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Both American and Japanese Beast Wars Transformer toys, popular from 1995 to the close of the millennium, are discussed and displayed in this all-encompassing guide. Robots from Armordillo and Cheetor to Megatron and Optimus Primal, are shown in over 870 color images. These shape-changing robots, both in their boxes and loose, are often displayed in multiple transformations of the figures. The development and distribution of Beast Wars characters and TV shows is provided, along with current market prices for the figures. This guide is a must for every Transformer and action figure collector, and for pop-culture enthusiasts everywhere.
The caramel-coated popcorn treat Cracker Jacksr was first introduced in 1893 at the World's Columbian Exposition. Little did the 21 million people who got their first taste at the Fair know that the snack would soon sweep the nation. Beginning in 1912, a toy `surprise'was sealed inside each box of Cracker Jack. These toys soon became an important part of childhood for generations of sweet-teeth to come. This new book shows many of these toys, in almost tow hundred full-color group photographs. Since 1912, more than 16 billion toys have been distributed-including a pair of baseball card sets worth over a hundred thousand dollars, miniature toys, booklets made of paper or cardboard, handpainted wooden or porcelain trinkets, jumping frogs made of tin, even a complete model train. anything could be found inside that next box of Cracker Jack! Also included in this book are a general history of the Reuckheim company that produced Cracker Jack, a price guide, and a discussion of the many changing trends in Cracker Jack toy history.
Published annually by Vintage Guitar magazine and selling nearly 140,000 copies to date, The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide not only includes historical data, it lists values derived from comprehensive research and hard-nosed, realistic market analysis on thousands of vintage and recent-model guitars, amps, basses, effects pedals, mandolins, lap steels, and ukuleles. You can rely on The Guide to help determine the value of vintage or collectible instruments. The Guide includes information on more than 1,800 brands supplemented by 1,100 photos, along with an in-depth look at the factors that drive the collectible-instrument market. Professional players, guitar dealers, and collectors trust it as the only source for accurate values on vintage gear!
The invaluable updated edition?from the editors of the #1 coin publication in the world This easy-to-use book contains more coin values (50,000) than any other guide. It also includes vintage information, specifications, varieties, and values for more levels of preservation. In addition, it?s fully indexed, with actual photographs of every regularly issued U.S. coin, and offers essential information on grading, coin production, and more.
Finally, the guide that fans of Hasbro?s My Little Pony have waited for is here! With large, full color photos of every pony, playset and accessory released in the US in the 1980s and 1990s, this unofficial guide to the first generation of My Little Pony (commonly called MLP G1) from Summer Hayes provides everything a collector or collectibles seller needs to identify these toys and their accessories, understand their value, or build a collection. In addition to photographs of each item, this illustrated price guide contains detailed checklists to help collectors or sellers identify and reunite each pony in their collection with the accessories that they were originally packed with, including brushes, ribbons, stickers and more. With in-depth coverage of playsets, Pony Wear, stickers, mail orders and other exclusive ponies as well as differences and variations in ponies and accessories, The My Little Pony G1 Collector?s Inventory is the ultimate MLP resource. Collectors will also enjoy helpful sections on hard to find pony sets such as Petite Ponies, Dream Beauties, Little Litters, and stuffed plush. Whether you are a collector looking for a reliable price guide, an easy way to identify your ponies and keep track of accessories, an eBay or other collectibles seller looking for help valuing these items or just someone looking for the chance to remember these beloved toys from your childhood, you will find this to be the most comprehensive and complete guide to MLP available anywhere. With a foreword from Dream Valley?s Kimberly Shriner.
This guide to the guts-and-glory of G.I. Joe identifies every figure with all its weapons and gear, every vehicle with all the easy-to-lose pieces and every accessory related to Hasbros stellar team of soldiers. Use The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe to expand your knowledge about Joe and the team, or Cobra and his cronies, and to identify and assess the value of any of the series 350 action figures and 240 vehicles and accessories.
This new edition of Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide provides readers with the information and values to carve a niche for themselves in a market where rare first editions of Jane Austen's Emma and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone recently sold at auction for 254,610 dollars and 40,355 dollars respectively. Organized in 13 categories, including Americana, banned, paranormal and mystery, this guide discusses identifying and grading books, and provides collectors with details for identifying and assessing books in 8,000 listings.
