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300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles - 5th Edition

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This new edition cooks up three centuries of the most avidly collected domestic tools of the trade. Collectors will find more than 7,000 antique items that dice, measure, filter, or whirr in the kitchen arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening.

Franklin also offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tit-bits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogs and advertisements. Features updated pricing, information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet, and more than 1,600 photos and illustrations.

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The Investor's Guide to Vintage Character Collectibles

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Vintage character collectibles - including Superman, Batman, Zorro, Tarzan, and Buck Rogers--are some of the most desirable and expensive items available in the market today. This guide gives collectors and investors inside information, tips, and facts about these hot items, plus their prices and predicted future values to the year 2004. 40 color photos.

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Collector's Guide to Wallace Nutting Furniture

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This book will provide you with the story and history of Wallace Nutting furniture, including how to differentiate lower quality pieces from Nutting's best and most collectible work, what types of furniture he reproduced and why it is so collectible today, ways to identify signed and unsigned pieces, how to distinguish reproductions from the original period antiques, and it even includes a numerical furniture grading system for evaluating condition.

This book will provide you with up-to-date pricing, including actual auction and retail pricing, as well as consensus expert pricing on those rare and never-before-seen Nutting pieces. 2004 values.

Condition - New - may have remainder mark, light shelf wear

Antiques & Collectibles News

ZoopBox.com - The Internet Destination for Collectors is Live! - http://www.zoopbox.com

American Folk Art Festival 2009 - http://www.hallidayhouseantiques.com/FolkArtFestival

AutographStore.com Unveils New Auction Platform With Payment Options, Enhanced Content - http://www.autographstore.com

Collect.com Offers Free Classified Ads - http://www.collect.com

White Ironstone China Association Marks 15th Anniversary April 30 To May 3 - [http://www.whiteironstonechina.com

Collectibles Corner - Vintage Figural Jewelry

Vintage Crown Trifari Gold Tone Zodiac Virgo Pin Brooch

All vintage costume jewelry is highly collectible, but definitely at the top of the list is the beautiful and whimsical area of Figural jewelry - in other words, jewelry that is shaped like a person, animal, object, etc. Figural pieces are quite often pins or brooches, but you can also find pendants, earrings, charms, sweater clips, and other types of jewelry.

Figural jewelry has all the makings of the perfect collectible - there is a huge variety of shapes, sizes, materials and makers, in price ranges for every budget - and they are fun! From beautiful, to unusual, to downright quirky - there is something for every style and taste!

When collecting or buying for resale, condition is key - as always! If you find a piece that is in great condition (no missing stones, no scuffs or scratches) but is dirty, a careful cleaning will do wonders - here is a great guide to caring for vintage jewelry.

Vintage Capri Enamel Rhinestone Orange Fruit Brooch

Vintage Kenneth Lane KJL Fantasy Animal Brooch Pin

Company Marks To Look For:

Trifari
Kenneth Lane (KJL)
Eisenberg
Coro
Hattie Carnegie
Elzac
Vendome
Boucher
Jonette
Sara Coventry
Gerry's
Monet
Art
Avon
Swoboda
Weiss
Miriam Haskell
Ming
Monet

Vintage Eisenberg Rhinestone Fruit Pin Brooch

Vintage Large CROWN Rhinestone Brooch Pin

Popular Themes:

Animals
Flowers
Christmas
Faces
Crowns
Birds
Fruit
Insects
Everyday Objects
People
Historical and Mythical Figures
Hearts
Patriotic

Vintage Pastel Enamel and Rhinestone FLOWER BOUQUET Pin Brooch

Vintage Celluoid Plastic Grand Piano Old Plastic Brooch Pin

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Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals Identification Price Guide

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Appeals to jewelry enthusiasts with tastes on both ends of the economic spectrum - from common pieces ranging in price from $2 -$20, and the most elusive items commanding $14,000+ at auction.

Figural jewelry, a fashion forward choice, and popular item featured at top auction houses, represents about 75% of the costume jewelry market.

Few pieces of jewelry make such a statement as the fun, whimsical, and enchanting costume jewelry figurals. Whether your figurals passion is based on fashion, or a collector's eye for detail, Warman's Costume Jewelry Figurals offers valuable tips on what to look for when buying figurals, up and coming designers to watch for, and secondary market pricing to assess worth.

Featuring more than 1,000 items and photos of jewelry figurals including charms, of people, dogs, flowers, faces, seahorses, Christmas trees and more, you will find answers and inspiration in this must-have guide.

Book Review - American Farm Collectibles Identification and Price Guide

The American Farm Collectibles Identification and Price Guide serves as a unique reference for anyone who is interested in the history of the American farm, and is a must have resource for collectors of vintage and antique Farm related items.

It's oversized paperback format allows for 1,000 large color photos and scanned images along with detailed text that includes pricing, identification, and historical information.

The alphabetical index makes finding specific information a breeze, and the book is divided into easy to read chapters:

A Century On The Farm
An Interview With The Expert(s)
Finding, Dating, and Pricing Items
Farming In Print
Farming in Advertising
Small Scale Farming & Children's Recreation
Farm Implements
Farm Tools
Horse Hardware and Stable Items
The Farm Kitchen/Household
The Farm Garden
Farm Recreation
Farm Organization
Collectible Tractors
A History of Farm Advertising

American Farm Collectibles Identification and Price Guide
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Antiques and Collectibles News

ANTIQUEWEEK LAUNCHES ONLINE COMMUNITY - http://antiqueweek.ning.com

ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION DATES FOR 2010 - http://www.acna.us

KOVELS ON ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES APRIL 2009 ISSUE RELEASED - http://www.kovels.com/issues/antiques_collectibles

SEEAUCTIONS.COM - AN EBAY ALTERNATIVE FOR ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES ONLY - http://www.seeauctions.com

VINTAGE CLOTHING STORES HELP BEAT THE RECESSION

Book Review - Miller's Buyer's Guide to Clocks & Barometers

Miller's Buyer's Guide to Clocks & Barometers is a lovely hardcover book filled with over 2,000 color and black & white photos, along with pricing and identification information.

