with Aida that gives him an identity, as her body becomes the only thing he understands as real, though he projects so many unbalanced fantasies onto this body that he effectively reimagines Aida as an impossibility. He tries to create an inner paradise by imagining himself as Aida's unborn child; other times, he wants to be her husband, her worshiper, her possessor. The story unfolds in a fluid, nonlinear, poetic fashion, and Peri Rossi magnificently combines intense sexual imagery with a lucid and enigmatic philosophy of erotic love. The nature of language, especially the inadequacy of language to express sexuality, is also cleverly examined throughout: words are repeated and meanings explained so often that they lose their effect and intent as surely as the narrator loses his identity. This hyperintelligent language play may alienate readers unfamiliar with the novel's underpinnings of psychoanalytic theory, but those who enjoy the intellectual and sensual pleasures of Duras or Kundera will appreciate this treatment of alienation, sexuality and power. (Aug.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal
A Uruguayan writer living in Spain, Rossi offers a first-person narrative of sexual obsession. The narrator is fatally fixated on the body of the forcefully named Aida, whose conversation is made up of meaning-laden statements, as reported by the narrator. Most of the book consists of detailed descriptions of Aida's body in various states of dress and undress but includes the narrator's preoccupation with his own sexuality and variously interpreted vignettes of the narrator's encounters with Aida's young son, her ex-husband, and a shadowy confessor. The narrator's solipsism oscillates between adult and adolescent eroticismDhis use of the word key for the male organ, for example, is exceedingly symbolicDwhich makes the book intermittently sexy and exasperating. In the end, Aida inexplicably breaks off the affair, refusing to see the narrator. The reader is left with a portrait of self-eroticism in which the object takes little part. Recommended for readers interested in the European art novel.DHarold Augenbraum, Mercantile Lib., New York
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture: Chests, Cupboards, Desks and Other...

Product Description
The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture is an indispensable reference and collecting tool for novice and experienced collectors alike. Expertly researched, each of the 334 representative examples of chests, cupboards, desks, racks, stands and other pieces-from Federal to Colonial Revival to Mission to modern-are photographed in full color and accompanied by an authoritative description of the variations, materials, origin, and (if known) maker. Price listings and tips help both casual and serious collectors find great buys and identify valuable pieces. An extensive reference section includes a checklist for identifying styles, a discussion on construction and types of woods, an illustrated glossary, a list of public collections, tips for buying at auction and much, much more.

Back Cover Copy
This handy, authoritative guide contains over 300 premier examples of American case furniture-chests, cupboards, and desks-built from the seventeenth century to the mid-twentieth. From Federal, Chippendale and Empire styles to country, Mission and mid-century modern, this splendid array of furniture has been photographed, appraised, and categorized specifically for the collector. Each photograph is accompanied by an extensive caption that examines the maker, year of manufacture, materials of the piece, and hints for collectors such as the scarcity of the piece, demand, condition, and points to check before buying. An up-to-date price guide rounds out this indispensable guidebook.

The Antique Hunter's Guide to American Furniture: Tables, Chairs, Sofas, and Beds

Product Description
The history, price range, manufacturer background accompanied by a photograph of each piece of furniture allows both first-time collectors and experienced connoisseurs to identify and appraise American antique tables, chairs, sofas and beds whether they have been found in the basement, at a garage sale, consignment shop or flea market.

From Shaker to Mission to mid-century Modern, these antiques from the seventeenth century to the 1950s -- 347 in all -- are described by an in-depth text. An index, upholstery guide and list of public collections help readers evaluate antiques like pros.

Publisher Description
Also available in this series: THE ANTIQUE HUNTER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN POTTERY & PORCELAIN, THE ANTIQUE HUNTER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN FURNITURE: CHEST CUPBOARDS, DESKS & OTHER PIECES, and The ANTIQUE HUNTER'S GUIDE TO AMERICAN SILVER & PEWTER

The Bead Directory: The Complete Guide to Choosing and Using more than 600 Beautiful Beads

Product Review
"An impressive book as a resource and for dreamingA wish book, just for the eye candy."  —BellaOnline

"Spiral bound with a sturdy cover, which is a good thing because this book will get a workout!"  —Bead-PatternsMag.com

"A remarkable compilationa wonderful resource."  —Needlepoint Now 

"Beading fans will like the extensive reference section of bead-making artists and stores both Web-based and brick and mortar."   —Express: A Publication of the Washington Post

"Think of it as a 'field guide' for beads. It will help you make better purchasing decisions."  —Bella Online Guide to Jewelry Making

"Gorgeous, clever book."  —Get Creative

Product Description
Beaders and other artisans have knowledge and ideas at their fingertips with this comprehensive reference to more than 600 individual beads that are readily available and appropriate for contemporary projects. Chapters are separated by bead material—including glass, wood, semi-precious stone, and ceramic beads. Each bead is pictured from several angles, alongside descriptions of dimensions, color range, usage, special care, size of hole, weight, suitable stringing materials, relative cost, and suggested complementary beads. An extensive index lists suppliers in stores and online, making this reference an invaluable companion for designers looking to add to their bead-bag of tricks.