Collecting salt and pepper shakers is a hobby with a little something for everyone. Whether you fancy figurals, go-togethers, hangers, kissers, nesters, stackers, or long-boys, you'll quickly discover the pricing and identifying details you need in Antique Trader Salt and Pepper Shaker Price Guide. This go-to guide will help you easily assess your favorite collectible condiment containers.
Best in Class! Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles has long been recognized as the finest source for information on antiques and collectibles on the market. For nearly three decades, collectors have turned to Antique Trader for expert advice, detailed descriptions and vetted values. Filled with 4,500 color images, this book provides the clearest and most dependable picture of a remarkable diverse and grand market. Inside you'll enjoy a variety of new collecting areas as well as old favorites, including Asian, Bottles, Ceramics, Christmas collectibles, Cookie jars, Country store, Dolls, Fine art, Franklin Mint, Furniture, Garden antiques, Glassware, Hummel figurines, Jewelry, Kitchenware, Lionel trains, Petroliana, Postcards, Quilts, Hooked rugs and samplers, Railroad collectibles, and Toys. Plus, you'll find auction highlights, market updates, and unique and unusual items that capture the fancy of collectors nationwide.
Collecting the Good War This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny."—Franklin Delano Roosevelt Hailed as "The Greatest Generation," the men and women who fought in World War II carried an unimaginable burden. Their date with destiny, both horrendous and heroic, shaped the world we know today. This newly expanded second edition of Warman's World War II Collectibles serves as a living tribute to these brave souls, as well as a guide to the remarkable and historical items that survived titanic battles. Brimming with expert collecting advice, detailed information and spectacular color images, this book is designed to provide perspective and guidance to the extraordinary world of World War II collectibles. This one-of-a-kind package features: 1,100 full-color photos of collectibles from Allied and Axis forces Coverage of uniforms, headgear, accouterments, medals, firearms, bayonets, knives, daggers, swords, and personal items 3,000 listings with updated current-market prices Helpful collecting advice, price and availability ratings, and reproduction alerts
Once considered the stepchild of the collectible glass community, today carnival glass, poor man's Tiffany" is synonymous with class and exquisite artistry. This new edition of Warman's Carnival Glass includes a new description format, revamped from simple line listings to listings with dimensions, title color and price range. Plus histories to major glass manufacturers, a guide to carnival glass colors, current collector pricing and detailed patterns of carnival glass colors, current collector pricing and detailed patterns of carnival glass from Acanthus to Zig Zag.
If you want to know the value of your antiques - or find out how the antiques market is faring - the world's best-selling antiques price guide is the place to look. Every year more than 8,000 items are photographed to make Miller's Antiques Handbook and Price Guide the most comprehensive and informative price guide on the market. Whether you're buying or selling, a dealer, collector or auctioneer, this is the book you need to help you keep track of the international market. Whenever you're buying or selling always take Judith with you.
For 30 years, Miller?s Antiques Price Guide has been the benchmark for authority and accessibility, acknowledged as the most comprehensive illustrated guide to antiques from around the world. The tradition continues in the latest version, now in a larger size that makes identification and valuing easier. It features color photos and in-depth information on more than 8,000 items, and is specifically compiled to reflect the American market, with every image changed from last year?s edition so it?s up to date with collecting and buying trends. Special features explain why one piece is worth more than another, show how to value an item, and teach you how to become your own appraiser. Whether you?re buying or selling, a dealer, collector, auctioneer or appraiser, this is the one book you always need near you.
For more than a decade, there's been one authoritative resource for true enthusiasts. Determined collectors, top dealers, and serious historians agree: The Official Overstreet Indian Arrowhead Identification and Price Guide is the best book of its kind. The most easy-to-use Indian arrowhead price guide on the market offers actual-size pictures, giving collectors an enormous advantage in identifying and valuing their arrowheads. This updated edition features: Over 12,000 actual-size photographs, with over 440 brand-new images in full color 10 geographic sections Up-to-date regional market reports A special section on how to identify and grade your points Hundreds of new illustrations Plus two new feature articles: "Turkeytails, Funeral Observances, and the Sacred Calendar," and "The Vail Habitation and Kill Site: Implications for Palaeo-American Behavior and Band Size," written by Richard Michael Gramly, Ph.D. Buy it - use it - become an expert
This new edition features updated information for Marx trains and related toys. This compact book is the perfect pocket companion for train shows and auctions. Contains updated market values. Helps collectors make informed buying and selling decisions. Convenient pocket-sized edition.
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 a buying points, 1,000 photos for accurate identification and expert pricing in this expert guide.
