Title: The Perlow Guide to Olympic Bid Pins
Subtitle: 1960-2014
First published: 2006
Description: The second edition of this book came out in late August 2006 with a price of USD $40 plus shipping and handling, and is the most accurate, detailed, and complete reference guide ever published on this now very popular category of Olympic Pin.  Much of the book's content comes from the author's website, OlympianArtifacts.com, and represents the culmination of his (then) 30 years of collecting Olympic Pins and Memorabilia -- 18 years of which were spent collecting Olympic Bid Pins -- and also represents thousands of hours of painstaking research.  In fact, there's a lot of information in this book which is being published for the very first time.

Weighing in at 1 lb. 4 oz. and 314 pages -- 12 pages more than the first edition, the second edition of "The Perlow Guide…" covers its subject with a breadth and depth that even the most demanding and critical collector will find impressive.  In addition to the almost 1,400 Olympic Bid Pins and 140 Olympic Bid Buttons described and pictured in the last 240 pages of the book, the first 74 pages of the book are devoted to sections entitled "Introduction", "How To Use This Guide", "Olympic Facts & Figures", "The Bidding Process", "Missing Bid Pins", i.e., a small number of pins that were unable to be included in the lists portion of the book, "Bid-Related Pins", "Possible Bid Pins", "Questionable Bid Pins", "Bid Pin Impostors", and "Post-Bid Logo Pins".  So, when it comes to the subject of Olympic Bid Pins, this book covers it ALL!    

The first edition of 52 copies came out in late June 2006 and was sold out in just a few days, and this second edition's 68 copies were all sold by early 2007.  A third edition is planned for late 2012/early 2013.
Subjects: Olympics, Collectibles, Prices, Pictorial works, Olympics in numismatics, Stickpins
LC classification: GV721.75 .P47 2006