Antique Books

After the great success of his first book, Fred Dodge has compiled an all-new edition to his Antique Tins series. This beautiful identification and value guide features color photos of every type of tin - from tobacco, coffee, baking powder, potato chips, tea, and typewriter ribbons - to the highly sought after cosmetic and spice tins. Within this informative guide you will find helpful tips for purchasing and caring for tins, information on advertising collectible clubs, a descriptive and photo grading scale, and more than 1,500 gorgeous photos not pictured in the first book. Along with the photos you will find approximate sizes, makers, distributors, and locations. The values in this guide were determined from dealers, collectors, and owners of these tins. 1998 values. AUTHORBIO: Fred Dodge has traveled abroad in his years of antique tin collecting. After countless hours of research and input from dealers, collectors, and tin owners, he authored a popular three-volume series, Antique Tins. REVIEW: Within this book readers will find tins from talented artists who have captured hundreds of colorful eye-catching graphics, many of which commemorate special historic events ranging from politics and sports, to famous people and places. Hundreds of tins are featured in full color.

Everything you need to keep your old iron alive and well! Filled with topics such as how to choose a brand and model, how to evaluate used tractors, how to maintain your tractor, and how the basic systems in a tractor work. Learn about using your restored tractor, basic maintenance and troubleshooting, restoration techniques, tools needed, and more. Appendix includes parts sources, archive addresses, literature sources, and calculations.

Advertising items are hot and this guide presents an excellent overview of all the major collectibles areas in this quickly growing genre, with detailed descriptions and accurate pricing. Collectors will discover a wealth of information on their advertising collectibles from the 19th century to the mid-20th century. Includes wartime memorabilia, vintage autos, breweriana, Black Americana and other special niche collectibles. This compact, easy-to-use guide is complemented with a multitude of quality photos and is a great resource for all collectors. Features: Covers more than 2,000 various advertising-related antiques and collectibles; More than 400 quality, black and white photographs; Bibliography of references to advertising collecting.