America's No. 1 Selling Price Guide For nearly 30 years, Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles has been the leading source for information on antiques and collectibles. Filled with expert advice, vetted values and 4,500 color photographs, Antique Trader provides the clearest and most dependable picture of this amazingly diverse and magnificent market. Inside you will enjoy a variety of new collecting areas, as well as old favorites. Including: Asian art, bottles, ceramics, Civil War collectibles, clocks, comic books, cookie jars, figurines, furniture, glass, Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, illustration art, kitchenware, perfume bottles, petroliana, toys, vintage clothing and Zippo lighters. Also new this year is Top Lots, a feature highlighting the bestselling results from some of the finest auction houses nationwide.
A fully illustrated guide lists more than 125,000 cards and their values according to condition for all football cards and card packages issued from 1948, along with identification information and tips on buying, trading, caring for and storing cards.
Some of the hottest collectibles today reflect our passions for the automobile. This book pictures filling station memorabilia, motoring products, and automotive advertisements in vivid color. A great variety of neon, enameled, and wooden signs, illustrated oil cans, and brightly colored gas pumps from the days of the earliest roadsters are presented here. As oil companies and filling stations changed to keep up with America's evolving culture, they varied the containers and advertisements for their products. From the turn of the century to modern times, the hundreds of filling station collectibles on display in this book fill 563 color photographs and an up-to-date price guide.
Simply the Best! Known in the field as The Bottle Bible," Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide has been for nearly 20 years the definitive bottle-collecting guide. As the only full-color bottle book on the market, the guide is loaded with more than 5,000 listings and 700 photographs covering more than 50 bottle categories from the 19th and 20th centuries. Inside you'll find such bottle categories as: Avon, Barber, Beer, Bitters, Flasks, Jim Beam, Medicine, Perfume, Soda and many, many more. And with key identifying characteristics, detailed descriptions and current real-world values, you have in hand a trusted and reliable resource. New in the 7th Edition! Black Glass Bottles Hawaiian Bottles Top 10 Bottle Collecting Destinations Central Nevada Museum profile
(Book). At nearly 600 pages with information on more than 1,900 brands and 1,400 photos, The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide is the industry-leading reference for values on vintage and collectible guitars, basses, lap steels, mandolins, ukuleles, banjos, amps, and effects. Published annually by Vintage Guitar magazine and selling more than 153,000 copies to date The Official Vintage Guitar Price Guide includes historical data along with values derived from comprehensive research and hard-nosed, realistic market analysis. Guitar dealers, professional players, and collectors trust it as the only source for accurate values on vintage gear!
The Comic Art Price Guide: Illustrated Guide with Price Range Values, Third Edition, by Jerry Weist, is the most authoritative guide to original artwork for comic strips, comic book art, science fiction, pulp, and fantasy art. As comic art values soared over recent years, hundreds of collectors encouraged Jerry Weist to update his indispensable reference work. Now the work is done, with The Comic Art Price Guide being the culmination of Jerry's vision for this third edition. With more than 500 pages of art reproductions, price range values and artist bios, this is a must for all collectors of original comic art. Contents include: The Comic Art Price Guide Philosophy; Understanding Price Ranges; Guide to Newspaper Strip Art Values; Guide to Original Comic Art Values; Guide to Science Fiction and Pulp Art Values; and The Lloyd Jacquet Estate discovery of original art.
Toy train fans are awaiting this updated guide to current market values for American Flyer S gauge trains and accessories manufactured by A.C. Gilbert and Lionel. This convenient, pocket-sized reference also includes ready-to-run S gauge trains from contemporary manufacturers including American Models and S-Helper Service. Features new, user-friendly format Uses grading standards established by the Train Collectors Association Includes all S gauge manufacturers
Today, a sense of nostalgia and the irresistible urge to play have combined to make arcade memorabilia and antique arcade games one of the hottest collectible fields of our time. This book is filled with 447 color photos of the greatest games ever to hit the arcade scene-the earliest arcades' strength testers and fortune tellers, perennial favorites like baseball games and SKEE-BALL, wild pinball games from the middle of the century, and modern electronic video game like PAC MAN and Q*BERT. While American manufacturers have maintained a solid grip on the market, some interesting offerings are included from foreign manufacturers. Also included are a section on novelty products, a detailed discussion of the development of different game trends, a history of significant manufacturers and designers, and a thorough price guide. Kurtz shares tips on how to begin moving in the arcade trading circuit, how to locate your favorite games, and how to maintain and repair your collection. Beginning collectors and long-time fans alike will find Kurtz's information helpful. With its foreword by Sha-Na-Na's Screamin' Scott Simon this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the games of yesteryear-and of today!
