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Collector’s Guide To Trenton Potteries
- Beautifully Illustrated in Full-Color Photos
- Features: Deco Vases, Lamps, Wall Pockets, Centerpieces, Jardinieres, etc.
- Includes Descriptions, Collector's Info and Current Values
$39.95
Compacts: Powder and Paint
- Features Anecdotes, 100's of Compacts, & Prices
- 380 Color Photos
- 6" x 9", 160 PGS.
$19.95
Navajo Weaving Today
- Covers Navajo Weaing in its Present Form
- Includes 172 Color Photos
- Features Styles of Burntwater, Wide Ruins, Crystal, etc.
$12.95
Gas Station Collectibles
- Includes a Helpful Price Guide
- 599 Color Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 160 PGS.
$29.95
The Queens of Burlesque: Vintage Photographs from the 1940s and 1950s
- Nostalgic View at a Bygone Era in American Entertainment
- 106 Black & White Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 112 PGS.
$19.95
Goebel Figurines & Prints by Charlotte Byj
- Features Current Values & a Wealth of Information
- 127 Color Photos
- 6" x 9", 144 PGS.
$19.95
Tiffin Glass 1940-1980: Figurals, Paperweights, Pressed Ware
- Features Color ID Guide, Detailed Captions & Price Guide
- 470 Color & Black & White Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 160 PGS.
$29.95
Antique Advertising Encyclopedia 3rd Ed
- Collection of the Finest Examples of Antique Advertising
- Complete with Grading and Value Guides, and Hundreds of Picutres
- Collectors and Would-Be Collectors will Find this a Useful Resource
$49.95
Country Store Counter Jars And Tins
- Covers in Detail Over 100 Years of Counter Jars and Tins
- Superbly Illustrated with 390+ Color Photographs
- Includes Values for the Distribution Jars and their Variations
$29.95
The French Horn
- Story of the History & Development of the French Horn
- Covers its Developments from a Hunting Horn to the Familiar Valve Horn
- Features Countless Black & White Photos of Different Horns & Drawings
$8.95
Discovering Hallmarks on English Silver
- Updated 8th Edition of a Best-Selling Book
- Combines Details of Hallmarks with Useful Advice for the Collector
- Numerous Detailed Black & White Photos Make Identifacation an Easy Task
$14.95
The Great American Antique Toy Bazaar 1879-1945
- Filled With Catalog Reprints from Countless Companies
- Beautifully Illustrates Dolls, Rocking Horses, Jack Knives, Toy Guns, etc!
- Absolute Must for Any Antique Toy Fanatic
$13.95
The Penny Bank Book: Collecting Still Banks
- 1670+ Banks Illustrated in Color Photos With Values
- Includes Catalog Reprints, Histories of Makers, Foreign Banks, etc.
- This Excellent Guide Makes it's Predecessors Obsolete
$49.95
Warman’s American Pottery & Porcelain
- Documents the History of Nearly 150 Potteries & Their Wares
- Includes: 1200 New Listings, 300+ Photos in Black & White and Color, etc.
- Valuable & Updated Guide Provides All the Info You Need
$24.95
Children’s Handkerchiefs A Two Hundred Year History
- Over 300 Colored Photographs!
- A History of Juvenile Printed Cloth!
- An Excellent Resource
$39.95
Tuff Stuff’s Baseball Memorabilia
- Now Updated, Expanded and Better than Ever
- Filled with 20000+ New & Vintage Items and Updated Values
- The One Guide Baseball Collector's Shouldn't be Without!
$24.95
About Buttons: A Collector’s Guide, 150 AD to the Present
- Most Informative Book Available for Button Collector's
- 1100 Color Photos
- 9" x 12", 320 PGS.
$79.95
Miniature Victorian Lamps
- Features Detailed Information & Current Values
- 395 Color Photos
- Features Nearly 450 Never Before Seen Lamps
$39.95
A Collector’s Guide to Cast Metal Bookends
- Features an Extensive Identification & Price Guide
- 573 Color Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 192 PGS.
$34.95
Motorcycle Collectibles
- Includes Values for Illustrated Collectibles
- 613 Color Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 216 PGS.
$29.95
The Bare Truth: Stars of Burlesque from the ’40s and ’50s
- Features Tempest Storm, Scarlett O'Hara, Lili St. Cyr, Zorita, etc.
- 100 Black & White Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 112 PGS.
$19.95
Popular Purses: It’s in the Bag!
- Features Vintage Ads, Current Price Guide, and More
- 425 Color Photos
- 11" x 8 1/2", 168 PGS.
$39.95
Aprons of the Mid-Twentieth Century: To Serve & Protect
- Features Over 200 Beautiful Aprons
- 406 Color Photos
- 8 1/2" x 11", 160 PGS.
$29.95