The Book of Old Silver: English, American, Foreign with All Available Hallmarks including Sheffield Plate Marks
Legacy of LaceIdentifying, Collecting, and Preserving American Laceby Kathleen Warnick and Shirley NilssonCollectors of "fancywork" and lovers of the heritage arts will find this detailed, fully illustrated book essential to identifying, preserving, and using cherished American laces. Looping, knotting, crossing, needlework, and machine-made lace are all covered in detail. With an identification key, glossary, and bibliography.Kovels' Bottles Price ListNinth Editionby Ralph and Terry KovelCurrent prices of over 10,000 old and modern bottles and over 200 illustrations. The most complete price list available -- including bitters, figurals, flasks, ink, beer, soda, perfume, medicine, commemorative -- everything from Avon to Whiskey. Information on manufacturers, dates of issue, and identification.Kovels' Depression Glass & American Dinnerware Price ListFourth Editionby Ralph and Terry KovelThe inexpensive pastel-colored glassware that became popular from 1925 on and the ceramic dinnerware produced during the same period are now attracting collectors in great numbers. Here are the latest most accurate prices, based on a comprehensive survey of actual sales, shows, catalogs, auctions, and other reliable sources.Kovels' Guide To Selling Your Antiques & Collectiblesby Ralph and Terry KovelUpdated EditionThis short, handy pocket-size guide tells you how to sell your antiques and collectibles for the best possible price. What is the right market for your particular collection? Should you have your items professionally appraised? Should you sell to a friend? How do you take table space at a flea market? These are just some of the questions that the Kovels answer. They give advice on how to sell more than seventy-five categories of collectibles -- from baseball cards, beer cans, carousel figures, coins, decoys, furniture, and glass to music boxes, postcards, toys, and Western art.The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dollsby Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., and Evelyn J. ColemanA truly encyclopedic volume for the doll collector, antiques lover, and social historian, containing over 2,000 illustrations and marks.Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price Listby Ralph and Terry KovelA complete, updated, and expanded guide to the antiques market with more than 50,000 items listed. Over 500 illustrations. Helpful tips on preserving your antiques and collectibles.The Encyclopedia of Furnitureby Joseph AronsonA complete revised edition of the famous Encyclopedia of Furniture, covering every period and development to the present, the designers and makers, the woods and other materials, the architecture and decoration. Glossary, bibliography. 2,000 photographs.Know Your AntiquesRevised EditionHow to Recognize and Evaluate Any Antique -- Large or Small -- Like an Expert by Ralph and Terry KovelIdeal for the beginner. Detailed advice about recognition, evaluation, and care of antiques, and identification of fakes.