Rich in tradition yet with an eye on the contemporary and emerging, Warman's provides fascinating back-stories on key collecting areas to enhance the collecting experience. Future of the Market" reports give readers insights into where the experts are putting their money and why. New editor Zac Bissonnette sheds light on such hot areas as: Illustration Art Vintage Video Games Japanese Woodblock Prints Industrial art/Steampunk Mid-Century Modern Furniture Fashion/Theater Vintage Magazines and, Autographs. Traditional collecting areas get honest evaluations, and emerging markets tantalize with gorgeous color photos. Other contributors include: Noah Fleisher of Heritage Auctions Andrew Truman of James D. Julia Auctions Tom Hoepf of Live Auctioneers Dan Morphy of Morphy Auctions Jewelry expert Kathy Flood and many others.
This is the 44th edition of the leading price guide in antiques, that continues to feature actual prices in 700 categories and more than 2,500 full-colour photographs. "Kovels' Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide" is the most thorough, colourful, and complete price guide available, from the most trusted, well-known name writing on the subject today. This book features up-to-the-minute, well-organized, and wide-ranging information including more tips, marks, logos, information, and photographs - of items in all price ranges-than any other competitive title. Unlike other guides, whose focus is primarily English or high-priced items, "Kovels'" covers all of the American and international items that are of most interest to collectors. This book is organized by categories most sought after by collectors, from Depression Glass, Dolls, and Jewellery to Furniture, Porcelain, and Sports Memorabilia. This title indices and cross-references make this a user-friendly reference and expert comments throughout empower readers to buy, sell, and collect with confidence. It includes an exclusive report on the previous year's record-setting prices.
Whether you're looking to buy or just looking, Everything Has Its Price is a beguiling reference for zealous shoppers and inquisitive browsers alike. Here are descriptions and prices for hundreds of items, from the extraordinary (bumpercar ride, heart transplant, ice sculpture) to the everyday (garbage truck, parking meter, automatic teller machine). Some are products you aren't likely to need (airplane tires: $3691.37), some are treasures most of us cannot afford (Monet's Water Lilies: $12.1 million), and some are things we hope not to need anytime soon (burial at sea: $70). All are intended to arouse and satisfy your curiosity, and they can be purchased for a price. From mannequins to monster trucks, from the cost of a wedding to the price of a divorce, you'll find it in this compulsively readable guide to almost everything you probably don't know the price of.
13,000 entries are listed by CD number, embossing and color for each embossing. Each CD number has a scale drawing to assist with identification. An expected retail "price range" is given for each listing. The continuous spiral binding allows the book to lie flat for reference work. Appendices to cross reference Manufacturer style number to CD numbers, Primary Embossings to CD numbers, and insulator patent dates and the insulator Consolidated Designs (CD numbers) upon which they are embossed are also included. Also priced are battery rests, spools, miscellaneous glass insulators, commemorative insulators, private issue commemorative insulators, saleman miniature insulators and private issue miniature insulators. For the first time, the price guide will include four color plates containing 60 photorgraphs, featuring many of the colors that provide a representative sample of insulator colors. Also, in response to many comments from price guide users, the drawings have been included in the text of the guide rather than in appendices at the end. We have also increased the thickness of the covers in order to make the book more sturdy.
A Complete History and Price Guide By Q. David Bowers. Contains over 250 pages Year by year historical analysis of each Double Eagle minted Comprehensive pricing for multiple grades Complete mintage figures Certified population reports 8 page color photo spread Softcover
This in-depth review of Christmas history and traditions in the United States covers a period that most Americans remember well. Everyone can appreciate this nostalgic look at Christmas decorating customs, electric lighting innovations, and tree decorations, all of which changed drastically as a result of World War II. This period of Christmas history witnessed the advent of machine-produced glass ornaments, bubble lights, Italian miniature lights, Matchless Stars, and a proliferation of decorations produced in Japan, Europe, and the United States. Included are many historical photos, color pictures of decorations from each decade, a detailed text, and updated value guide.
The 6th Edition of Tomart's DISNEYANA Guide to Pin Trading is the first new edition in over two years, and contains many additions and changes. But don't get rid of your Fifth or earlier editions. Many pins will not be repeated. Foreign pins and Disney Auction/Shopping pins have been eliminated to concentrate on US Disney theme parks, Disney Cruise Line, New York World of Disney and other operations. New issue pins for eliminated catagories will still be covered in Tomart's DISNEYANA Update magazine, but will not appear in our traditional guide. Values have also been revised to reflect the current market.
