Antique Price Guides

Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide (Antique Trader Book Collectors Price Guide)

Book Description
-Strong presence in online auction market -- majority of auctions feature pre-1950s editions

-Appeals to serious collectors by featuring a list of classic rarities in each collecting category

-Only full color guide to book collecting

Book collecting may have started in the 15th century, but it's definitely a hobby that's alive and well today. Readers will quickly discover this new reference is the most complete resource of its kind. Antique Trader Book Collector's Guide delivers:

-One-of-a-kind pseudonym guide to help collectors unearth books written by famous authors under different names

-Diverse categories of books such as Americana, banned, fantasy, horror and science fiction, childrens, mystery, occult and paranormal, and philosophy and religion.

-More than 6,000 current values to aid collectors with purchases and sales

Whether collector, dealer or basic book enthusiast, Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide is a valuable reference and interesting read.

About The Author
A book scout since 1973, Richard Russell has immersed himself in used books ever since 1957, when his grandfather took him to a used bookstore on Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles. Russells business, Sangraal Books, is best known in the field of banned and censored literature and vitage magazine illustrators. He resides in Tempe, Arizona. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Antique Trader Books Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 1995 (Antique Trader Antiques...

Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide

Book Description
The "bottle bible" is back with FULL color photos and new categories to give collectors the most up-to-date and comprehensive data on collectible bottles! This impressive 5th edition of the Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide features two new categories -- perfume bottles and political/patriotic bottles.

Thousands of detailed listings for old (pre-1900) and new (post-1900) bottles, current pricing, and 500-plus spectacular color photos combine for an unparalleled collectibles resource. From collectors and dealers to anyone with a fond memory of bottles for everything from soda pop to ink will find this easy-to-follow resource essential to building a stellar collection.

-500+ stunning color photos for quick reference

-Thousands of listings provide valuable identifying details

-Current pricing to help collectors remain up to date

Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide

Book Description
Often referred to as "the bottle bible," Michael Polaks Antique Trader™ Bottles Identification and Price Guide is updated, revised, and now in its 4th edition.

Covering old (pre-1900) and new (post-1900) bottles, readers will find more than 1,000 detailed listings with up-to-date pricing, size, color of glass, and years of production. Beer bottles, flasks, nursing bottles, poison bottles, Garnier bottles, Avon bottles, miniature bottles, Ezra Brooks bottles, and more are included in this comprehensive collectors guide. It also features in-depth history of glasshouses and the beginning of glass manufacturing in the United States.

Michael Polak has been collecting bottles since 1976 and has amassed a collection of nearly 3,000. He is also a regular contributor to a variety of antiques publications.

More than 1,000 detailed listings

The collectors "bottle bible"

Includes trademark identification section, bottle clubs, dealers, auction companies, and glossary

About The Author
Michael Polak, an avid bottle collector since 1976, has amassed a collection of nearly 3,000 bottles, and has written for a variety of antiques publications including Antique and Auction News and The Antique Trader Weekly. He lives in Long Beach, California, with his wife, Jacqueline. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Antique Trader Cameras and Photographica Price Guide (Antique Trader's Cameras Price...

Book Description
Antique camera and photographica collectors and enthusiasts

will delight in this well researched, easy-to-follow reference. In

the constantly fluctuating and sometimes confusing market of

camera collectibles, this book provides an easy-to-understand

exploration of the hobby, including the most rare and highly

collectible cameras, stereoscopes, magic lanterns and slides,

Daguerrotypes, tintypes, cabinet-size images, stereo view cards

and much more.



Over 2,000 listings include production details on style, model,

material, special markings, and current pricing. Readers will

easily identify collectibles with hundreds of photographs, and a

16-page section of vivid color photos provides a glimpse of

the most rare and collectible antique cameras and

photographica on the market. This definitive reference is a

rare find in the small selection of book s on these fascinating

collectibles!

Antique Trader Clocks Price Guide: Including All Types of Clocks-17th Through 20th Century...

Book Description
Clocks are among the most popular and useful antiques and this all new price guide provides a comprehensive reference to timepieces from the 17th century through the 20th.

More than 300 crisp photographs highlight detailed descriptions of varied clocks produced over the centuries. Each clock listing includes accurate pricing information. Features a special 16-page color section, as well as an informative introductory report on clock collecting basics, a glossary of terms, and a bibliography. With more than 1,400 entries, this compact guide is an invaluable aid to all collectors, dealers, and appraisers.

Kyle Husfloen is editor-at-large of Antique Traderä Weekly and the author and editor of several other antiques and collectibles guides. Mark Moran is a highly respected antiques expert and also the editor of Antique Trader® Furniture Price Guide.

More than 1,400 detailed, accurate listings

Includes a helpful glossary of terms and a bibliography, as well as a special report on clock collecting basics

16-page color section to aid in identification

Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide

Product Description
Whether your collection features a hefty helping of grandma’s worn, but cherished cookbooks from years past, or a few recipe-rich treasures of your own, this fact and photo-filled guide will feed any cookbook fascination. This reference, written by the owners of OldCookbooks.com serves up 1,500 American cookbooks and recipe booklets from the 20th century, complete with interesting details and historical notes about each, plus estimated values.

Antique Trader Collectible Paperback Price Guide (Antique Trader)

Book Description
The humble paperback packs a lot into just a few pages, and that's without even getting into the storyline. Every imaginable genre and subject, from romance and science fiction to sleaze and the traditional western are among the pocket-sized reads you'll find in this price guide. The appealing intense, often graphic, passionate and sometimes provocative cover art of paperbacks that you can't help but love are featured in 1,000 brilliant color photos in this must-have collectors reference.

Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide

Book Description
In this new edition of the most functional furniture price guide, author Kyle Husfloen covers all major styles of American and European furniture from the 17th century through the mid-20th century. You'll discover extensive pricing for bedroom suites, beds, benches, chests and chest of drawers, cradles, sofas, settees, wardrobes and armoires, as well as an illustrated guide to American furniture terms.

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
*Broad appeal for every type of collector with a fascination with jewelry -- from glittery and gaudy to elegant and subtle

Easy to use, this price guide couples comprehensive with compact; and presents information in an authoritative manner you can trust and turn to with confidence. With millions of pieces to select from, jewelry is an attractive collecting opportunity for everyone, regardless of income. This extensive and beautifully illustrated guide contains 1,000 color photos and detailed listings to help you easily identify and price antique, modern and costume jewelry.

Antique Trader Kitchen Collectibles Price Guide (Antique Trader)

Book Description
Features eight categories of kitchen collectibles covering everything from crocks to slicers.

Author is the editor of the No. 1 selling antiques and collectibles price guide.

With kitchens often serving as the heart or hub of any household, it's no surprise the gadgets, goodies and graters of the kitchens of yesteryear are a popular choice among fellow collectors. Antique Trader Kitchen Collectibles Price Guide outlines the history behind innovations such as eggbeaters, string holders, teapots, rolling pins, coffee pots, ice cream scoops and canisters, while offering advice on making smart collecting decisions. Plus, each listing contains detailed and reliable pricing and stunning color photos you have come to appreciate from Antique Trader books.