This book is written for beginning and intermediate wood carvers interested in carving a traditional Hopi kachina-style doll. Tom Moore, a respected kachina-style doll carver for forty years, provides historical information about the evolution of kachina dolls and kachina carvings. He traces the art form from the early…
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A tremendous resource for toy collectors and dealers, this new book compiles the catalogs of the Hubley Manufacturing Company from 1946 to 1965. Each page is reproduced in full color, making it an invaluable reference for identifying and dating Hubley toys. Hubley was incorporated in 1894 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania,…
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Over 500 beautiful color photographs and an informative, succinct text provide a sweeping overview of stunning modern tableware designs. This book presents manufacturers both familiar and less known that revolutionized dining in the mid-twentieth century. Among the pottery firms whose wares are presented are Red Wing,…
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Here again is the fascinating world of marbles, newly revised. Indians, Aggies, Steelies, and more…every major category of marble is presented in this new and exciting guide. Included are old handmade marbles of glass, earthenware, minerals, and steel; machine-made marbles and their manufacturers; and…
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Here is a beautiful publication of factual information and 1043 color illustrated examples of highly popular styles. Important and prolific designers of costume jewelry, including Chanel, Schiaparelli, Boucher, Miriam Haskell, Monet, Sarah Coventry, and many more are well represented. Current prices are included to…
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This bright and colorful guide presents a sweeping survey of the Homer Laughlin China Company’s most popular dinnerware-Fiesta Ware. These brilliantly colored, inexpensive dishes helped brighten The Depression when they were introduced in 1936, and are avidly collected today. Hundreds of color photographs…
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During the 1940s, the Anchor Hocking Glass Company, of Lancaster, Ohio, introduced a line known as Fire-King. This pocket-size guide offers a brief history, with over 200 full color photographs, updated market values, and index. Colorful examples of dinnerware, mugs, a myriad of mixing bowls–from splash proof to…
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Fostoria is one of the best known and most admired names in American glass. Probably more brides and homemakers have received gifts and purchased glass made at the Fostoria factory in Moundsville, West Virginia than from any other glass company. This is the first book to present all of this fascinating and highly…
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This valuable text provides a sweeping survey of the McCoy pottery produced by both the Nelson McCoy Pottery Company and its predecessor, the Nelson McCoy Sanitary Stoneware Company. Among the more than 750 color photographs are illustrations of McCoy wares ranging from utilitarian stonewares to beautiful artwares,…
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”Collecting antique jewelry can bring you endless hours of enjoyment, for it not only satisfies a love of days gone by but also brings a yearning to learn more about other times and places. The collector shows a desire to be unique in setting, rather than following, fashion trends.”
Roseann Ettinger’s…
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A new kind of antique Chinese furniture swept onto the market in the early 1990s. It appealed to people who were sure they did not like Chinese furniture, people who were ready for new ideas about Orientalia, and people who couldn’t afford the five- and six-figure prices routinely attached to classical Chinese…
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This book provides a review of the history behind colorful Depression glassware, descriptions of specific pieces along with their values, and information on how to collect and display Depression Glass. Illustrated with over 300 color photographs, individual chapters highlight premium giveaways, children’s sets,…
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One of the loveliest objects to come from China’s Imperial history is the snuff bottle–elegant, tactile, beautifully crafted, and above all small; it makes an ideal subject for collectors.
This book clearly explains the history of snuff and its specialized bottles from the 17th century to the present in…
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Explore expertly crafted, contemporary hooked rugs with designs ranging from abstract to political statement, and from adorable pet depictions to painterly expressions. The Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild mounted a great exhibit for a few short weeks in November 2008 at Shelburne Museum in Vermont, and now displayed…
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Hundreds of handsome designs from the turn-of-the-century are presented in this, the most comprehensive collection of glowing oak furniture ever published. Pictured are many styles of tables, chairs, sofas, sideboards, clocks, bedroom suites, chests, and cupboards in more than 670 color photographs. The author explains…
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Dolls and Accessories of the 1950s contains over 590 color photographs of dolls made of hard plastic and vinyl, and accessories produced for these dolls during the 1950s. Company products pictured include those made by Alexander, American Character, Artisan, Cosmopolitan, Effanbee, Horsman, Ideal, Mary Hoyer, Nancy…
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This bible book is back in a new edition, with updated values for cast iron cookware and kitchen collecting enthusiasts. This definitive, encyclopedic guide details durable cast-iron antiques, including cornstick pans, griddles, Dutch ovens, gem pans, coffee grinders and roasters, trivets, molds, broilers, teapots, and…
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This comprehensive and detailed reference guide to Rolex sports model
watches is an indispensable asset to watch collectors and dealers. The
only work of its kind, it covers the history of the Submariner, Sea-Dweller,
Explorer, GMT-Master, Turn-O-Graph, Milgauss, and Cosmograph watches, from
1952 to 1990.