Woo hoo! Here, at long last, is a guide to the ever-expanding world of collectibles inspired by America's longest-running animated sitcom, "The Simpsons." Since their first appearance in 1987, the Simpsons have lent their familiar faces to literally hundreds of items, from dolls and action figures to clocks and cookie jars. With over 500 full-color pictures of Simpsonabilia that range from the everyday to the obscure, Robert W. Getz invites you to join him as he braves this forbidding, spiky-topped Everest. Prefaced with an essay that traces the history of the show and the reasons for its long-lived popularity, The Unauthorized Guide To The Simpsons Collectibles has something to offer every Simpsons collector, from the beginner to the die-hard fan, including a guide to current prices.
This is the definitive guide collectors need before buying, selling, or trading any Lionel toy train or accessory. The latest edition of the famous Greenberg's Guide lists up-to-date prices and invaluable reference info for prewar, postwar, and modern trains. Also features additional collectible variations and an improved format. Updated market values Helpful hints on determining condition, collecting, buying, and selling Lionel train collectibles Convenient pocket-sized edition
Shirley Temple was the "number one box office star" in the world throughout the 1930s. The overwhelming success of her motion pictures made her a national obsession. What followed was a marketing campaign that made Hollywood history. Department stores were filled with an endless variety of items baring her name or image, from clothing to postcards to "genuine" dolls. Over 600 color photographs introduce all areas of the Shirley Temple merchandising phenomenon and collectibles. Valuable reference material includes posters, a motion picture and television chronology, a comprehensive VHS and DVD catalog, and current price guides in the captions. This book makes collecting "the world's most famous child star" items a competitive pleasure.
Book scouting is becoming increasingly more competitive and book scouts are becoming increasingly aggressive. Only a few years ago, Friends of the Library book sales, estate and other sales with books were attended by friendly polite shoppers. Now those sales resemble a bench clearing brawl at a hockey game. For most book scouts it seems the only choices are: 1) compete using the same boorish behavior as the hyper-aggressive scouts, 2) settle for the low value books that are left over 3) give up book scouting. Fortunately there is a fourth choice and it is the best. That choice is to use the techniques and methods described in this book and get the valuable books before they go on sale. If you do so you will be able to feel good about yourself because you didn't stoop to the level of the hyper-aggressive scouts nor did you settle for anything less than the most valuable books. All the techniques and methods you need for book scouting success are explained in this book. Read it from beginning to end, use the information and you will succeed.
The Sixth Edition of the Price Guide for the Beatles American Records is more than an update of the popular prior editions. It is an exciting new publication with thousands of new listings of Beatles records, CDs and all tape formats, including reel-to-reel, 4-track, 8-track, cassette and Playtapes, and over one thousand color images spread throughout the book. The guide adopts the numbering system used in Bruce Spizer's critically acclaimed books on the Beatles American records, which enables collectors to coordinate listings in the guide with images in Spizer's books. The identification numbers assigned to items in the guide are permanent and will not change in future editions. Each listing has a checkbox so that collectors can mark the items in their collections. Written by Perry Cox and Frank Daniels and edited and published by Bruce Spizer, this 9" x 12" 330-page tome is the same size and in the same full-color high quality format as Bruce Spizer's books on the Beatles. It is an absolute must for Beatles collectors and fans.
By today's standards, men wore formal dress every day in the 1890s. The color lithographs and line drawings of men dressed for work that are shown here bear striking contrast to men in the streets now. That very fact makes these clothes more than interesting today, they are actually time capsules for the lifestyle of a century ago. Heavy woolen cloth that has lasted a hundred years, and practical styles that were always comfortable and smart-looking bear witness to the time before automobiles and electricity. Now they have become antiques themselves. The hundreds of cloth swatches that appear have subtle patterns and plenty of texture to withstand much use. Vintage clothing collectors and designers will marvel at their variety.
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, American potters were struggling to produce quality ceramics to rival that of the English and French. Knowles, Taylor & Knowles took up the challenge, determined to produce a bone china that would be the pride of America. Highly regarded in its day, Knowles, Taylor & Knowles made Belleek Ware, Lotus Ware, and China Whiskey Jugs which are prized possessions among collectors today. Here is a book to inspire dealers and collectors alike. Valuable information concerning the identification of the various wares, the manufacturer's marks, decorative techniques, artists and the current values is included. Each phase of the company's production is illustrated in 245 color photographs.
