You may be the owner of a valuable piece of porcelain or pottery, but the cryptic symbol on the underside of the piece may be your only clue to its value. Kovels New Dictionary of Marks: 1850 to the Present will help you identify your pieces.Kovels New Dictionary of Marks provides the quickest and easiest way for professional and amateur ...
The newest "Price List" features 50,000 accurate prices gathered from shows, sales, and auctions nationwide, providing invaluable tips on buying, selling, and preserving antiques and collectibles. 16-page color insert.
This reference for American, English, and European pottery and porcelain precedes the companion volume, "Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks--Pottery and Porcelain: 1850 to the present." The index of 5,000 marks shows at a glance the geographical location and factory or family name of the manufacturer, the type of ware, the production method and color ...
Now in its 38th edition, this bestselling, essential guide to antiques and collectibles is newly updated, with more than 500 categories, a brand-new 16-page full-color insert, more than 50,000 new items and prices, and more than 400 full-color photos.
The 2009 price list features 50,000 accurate prices gathered from shows, sales, and auctions nationwide, along with invaluable tips on buying, selling, and preserving antiques and collectibles. 350 photos.
This comprehensive book covers all classifications of Early American furniture, including beds, candlestands, chairs, chests, cradles, cupboards, desks, tables, wash-stands, commode tables, workbenches, and kitchen pieces. Over 700 black-and-white photographs.
All the important marks of American, English, and European porcelain and pottery, listed alphabetically and by a unique descriptive cross-reference index.
A collector's guide to tomorrow's antiques, Kovels' Know Your Collectibles focuses on objects that, while not old enough to be officially called "antiques", are nonetheless rapidly increasing in value.
This is the ultimate soup-to-nuts book that shows collectors how to evaluate, purchase, and care for their antiques and collectibles. Illustrated with more than 300 black-and-white photographs and line drawings. Kovels' Know Your Antiques covers everything from pottery, silver, and glass to furniture, prints and rugs.
The definitive guide to every collector and dealer of American art pottery, this book lists alphabetically more than 215 art pottery and tile firms and includes a general history of each. More than 700 photos and over 1,000 factory marks enable collectors to identify art pottery by its decoration, shape, color, mark, or signature.
Two books in one by a pair of America's antiques experts, this new edition of the popular guide lists current prices on more than 6,000 pieces. 400+ photographs and drawings. 16-page color photo insert.
Written by America's foremost authorities on antiques and collectibles, this indispensable, bestselling handbook includes the most accurate current prices and histories of more than 90 categories from the 1700s to the 2000s. 16-page color insert.
The ultimate price guide for collectors, appraisers, and dealers. Now in its 35th edition, this new edition features the Kovels' exclusive market report on the record-setting prices of the past year, a 16-page full-color insert of fabulous flea market finds, and tips on buying, selling, and preserving antiques and collectibles.
A two-in-one pricing guide to over 165 Depression-era glass patterns, and dinnerware from the 1920s to the 1980s. Accompanied by photographs, factory histories, and bibliographies.
A two-in-one pricing guide to over 165 Depression-era glass patterns, and dinnerware from the 1920s to the 1980s. Accompanied by photographs, factory histories, and bibliographies.
An indispensable tool for all collectors, history buffs, and anyone who wants to purchase antiques, this stunning package showcases relics of America's historical past for today's "new century" marketplace. 400+ color photos.
This updated price guide includes 50,000 appraiser-approved prices gathered from auctions, shows, and the Internet arranged alphabetically by categories. Identifying marks, factory logos, and much useful advise for collectors are included, along with a color insert regarding holiday collectibles.
This is the ultimate sourcebook for collectors, appraisers, and dealers of virtually any kind of antique, fine art, or collectible. 350 photos. 16-page color insert.
Buying, selling, and trading are the hottest online activities, now detailed by Ralph and Terry Kovel in this guide to becoming a savvy online trader. Insider tips are given on putting items into an online auction and making online buys at great prices. 20 photos.
This first part of this guide to turn-of-the-century reproduction furniture includes a survey of the technological, historical, and sociological events that shaped the American furniture industry between the 1880's and the 1930's. The second part provides information, photographs, and illustrations that enable collectors to assess a piece's ...
The newest "Price List" features 50,000 accurate prices gathered from shows, sales, and auctions nationwide, invaluable tips on buying, selling, and preserving antiques and collectibles, and all-new 16-page color insert on emerging collectibles, and much more. Photos throughout.
Syndicated columnists Ralph and Terry Kovel are back with a visually stunning and highly informative full-color book on the art of collecting antique labels, some of today's most popular and valuable collectibles. 322 color illustrations.
This popular antiques price guide is back in its 24th edition. A perennial bestseller, it features the most accurate, up-to-date prices for almost every category of antique and collectible. This year's special report is on "Dream Antiques", the ultimate collectibles. More than 43,000 appraiser-approved prices. 500 photographs, plus a 16-page color ...
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