Sanfords Guide to Brush-McCoy Pottery Book-2
Designed as a companion to their first work on Brush-McCoy, this book gives collectors  additional insights into this Ohio pottery. In Book 2, the Sanfords present a picture price guide that  smoothly combines color photographs with reproduced catalog pages.The book focuses on pieces of pottery not pictured in Book 1 and additional catalog pages. A  section on blue-and-white pottery is also featured.Items are grouped according to type, such as jardinieres, as well as lines. Brief background  information is provided; however, the authors defer to Book 1 for more in-depth text.Values are contained in a loose supplement. The price ranges are based on the high and low  estimates from a panel of dealers and collectors.The only drawback here is the small type size of the text and captions, which some people may  find difficult to read. Otherwise, this book serves as a fine companion to the first one. --Antique TraderThe first piece of pottery I ever bought was a jardiniere. I liked the colors. And being a collector  by nature if not by experience at that point, I went on to buy others. As long as the colors pleased me.  When I bought the Huxfords reprinting of Brush-McCoy catalogs (now out of print), I was intrigued to  find that so many of the pieces I had been attracted to were made by that company. So I was delighted  when the Sanfords first book on Brush-McCoy was published, and I am delighted again.This second book has been occasioned by the availability of additional catalog sheets and the  surfacing of new items to photograph and share with readers. The format is the same as the first book  chronological by lines, with catalog sheets reproduced in color alongside photos of some of the items. The  photos are large and well shot, attractively laid out (though sometimes figuring out which caption goes with  which photo can be confusing), and the catalog sheets are well reproduced.This new book covers lines not included in the first book, as well as more coverage of the early  blue and white ware, and lines from the 30s through the 60s, especially figural planters. This is useful given  the confusion between products of Brush-McCoy, American Bisque, Shawnee and other potteries. Another  highlight are the garden ornaments, which have been selling well for years but are still considered a sleeper.  There is also kitchenware, stoneware, wonderful vases, jardinieres and pedestals and umbrella stands, and  novelties of various sorts. One of the discoveries of this book is the solid-color pastel Coronado Art Pottery  line of novelties made for the Carson Crockery Company in Denver. Theres a lot of pottery in these pages.There is a useful index and cross-references to the first book. I recommend both books. --Harvey Duke, The Daze