Collecting of black memorabilia continues as an area of growing interest, attracting new collectors every day. It includes everything from household figures to artifacts from slavery, and covers both the stereotype and the reality of the black experience in America. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, Jeanette Carson, a pioneer of black memorabilia, estimated that "of the 30,000 collectors of black memorabilia, the majority are black. "This is a way of preserving a heritage and educating a new generation about how things were." In her second book on Black Memorabilia, one of America's foremost authorities explores the use of black images in advertising, home decoration, office decor, and restaurant themes. Nearly seven hundred items are illustrated in full color and prices are given which reflect current market values.
Charleton decoration on glass and porcelain was prolific in the 1940s and 1950s on blanks from American and European manufacturers. Charleton hand-painted landscapes, fruit, flowers, geometric patterns and abstracts are displayed here in over 600 stunning images, many never before appearing in print. Histories of the decorating company (Abels, Wasserberg & Company of New York) and the firms that provided the blanks appear along with an extensive bibliography and current values. This book is a useful reference to identify decorated glass and porcelain and will inspire searches for its distinctive decorations.
This book presents vintage, often whimsical, and one-of-a-kind wooden figurine carvings by ANRI, the world-renowned company founded in 1912 in the Dolomite Mountains of northern Italy. Among the more than 2,500 carvings featured are bottle stoppers, bottle openers and corkscrews, bar sets, calendars, letter openers, bookends, humidors, ashtrays, lighters, cigarette boxes, pipe rests, salt and pepper sets, pepper mills, napkin rings, timers, toothpick holders, brushes, salt and serving spoons, spoon and key racks, door knockers, and figurines, including monks and characters from novels by Charles Dickens. Collectors with a wide range of interests will be delighted with the amazing number of woodcarvings shown. This book will amuse and inspire todays woodcarvers and collectors, novices and experienced devotees alike.
The first on the subject, this popular book is now in its third edition, with dozens of additional items displayed and up-to-date values. More than 1,000 pieces are illustrated in this full-color tour de force. The work of three major glass companies - McKee, Jeannette, and Anchor Hocking are represented, with jadite produced from the 1930s through the mid-1970s. Items represented include kitchenware such as canisters, shakers, mixing bowls, and ovenware, plus household items including lamps, bathroom items, and ashtrays.
WHAT'S YOUR FOOTBALL COLLECTION WORTH? FIND OUT BY READING THIS BOOK! You hold in your hands the most authoritative and widely used football card price guide available. For 28 years now, Beckett has published this must-have reference book filled with extensive lists and prices for virtually every football card set ever made. Whether you're a serious football card collector or simply a curious beginner, this is the right book for you. This new edition for 2012-13 includes: Complete checklists and pricing for every important football card set from 1894 to 2011 Hundreds of new sets added and more than 75,000 new cards priced in this edition COMPILED BY THE STAFF OF BECKETT FOOTBALL - THE #1 AUTHORITY ON COLLECTIBLES
It's official! The only comprehensive casino chip price guide in the field, featuring chips from the major gaming cities and riverboats in the U.S, is now in its bigger, better second edition! This attractive guide features an easy-to-use system that identifies and grades over 15,000 chips for rarity, condition, and price, complemented by color photos of more than $1,000,000 in rare chips, and nostagic postcard snapshots of dozens of casinos. Also new to this edition are thorough listings of Commemorative Limited Edition chips for Las Vegas and elsewhere. Professional advice on collecting and interesting insider information make this book your best resource for this fascinating hobby. Its convenient size and durable binding are ideal for the heavy use it will receive.
In 1929, wicker furniture reached its peak of popularity, not surpassed until today's widespread enthusiasm for antique and modern styles. This is the largest catalog of the pre-eminent wicker and wood furniture manufacturer, Heywood-Wakefield Company. Heywood-Wakefield Co. furnished countless American homes with household and outdoor furniture, particularly chairs, for over a century. This book presents 925 examples of Heywood-Wakerfield Co. furniture in one volume, including chairs, sofas, beds, tables, bird cages, planters, desks, wardrobes, suites, and children's furniture. Collectors, dealers, historians and auctioneers will welcome this definitive source of the furniture styles, names, and fabrics as depicted here in their original presentation.