The Bead Goes On: The Sample Card Collection with Trade Beads from the Company J.F. Sick...

Product Description
· Shows the complete sample collection of the most important bead exporter to West Africa in the heydays of colonial bead trade
· Beautifully illustrated with a selection of the sample cards
· Long awaited publication as the beads were never on display to the public, thus providing a unique source of information for bead collectors and bead suppliers.

The Bead Goes On contains the complete sample card collection with trade beads from the J.F. Sick & Co. This German (later Dutch) company was one of the most importantif not the most important exporterof beads to West Africa in the first half of the twentieth century.

The important centers for bead making were Venice, Bohemia and Holland. Beads were relatively cheap and a much coveted commodity in the newly colonized countries of the times. In West Africa they were used in exchange for gold, palm oil and many other products and also played a role in the slave trade. The heyday of the colonial trade in beads was around and between 1850-1940.

When in 1964 the firm closed its office in Venice, it donated the sample collection of some 22,000 Venetian glass beads kept in its head office in Amsterdam to the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. This is a unique and very important reference collection of lamp beads and rosetta beads. The Bead Goes On shows a selection of the cards and the accompanying DVD shows the complete collection, in high and low resolution.


About The Author
Koos Van Brakel is Head of Collection of the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam.

The Best Little Beading Book (Beadwork Books)

The Ann Arbor Observer, December 1995
"they sell the bible for beaders, The Best Little Beading Book, by Wendy Simpson Conner"

Book Forum of San Diego, September 1996
"An excellent gift for all beadlovers!"

The Book Bills Of Narcissus

Product Description
Yes! it was the same old Narcissus, and he was wielding just the same old magic, I could see, as in our class-rooms and playgrounds five years before. What is it in him that made all men take him so on his own terms, made his talk hold one so, though it so often stumbled in the dark, and fell dumb on many a verbal cul-de-sac? Whatever it is, Samuel felt it, and, with that fine worshipful spirit of his--an attitude which always reminds me of the elders listening to the boy Jesus--was doing that homage for which no beauty or greatness ever appeals to him in vain. What an eye for soul has Samuel!

Download Description
Yes! it was the same old Narcissus, and he was wielding just the same old magic, I could see, as in our class-rooms and playgrounds five years before. What is it in him that made all men take him so on his own terms, made his talk hold one so, though it so often stumbled in the dark, and fell dumb on many a verbal cul-de-sac? Whatever it is, Samuel felt it, and, with that fine worshipful spirit of his--an attitude which always reminds me of the elders listening to the boy Jesus--was doing that homage for which no beauty or greatness ever appeals to him in vain. What an eye for soul has Samuel!

The Four Winds Guide to Indian Trade Goods and Replicas: Including Stone Relics, Beads,...

Book Description
This is a companion volume to the authors' excellent book of last year, The Four Winds Guide to Indian Artifacts. In this new book, over 800 color photographs of trade goods to American Indians over the last hundred and fifty years, and more, are featured. These important cultural relics of American history are avidly collected today by museums and enthusiastic individuals alike. Trade beads, frontier goods, military goods, stone relics, photographs, paper goods, and modern replicas of some of the best items are identified in great detail, and the actual auction estimates and prices realized are included in the captions. The authors are traders at the Four Winds Indain Trading Post in St. Ignatius, Montana. Here they have gained over fifty years of experience with authenic goods, and they conduct annual mail/phone/fax auctions which have established the values recorded here. You cannot find a more accurate reference.

The glorious epouch of beads in Russia

Product Description
The gorgeous designed art book "The glorious epoch of beards in Russia" by E. Yurova. Moscow publishing, in English, 2003 issue, new, wrapped, hardcover, 167 pages and more then 200 illustrations, size-11x9 inches. Printed in Europe. The art of Russian beadworks of 18-19 centuries, from private collections. Histoty, techique and more