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The Most Valuable Tool in Your ToolboxLacking the edge on tool information? Cut through the competition and hammer home deals like a pro with Antique Trader Tools Price Guide. Featuring 700 color photos, thousands of listings with current values, market trends, and collecting advice, it's the definitive reference on antique tools. This book features:700 color photos, with actual prices received at auctions2,000 listings covering planes, braces, drills, saws, hammers, levels, rules, squares, gauges, scientific instruments, patented tools, advertising, and much moreInformation on building a collection, condition grading, market trends, and investing
This new edition of Antique Trader Book Collector's Price Guide provides readers with the information and values to carve a niche for themselves in a market where rare first editions of Jane Austen's Emma and J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone recently sold at auction for 254,610 dollars and 40,355 dollars respectively. Organized in 13 categories, including Americana, banned, paranormal and mystery, this guide discusses identifying and grading books, and provides collectors with details for identifying and assessing books in 8,000 listings.

The Warman's Advantage As the longest-running price guide and the most trusted name in antique and collectibles, the 44th edition of Warman's Guide to Antiques & Collectibles features more than 1,500 images and 6,000 listings. It brings a fresh, 21st century- perspective that honestly assesses the market and looks at the best categories for investment-everything from fine art and ceramics to space memorabilia and couture. "Future of the Market" reports share what's hot, what's not and where the experts are putting their money.Top names in the trade weigh in on key categories:Writer/editor Catherine Saunders-Watson looks at antique toys.Auctioneer Dan Murphy explores mechanical banks.Appraiser/author Caroline Ashleigh asses the market for western wear and memorabilia.Writer Noah Fleisher presents all-new categories on space memorabilia and illustrator art.Author Kathy Flood updates the chapter on fine and costume/jewelry.Values are based on real-world results thanks to dozens of contributing auctions houses from coast to coast.

An all-access pass to America's first (and favorite) reality television program -- boasting over ten million viewers each week -- Antiques Roadshow!If you're a fan of PBS's top-rated Antiques Roadshow, you've probably wondered -- what would it take to get your family treasure on the program? What happens to the antiques after the show airs? Are the appraisers ever wrong? And will Antiques Roadshow come to my hometown? In this four-color, fully illustrated guide to America's favorite treasure-hunting program, Antiques Roadshow Behind the Scenes reveals inside information about the participants, the appraisers, the fans, and the antiques that make up the show, direct from the woman who makes it all happen -- executive producer Marsha Bemko. Learn what it really takes to put on a Roadshow event (and why certain cities are more likely to get a visit from the show than others), who gets chosen to be on air (and what items producers are really looking for), what it takes to be an appraiser (and how even the experts make mistakes) ... and what happens when things go terribly wrong (such as the occasional antique that turns out to have been stolen!). In addition, learn which books, websites, and resources your favorite appraisers recommend, and get updates on some of the most popular and notorious items ever featured on the show.From priceless tips to the juicy family secrets hidden in dusty heirlooms, Antiques Roadshow Behind the Scenes is both an invaluable resource and a fascinating slice of Americana.
The world's most complete camera guide lists over 40,000 collectable cameras from 1839 to the 1980s. More than 10,000 illustrations help with identification. Brief histories of hundreds of camera manufacturers. Serial number lists, top auction price chart, dating by patent numbers, lists of camera clubs & museums, and a full index by make or model. Current market values based on the world's largest database of camera sales. No serious camera collector or dealer would be without this book.
LOSE YOURSELF in the mysterious allure of the Far Easy with Antique Trader Oriental Antiques & Art, 2nd Edition by Mark Moran and Sandra Andacht.This wide-ranging guide to Asian treasures provides you with the information you need to catalog and evaluate your collection. Each section includes historical backgrounds, current values, and detailed descriptions of plethora of objects ranging from apparel and textiles, rugs and carpets, Chinese porcelain and pottery, to furniture, paintings, Japanese armor and weaponry, and Southeast Asian ceramics.Chinese Porcelain & PotteryJapanese CeramicsFurnitureIvory, Horn, Shell, TortoiseshellLacquerRugs & CarpetsGlassJewelryCloisonne
Rich in tradition yet with an eye on the contemporary and emerging, "Warman's" provides fascinating back-stories on key collecting areas to enhance the collecting experience. "Future of the Market" reports give readers insights into where the experts are putting their money and why. New editor Zac Bissonnette sheds light on such hot areas as: Illustration Art; Vintage Video Games; Japanese Woodblock Prints; Industrial art/Steampunk; Mid-Century Modern Furniture; Fashion/Theater; Vintage Magazines; and, Autographs. Traditional collecting areas get honest evaluations, and emerging markets tantalize with gorgeous color photos. Other contributors include: Noah Fleisher of Heritage Auctions, Andrew Truman of James D. Julia Auctions, Tom Hoepf of Live Auctioneers, Dan Morphy of Morphy Auctions, jewellery expert Kathy Flood and many others.
Beautiful, evocative and historically significant, old maps are endlessly intriguing and keenly collected. Antique Maps is widely recognised as a standard reference work for novice map collectors and experts alike. It provides a historical background to the subject and advice on starting a collection. The invaluable biographical section lists major map makers between 1450 and 1850, with key dates and works.
America's #1 Selling Price GuideFor more than 25 years, Antique Trader Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide has been the most trusted source for antiques and collectibles identification and values. Whether you're a collector, dealer, auctioneer, appraiser, estate sale liquidator, or insurance adjuster, you'll find this the handiest guide on your shelf.More than 4,500 Color Photos for Easy IdentificationPlus marks, detailed descriptions, and current prices for hundreds of categories and thousands of listings!Bonus insider informationExpert advice on buying and sellingDefinitions of key antiques termsTips about auctions, shows, and estate salesFeatures 15 category market reports:AsianBaseballCeramicsCoca-ColaComicsFurnitureGlassJewelryModernismNativeAmericanPetrolianaRecordsSilverwareU.S. CoinsWorld War II

RIGHT ON TARGET: THE BEST PRICE GUIDE ON THE MARKET--LOADED WITH MORE THAN 30,000 PRICES!Gun collecting is one of the world's oldest and most popular hobbies, but bargains are hard to find. Now here's all the help you'll need. The Official Price Guide to Antique and Modern Firearms provides up-to-date prices for weapons manufactured in the United States and foreign countries between the 1600s and the 1980s--from historic flintlocks and muskets to modern-day rifles and shotguns--all conveniently organized by country.[ ] AMERICAN ANTIQUE FIREARMS. Listings for the historic early models of all major American manufacturers--including Colt, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Whitney, Winchester, and others--plus military arms from the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and both sides of the Civil War.[ ] AMERICAN MODERN FIREARMS. The most current listings for all major and minor U.S. manufacturers, featuring handguns and long guns.[ ] FOREIGN ANTIQUE/MODERN FIREARMS. From British sporting rifles to German World War II Lugers, this definitive volume offers the collector extensive information on the international market.[ ] NEW! A COMPLETE COMMEMORATIVE SECTION. Draw a bead on this exciting area of collecting with thorough coverage of all commemorative guns.[ ] INVALUABLE FACTS. A current review of the collectible firearms market, a handy glossary, relevant new legal considerations, and instructive historical backgrounds on collectible firearms.[ ] BONUS CHAPTER. A special section on antique and modern cartridges and ammunition, a popular area of collecting in itself.[ ] EXCLUSIVE FEATURE. The unique price-trend indicator lets the collector compare current market values with last edition's listed prices--see at a glance which items have increased or decreased in value to get the most out of your investment.[ ] FULLY ILLUSTRATED.