It's official! The only comprehensive casino chip price guide in the field, featuring chips from the major gaming cities and riverboats in the U.S, is now in its bigger, better second edition! This attractive guide features an easy-to-use system that identifies and grades over 15,000 chips for rarity, condition, and price, complemented by color photos of more than $1,000,000 in rare chips, and nostagic postcard snapshots of dozens of casinos. Also new to this edition are thorough listings of Commemorative Limited Edition chips for Las Vegas and elsewhere. Professional advice on collecting and interesting insider information make this book your best resource for this fascinating hobby. Its convenient size and durable binding are ideal for the heavy use it will receive.
The booklover's guide to collecting Here, for everyone who treasures books, is professional advice on how to recognize those that have become rare and valuable. Whether it's a century's old book of poetry you found in the attic, you great-grandmother's favorite cookbook, or a classic from your childhood, this guide will help you determine if it's one of today's sought after collectibles. Find out: The most up-to-date prices from auction and dealer sales What to look for in determining value How to evaluate quality and condition Tips on caring for and displaying your collection
A price guide is only as helpful as its prices are current. With this in mind, we offer a new fourth edition of Herbert Kean?s A Price Guide to Antique Tools, its prices taken from the latest live and internet auctions as well as from private sales. As before, there are over 12,000 prices (individual and chart combinations) that represent extraordinary tools, as well as those found in flea markets. There is an explanation for each tool group that allows the reader to judge the condition of a tool, the most critical of all factors when determining price. The chapter on American wooden planes covers over 400 makers, each graded with a single value number, a system that is at the same time simple and comprehensive. To help even more, almost every tool is illustrated with a photograph or line drawing. The section on internet prices explains the mechanisms of electronic auctions and gives tips for successful bidding. If you have ever wished that you could consult with an expert before investing in a tool, this is the book for you. It puts at your fingertips the knowledge and expertise of noted tool collector and dealer Herb Kean, both in determining current prices and in evaluating condition. Altogether, an invaluable book.
Covering many rare postcards from the early years of baseball, boxing, cycling, and golf, this comprehensive reference has over 950 photos. The price guide features postcards from 1900 to 1960, ranging in cost from $3 to $13,500 each.
As the founding of the Roycroft art community in New York State reaches its one hundredth anniversary this year, collector interest in the Arts & Crafts-style items that were made there is stronger than ever before. Of particular interest are the beautiful and varied hammered copper ware the "Roycrofters" made. This second volume provides nearly two hundred color photographs of copper vases, bookends, trays, and more-including many rarely-seen items. The history of the group and the evolution of its art metal are discussed, along with criteria for evaluating the quality of individual pieces. The different marks and patinas used by the company are documented. of further interest is a discussion of the Tookay Shop and Avon Coppersmith, both spin-offs from the Roycroft community, which continued in a similar tradition. A price guide is included.
The My Little Pony toys released between 1997 and 2003 have long been shrouded in mystery. This second generation (G2) was unusual and, between a completely different style and a limited run, collectors didn't know what they should be looking for, let alone what they were missing. Information about these collectible toys, released through Hasbro's Kenner Toys arm, was scattered, confused and incomplete. until now! With the release of The My Little Pony G2 Collector's Inventory, Summer Hayes has compiled the first illustrated guide of its kind with large, full-color photos detailing all the ponies, playsets and accessories to give many collectors and fans their first look into the lost generation of MLP. With checklists so collectors can keep track of their want lists as well as a price guide for both loose and mint in box sets to help with buying and selling G2 items, Hayes has collected all of the knowledge about this 6 year span together for the very first time. This new release is the perfect companion piece to the G1 and G3 guides from The My Little Pony Collector's Inventory series.
This secondary-market price guide and reference to the whimsical posable felt characters created in New Hampshire since 1950 is the first to be published in more than a decade. Containing more than 2,500 prices for pieces produced from 1950-2000, the book also includes 300-plus colour photos.
For more than 20 years, The Official Vintage Guitar Magazine Price Guide has been the industry-leading reference for values on vintage and collectible guitars, basses, lap steels, mandolins, ukuleles, amps, and effects. The expanded 2010 edition spans nearly 600 pages and includes information on more than 1,800 brands with more than 1,300 photos, plus a detailed look at the "hows" and "whys" of the collectible instrument market. This guide is the only such work to cover all this in one very affordable volume! To date more than 130,000 copies of The Guide have been sold.
