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1897 Sears Roebuck & Co. Catalogue

Warman's Coca-Cola Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides)

Coca-Cola collectibles are among the most in-demand of any collectible area - and now the masses of dedicated collectors can reference the most affordable carry-along price guide on the market.

Alan Peretti, the world's foremost expert on Coca-Cola collectibles, offers Warman's Coca-Cola Field Guide, with 1,000 price listings for bottles, trays, calendars, clocks, and hundreds of other items. The book features 300 brilliant color photos of the most collectible items on the market, as well as historical facts and tips on collecting. The convenient pocket-sized format makes this book essential for the Coca-Cola collector on the go.

-1,000 price listings for Coca-Cola collectibles -300 full-color photos -Convenient portable size

Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide

Petretti's Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide has been called the “bible” of Coca-Cola collectibles—and with good reason! This impressive 11th edition of the hobby's standard reference depicts, describes, and values more Coca-Cola Company marketing, advertising, and promotional items than any other published source. The new volume covers items produced from the 1880s through the 1960s, and includes 96 full-color pages; photos and descriptions of previously undocumented items; up-to-date pricing information; and revised guidelines for collectors. Allan Petretti, long regarded as the foremost authority on the subject, has combined years of experience in the hobby with his proven expertise as a Coca-Cola collectibles dealer and auctioneer to provide the collecting community with the up-to-date information needed to keep pace with this popular and fast-growing hobby.

- Current market prices for every item depicted and described
- New color sections featuring trays, calendars, and other highly sought after items
- Includes additional, recently found rare pieces not shown in any other collector guide
- Contains an expanded and improved bottles section
- New chapters include Coca-Cola candy and Coke's “Diamond Design” from the 1960s
- Offers new guidelines for grading and evaluating Coca-Cola items

Advertising Character Collectibles: An Identification & Value Guide

Full-Color Old-Time Label Art CD-ROM and Book (Dover Pictorial Archive)

Collector's Guide to E. C. Simmons Keen Kutter: Cutlery and Tools, Identification & Values (Collector's Guide to)

This new book is packed full with over 750 color photos of thousands of items from the authors' collection, identified and described in detail and evaluated. In as easy-to-use format, it features everything imaginable from axes, braces, and bits, to calendars, pocket knives, razors, and rules, all in alphabetical order for quick identification. A special section dedicated to reproductions and fakes will certainly protect the collector from making bad purchases. In addition to the standard line of tools and utensils, there are hundreds of colorful, whimsical store displays, advertisements, and other unusual items all made by Keen Kutter.2000 values. REVIEW: This book shows the diversities in products and presentation of pieces by the Fostoria Company, until it closed the factory in Moundsville in 1986. The authors have presented this complex period as simply as possible, providing original company catalog pages and detailed photographs.

Value Guide To Gas Station Memorabilia (Value Guide to Gas Station Memorabilia)

B. J. Summers & Wayne Priddy Many sights and sounds have disappeared from our landscape during the last 50 years. The 'ding ding' of the drive bell at the local service station is one of the sounds that is missed. But over the years, collectors have consistently grabbed all the other station trappings such as light-up gas globes, signs, advertising premiums, oil cans, display racks, and of course, the gas pumps themselves. This demand has kept market values, and the ever-increasing search for knowledge, on an upward climb. B.J. Summers and Wayne Priddy have again teamed up to deliver a guide for gas station collectibles. This book is designed to be both fast and easy for the beginner and advanced collector alike. Summers's and Priddy's first gas station value guide has proven itself to be a pace-setting standard in this rapidly expanding field. This eye-catching hardback edition with over 1,000 full-color photos of signs, pumps, cans, premiums, and thermometers related to the gas station field and bits of information strategically located throughout will make the reader a more informed collector.

American Tobacco Cards: A Price Guide and Checklist

Antique Tins

This beautiful value guide features over 1,500 gorgeous color photos of every type of tin from tobacco and coffee to the highly sought-after talcum and spice tins, many of which feature beautiful graphic designs. The values in this guide were determined from countless hours of research and input from dealers, collectors, and owners of these tins. The guide provides current price ranges for every tin pictured, information on tin collector's clubs, and a condition comparison scale. AUTHORBIO: Fred Dodge has traveled abroad in his years of antique tin collecting. After countless hours of research and input from dealers, collectors, and tin owners, he authored a popular three-volume series, Antique Tins. REVIEW: Within this book readers will find tins from talented artists who have captured hundreds of colorful eye-catching graphics, many of which commemorate special historic events ranging from politics and sports, to famous people and places. Hundreds of tins are featured in full color.

Coca Cola Commemorative Bottles: Identification & Value Guide (Coca-Cola Commemorative Bottles)

Commemorative Coca-Cola bottles hold a special appeal because of the variety of subjects displayed on the bottles - festivals, Christmas, anniversaries, sporting events, national companies, and more. This second edition is completely revised and updated to include the latest bottles. Over 1,000 commemorative Coca-Cola bottles from 1980 to the present are showcased in full color photographs. Complete alphabetical and manufacturer indexes to both eight-ounce and ten-ounce bottles help the collector quickly locate his bottle and evaluate it. The photos are accompanied by complete descriptions, dates, and current collector values. Grab a Coca-Cola Commemorative Bottles 2nd Edition and a smile! 2001 values. REVIEW: Due to how well book I was received by collectors, Helen Greguire produced book II. A large selection of colors, shapes, and rarities are included, as well as cross collectibles along with various pieces of literature including catalogs, posters, and advertisements.