Sanford's Guide to McCoy Pottery
The Sanfords love McCoy Pottery. This is their third authoritative book on the subject.Thousands of others love McCoy as well. It has been popularized tremendously by Martha Stewart  over the last six or seven years. However, with most pieces priced in the $25 to $50 range, it remains  affordable.The McCoys made pottery in Zanesville, OH, from about the 1850s to 1990 when competition  from imports closed the factory. During that time the potters turned out everything from ashtrays and  birdbaths to planters and pitchers. The factory was, at one time, the largest pottery in the United States.This 260-page book is filled with pictures of the potterys output. Nearly 4,000 pieces are  represented pictorially. All the photos are excellent in quality and exceptionally well printed in four color.  These are interspersed with snippets of information about the pottery and its wares.Best of all, the authors have categorized the pottery  into such classifications as lamp bases, vases  and flower pots  making the volume a hand reference work. There is an appendix with a cross-refernce  price guide.This is an indispensable guide for the serious or beginner collector of McCoy. And for those who  are buying and holding McCoy in the hope that the prices will rise, the book is a must buy. --Susan Hibbert, Treasure Chest, December 1997