The Official Blackbook Price Guide to United States Postage Stamps 2013 is an indispensable, easy-to-use sourcebook for collectors. Filled with the most current values and the latest market reports, this guide has all the information you need to become a knowledgeable collector of stamps. Features include: ?Listings by Scott number for every stamp ever issued? Thousands of illustrations for easy identification? An updated market review that traces current trends in collecting and investing? Exclusive prices for first day cover, mint sheets, plate blocks, line pairs, and PNCs? Extensive information on buying, selling, and grading stamps at auctions, online, and through the mail
A squeaky toy was possibly the first toy to grab your attention when you were a baby. For centuries parents have cooed, clucked their tongues, or softly whistled to entertain their babies. Rattles of all shapes and materials have had their places as attention-getters, but during the 1940s the rubber, and later, vinyl squeaky toys became the most diverting toy of all. Early rubber squeaky toys were a simple ball with just a hole or a metal whistle disk inside. Later, reed devices were developed to generate different sounds. After the 1940s, soft, pliant vinyl plastic replaced rubber. Today, people can avidly search for the hundreds of colorful rubber or vinyl squeaky toys that were produced by many companies large and small. These simple and diverting toys are now getting the attention of collectors around the country. Squeaky Toys is richly illustrated with over 300 color photographs and is complete with a current price guide.
Welcome to the world of Transformers! These immensely popular robots in disguise originated in Japan, and the United States has only been one destination on their worldwide tour. Learn about fascinating variations between the Transformers of Japan, America, and Europe through hundreds of gorgeous color photographs of Transformers from all over the world. This in-depth guide delves into such Japanese toy lines as the Headmasters, Masterforce, Zone, and the Return of Convoy. There is discussion of many of the European figures including the Turbomasters, Predators, and the Obliterators. Also appearing are early Pre-Transformers like the Diaclones and Kronoforms. Fun to read, and with current market values in each caption, this is the book collectors have been waiting for. Transform and roll out!
Welcome to Toyland! Easy-to-use and offering a nostalgic romp, Toys & Prices features 35,000 listings and 100,000 values to some of the greatest toys ever created. From Action Figures to Western Toys, this handy, comprehensive guide provides expert collecting advice, hobby insight and secondary-market prices for a massive assortment of post-World War II toys. Inside you'll find: Action figures, Advertising toys, Barbie, Battery-operated toys, Fisher-Price, Games, GI Joe, Hot Wheels, Lunch boxes, Marx play sets, PEZ, Robots, Sci-fi & space toys, Star Wars, TV toys, Vehicles, Western toys, and a lot more! With Toys & Prices you can relive your youth with the joy of a child-and the knowledge of an informed collector.
Every year more than 4,000 items are photographed to make Miller's Collectibles Handbook the most comprehensive and informative price guide on the market. Whether you're buying or selling, a dealer, collector or auctioneer, this is the book you need to help you keep track of the international market. From cups and saucers to teddy bears, Scandinavian glass to Pez dispensers, Miller's Collectibles Price Guide reflects the collectibles market like no other book. It not only gives you the prices but explains why one item is worth more than another. Whenever you're buying or selling always take Judith and Mark with you.
The cool designs, sleek lines and fashion-forward forms of the open and optimistic feel of the modernism furniture and design is as reflective of attitude as it is ingenuity. The enthusiasm and boundless hope of post-War 1950s America, not unlike our country's current eagerness for a shot of optimism, is represented in the pages of this beautifully illustrated, inspiring, and informative book. Warman's Modernism Furniture & Accessories features the furniture and designs that emerged during the prime of the movement, between 1945 and 1985. The collection of 1,000 rich and robust color photos, real-world auction prices and extensive descriptions make this a fundamental reference for anyone with an interest in modernism furniture.
The 45th edition of the leading price guide in antiques, continues to feature ACTUAL prices in 700 categories and more than 2,500 full-color photographs. Kovels? Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide is the most thorough, colorful, and complete price guide available, from the most trusted, well-known name writing on the subject today. The book features up-to-the-minute, well-organized, and wide-ranging information including more tips, marks, logos, information, and photographs than any other competitive title. Unlike other guides, whose focus is primarily English or high-priced items, Kovels? covers all of the American and international items that are of most interest to collectors. Organized by categories most sought after by collectors, from Depression Glass, Dolls, and Jewelry to Furniture, Porcelain, and Sports Memorabilia. Indexes and cross-references make this a user-friendly reference, and expert comments throughout empower readers to buy, sell, and collect with confidence. Includes an exclusive report on the previous year?s record-setting prices.
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