The history…
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Here’s a sweet treat for collectors of colorful M&M’s characters, starring regular and peanut. This is a serious collector’s guide to those smiling candies with a tough exterior and a gooey heart, and now has even more wonderful examples. Author Patsy Clevenger, who describes the smiles of the…
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Now in its revised sixth edition, this classic reference book is designed for the collector, with a historical survey, hundreds of color and black and white illustrations, a description of how mechanical wristwatches work, and a thorough glossary. Updated price ranges for various wristwatches are included, along with a…
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Wedgwood Jasper predates the American Declaration of Independence by one year having been introduced to the public by Josiah Wedgwood in 1775. Of all the many types of ceramics produced by the Wedgwood Company in the last two and a half centuries, Jasper is most immediately recognizable. This second book on this…
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Visit Portland, Oregon, the ”Rose City,” as it was in days gone by. Over 380 vintage hand-tinted and black and white postcards from the 1900s to the 1950s take readers on a nostalgic visual tour that includes City Hall, Council Crest Amusement Park, Union Train Depot, and the famous Rose Parade. Admire the…
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A giant high-top sneaker embellished with golden scissors floats in a polka dot sky along with the surprising motto, ”Run With Scissors.” Hooked rug maker Jill Cooper explains, ”The older I get, the more I don’t follow ’the rules.’ This rug was a way to share my belief that you must…
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From costly high-style designer creations to those displaying college and sports team logos, T-shirts have become an international icon. Presented here are over 1200 color images of collectible contemporary T-shirts, divided into groups by popular themes, including amusement parks, baseball, basketball, Broadway plays,…
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Enjoy this collection of more than 300 vintage hand-tinted and black and white postcards from the 1900s to the 1960s, many dating to the 1940s, when a visiting author declared Pittsburgh ”America’s Gibraltar.” Take a nostalgic tour in imagery and text of the city on the three rivers back when it was…
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Jacksonville, a gateway to Florida by air, land, and sea, has enjoyed a rich past. 400 color images trace Jacksonville’s roots. Named in honor of President Andrew Jackson, it became a favorite winter resort. This book will be treasured by historians and tourists alike, and provides a good resource for postcard…
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Create your own Christmas ornaments and decorations with these techniques for painting gourds. Learn step-by-step to do-it-yourself with tips for selecting the right gourd to paint and the right paint and brush to use. 138 color photographs for 11 projects show ornaments, including a Lifesaver Tree, a Nutcracker King,…
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Do you own an old lamp? Would you like to learn its approximate age, value, and history? Antique Lamp Buyer’s Guide is the reference book used by professionals and collectors alike. Dealers and appraisers often carry this paperback with them to quickly identify antique and collectible late 19th century and early 20th…
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This valuable and expansive guide to advertising openers of all sorts features over 1,500 images picturing more than 2,800 openers and corkscrews. It is the ultimate guide to bottle openers. Whether you are interested in flat figural, key shape, wire formed, souvenir, and multipurpose openers or lifters, piercers, can…
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Basic Metal Jewelry Techniques explains the fundamentals of metallurgy and basic formulas that every jeweler should know and master. It also shows, in great detail, the essential procedures involved in basic jewelry making, from soldering and sanding to making clasps. The accurate and up-to-date content is accompanied…
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This is a high-level overview of the legendary watch brand, A. Lange & Söhne. In 1845 Ferdinand Adolph Lange convinced the Saxon government to build a pocket watch factory in Glashütte, a quaint town in the East Ore Mountains now known as the birthplace of the German watch industry. For four generations the Langes…
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In over 300 clear, detailed color photos and easy to follow descriptions, master carver Jeff Moore takes readers through all of the steps necessary to created a beautiful, life-like screech owl in wood. Beginning with a pre-shaped blank to simplify the roughing out process, techniques used in both high speed texturing…
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Hamer Guitars is often regarded as the first boutique guitar builder. From its humble beginnings in founder Paul Hamer’s Northern Prairie Music Shop to its acquisition by the Fender Musical Instrument Corporation in 2008, the Hamer story is traced through nearly 400 images and dozens of interviews with those involved…
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Over 500 crisp color photos display the wide range of cameras produced from the earliest days of photography to the rise of the digital age. The informative text provides a history of cameras, organized into chapters by various camera types, including snapshot, folding, rangefinder, single lens reflex, twin lens…
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A new kind of antique Chinese furniture swept onto the market in the early 1990s. It appealed to people who were sure they did not like Chinese furniture, people who were ready for new ideas about Orientalia, and people who couldn’t afford the five- and six-figure prices routinely attached to classical Chinese…
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See what a gourd and a chisel can make and learn that chip-carving has never been so easy. The advanced techniques demonstrated builds on the skills learned in the author’s first book, A Guide to Chip-Carving Gourds. Step-by-step guide, with 229 color photographs, demonstrates the many ways to decorate a gourd…
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This comprehensive guide to off-loom, seed-bead weaving uses the square stitch. Over 220 color photos illustrate the step-by-step instructions that clearly explain the stitching and joining techniques for novices as well as advanced weaver-jewelery makers. Three necklace designs feature easily available and the…
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The saga of the American cowgirl, unlike that of the cowboy, is not well-chronicled, but their history is as appealing as it is colorful. The First Ladies from the Great American West live again in this comprehensive pictorial chronicle. Many of the photos are printed here for the first time.
Detailed captions provide…
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Don Bull’s series of books on corkscrews has won world-wide acclaim, and this book offers even more about the wide range of figural corkscrews. Find corkscrews from an aviary, an aquarium, an armory, a museum, a tool shed, a zoo, and much more in over 900 splendid photographs in twenty chapters. Everything from…
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This invaluable guide is not only a basic reference, but an identification tool that can be taken to auctions, shows, exhibits, and antique shops. This revised sixth edition includes a newly updated value guide, the catalog names for various shapes in cut glass, and the identity of 280 patterns of American and Canadian…
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