It is conveniently broken up into sections by type:
Longcase Clocks
Lantern Clocks
Bracket Clocks
Mantel Clocks
Garnitures
Carriage Clocks
Wall Clocks
Skeleton Clocks
English & Vienna Regulators
American Clocks
Electric Clocks
Miscellaneous Clocks
Barometers

Also included is general information on periods and styles, a directory of specialists, an alphabetical index, and a glossary of terms, which makes this book a valuable resource for new as well as experienced collectors.

There is some advertising in the book - full page ads and smaller ads scattered among the text, but they don't detract from the easy to read layout or the quality of the information provided.

Miller's Buyer's Guide Clocks and Barometers
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BooksFYI.com New Additions

Elegant Glassware Of The Depression Era

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Hundreds of new photos, listings and updated values. Handmade and acid-etched glassware sold in department and jewelry stores are featured. Included are 10 additional patterns and re-photographed items from previous books. Large group settings are included for each of the more than 100 patterns, as well as close-ups to show pattern details. Fenton, Cambridge, Heisey, Tiffin, Imperial, Duncan & Miller, U.S. Glass, and Paden City are all included. 2003 values.

Condition - New - may have remainder mark, light shelf wear

Collector's Encyclopedia Of Stangl Artware Lamps and Birds

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Robert C. Runge, Jr. Robert Runge, author of the popular Collector's Encyclopedia of Stangl Dinnerware, has produced an all-new edition of his Collector's Encyclopedia of Stangl Artware, Lamps, and Birds. This edition focuses on Stangl Artware lines produced from 1924 to 1978 and lists every known shape, glaze, and treatment used in producing Stangl's vast lines of artware, giftware, lamps, and bird figurines. Each line is thoroughly described, revealing many details newly unearthed by the author.

Page after page will reveal the creative genius and business acumen that produced the quality artwares so revered today. Stangl's pottery and porcelain birds and animals, Terra Rose, hand-painted and brushed gold lamps, Stangl stoneware, smoker's items and sportsmen's giftware, dealer signs, paper products, advertising, and premiums are all covered in this encyclopedia. There are also sections on trademarks and backstamps, glazes, and colors, as well as the most comprehensive historical study of the Hill, Fulper, and Stangl potteries ever published.

Condition - New - may have remainder mark, light shelf wear

Collecting Playing Cards Identification And Value Guide

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Playing cards, though still affordable, may not be for long, considering their availability on eBay and other online auction services. The listings on these sites for playing cards at times exceeds 10,000, putting the hobby in line with such collectibles as Coca-Cola, dolls, bottles, furniture, shot glasses, and Star Wars. This handy guide provides the most comprehensive listings to date along with current market values on popular collectible playing cards from the later nineteenth century to the present, with a focus on advertising. There are over 1,600 listings along with hundreds of photographs. Soft drinks, beer, NASCAR, sports, casinos, airlines, cartoons, restaurants, colleges, department stores, and other hot categories of cards are featured in this comprehensive guide.

Condition - New - may have remainder mark, light shelf wear

Collectibles Corner - Vintage Halloween Collectibles

While it may seem like it is a little early to be talking about Halloween, one of the hottest areas of the market year-round is vintage Halloween collectibles! Decorations, costumes, postcards, jack-o-lanterns, toys, games and more are in high demand from a community of passionate collectors.

Items from the early 1900's through the 1940's are the most in demand, with rarity and condition being the two major factors in value, as with most collectibles. Items from the 1950's and 1960's, the decades when Halloween started to focus more on children rather than adults, are also growing in popularity.

Vintage Made In Germany Black Cat Candy Container

Company Marks To Look For:

Beistle - also The B Co., HE Luhrs, Bee-Line
Dennison
Gibson Art Co.
Gurley Candle Co.
E. Rosen Co.
Dolly Toy Co.
J. Chein Co.

Country Marks To Look For:

USA, Made In USA
Germany, Made In Germany, Made In Western Germany
Japan, Made In Japan

Vintage Beistle Witch & Moon Die Cut Decoration

Popular Themes:

Pumpkins & Jack-O-Lanterns (JOLs)
Witches
Black Cats
Owls & Bats
Ghosts & Ghouls
Skeletons
Devils

Vintage Paper Mache Jack-O-Lantern

Popular Items:

Decorations - Die Cuts, Crepe Paper, Centerpieces, Etc.
Lanterns
Costumes & Masks
Toys & Noise Makers
Games & Party Favors
Postcards
Candy Containers
Candles

Vintage Halloween Crepe Paper

Vintage Halloween Postcards

Vintage Gurley Witch Candle

Vintage Halloween Tin Noise Maker

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Vintage Halloween Collectibles Identification Price Guide

List Price: $27.99 - Our Price: $14.95 + FREE SHIPPING!

Halloween memorabilia is among the most bewitching collectible category today, with tens of thousands of online auctions devoted to Halloween-related treasures. This new edition of the groundbreaking guide Vintage Halloween Collectibles delivers historic Halloween facts, manufacturing data and maker marks, thoroughly researched pricing for 2,000 vintage Halloween collectibles, and 1,000 stunning color photos of vintage and modern Halloween memorabilia.