Bottles

Bud Hastin's Avon Collector's Encyclopedia: Avon and California Perfume Company Products-1886 to Present

Kovels' Bottles Price List, 13th edition (Kovel's Bottles Price List)

From Kovels—the most trusted name in antiques and collectibles:

THE INDISPENSABLE BOTTLES PRICE GUIDE

Kovels’ Bottles Price List, 13th edition, is a newly revised edition of the most reliable guide available for anyone who buys, sells, or collects bottles. Written by Ralph and Terry Kovel, America’s foremost authorities on antiques and collectibles, this indispensable, best-selling handbook includes the most accurate current prices and histories of more than 90 categories from the 1700s to the 2000s, from flasks and fruit jars to miniature pottery bottles, and from medicine and perfume bottles to Avon, Coca-Cola, and Jim Beam and Ezra Brooks.


Special features include:
• A sixteen-page color insert of distinctive bottles carefully selected by the authors
• More than 12,000 all-new, appraiser-approved prices
• Over 350 black-and-white photographs
• Edited by America’s premier experts on antiques and collectibles
• American prices based on actual U.S. auctions (not estimates or conversions from European auctions)
• Portable, pocket-sized, so you can carry to auctions in your tote-bag


“The Kovels are arguably the authorities on antiques and collectibles in this country.” —Los Angeles Times

“Probably the single best book to have a real standard for antique bottle collectors.” —AntiqueBottles.com

1000 Fruit Jars

This book is probably the best selling jar and bottle book ever published. It shows an illustration of each embossing on the front of the jar. Each jar has such information as size, color, closure and value. 2005 values. AUTHORBIO: In the 1960s Bill Schroeder spent his spare time buying and selling rare coins, silver, gold, limited edition prints, and other. When the coin market weakened in 1964, he sold his coin business and focused his attention on old canning jars. He began Collector Books, a division of Schroeder publishing company, with his book, 1,000 Fruit Jars. REVIEW: This book has become a standard in the collecting field, staying in print for more than 20 years. Drawings of actual fruit jar emblems are included in this handy pocket reference. This book began Collector Books, a division of Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc.

Bottle Pricing Guide

This revised edition of Cleveland's popular bottle guide features over 4,000 bottles listed alphabetically including Avon, medicine bottles, Jim Beam, bitters, and many more. Black and white photos. 2004 values. AUTHORBIO: Hugh Cleveland was a passionate collector of bottles, and made it his lifelong hobby. His Bottle Pricing Guide has become a standard in the field. Though now deceased, Cleveland's years of collecting and research continue to aid collectors in their searches. REVIEW: This book continues to be the standard reference among bottle collectors, complete with over 4,000 listings and hundreds of black and white photographs. Besides the detailed information provided in each listing, there are also tips on identifying and buying and selling bottles.

Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide

The "bottle bible" is back with FULL color photos and new categories to give collectors the most up-to-date and comprehensive data on collectible bottles! This impressive 5th edition of the Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide features two new categories -- perfume bottles and political/patriotic bottles.

Thousands of detailed listings for old (pre-1900) and new (post-1900) bottles, current pricing, and 500-plus spectacular color photos combine for an unparalleled collectibles resource. From collectors and dealers to anyone with a fond memory of bottles for everything from soda pop to ink will find this easy-to-follow resource essential to building a stellar collection.

-500+ stunning color photos for quick reference

-Thousands of listings provide valuable identifying details

-Current pricing to help collectors remain up to date

Warman's Bottles Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification)

Packed with detailed listings and full-color photos of the most collectible old (pre-1900) and new (post-1900) barber bottles, beer bottles, bitters, medicine bottles, milk bottles, whiskey bottles, soda bottles and more, this book is a must-have. The affordable price and portable size make it ideal for collectors on the go.

1,000 detailed listings and more than 300 detailed full-color photos of the most collectible bottles on the market, all with current pricing, provide collectors with all the information they need for secure buying and selling. A section on the history and origin of glass bottles, as well as basic bottle facts and tips on how to start collecting, are also included.

-1,000 listings with prices for well over 100 years of collectible bottles -300 brilliant color photos -Convenient portable size

Tomart's Price Guide to Character & Promotional Glasses Including Pepsi, Coke, Fast-Food, Peanut Butter and Jelly Glasses; Plus Dairy Glasses & Milk

A Collector's Handbook of Miniature Perfume Bottles: Minis, Mates and More

This handbook provides hundreds of clear color photographs and fascinating stories which reveal volumes about each fragrance, far beyond the size of the bottles. These miniature bottles are popular collectibles today and this useful book contains information to satisfy the most discriminating taste. Fragrance names, their creators, launch dates, bottle and package designs and dimensions are all here, as well as a price guide in the captions to reflect today's fragrance market.

Scandinavian Glass, 1930-2000: Smoke & Ice

This book and its companion volume are the first in English to survey the entire range of Scandinavian glass companies and designers. Their beautiful glass has spawned one of the hottest collecting fields today. The volumes are divided by color, with the dark tones of Smoke and the clear crystal of Ice included in this book. Each volume has hundreds of color photographs chronicling the creations that arose out of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Together these nations were responsible for producing some of the most extraordinary glass of the 20th century. Here is the high quality designer glass produced by skilled teams of glassmakers working at Orrefors, Kosta, iittala, Nuutajarvi, Riihimaki, Hadeland, Strombergshyttan, and Johansfors led in technical virtuosity and design innovation. Designers such as Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, Vicke Lindstrand, Edward Hald, Nanny Still, Erik Hoglund, and dozens of others contributed more to 20th-century factory glass production than any group outside of Italy. With detailed captions, signatures and labels, company histories, designer biographies, a comprehensive bibliography, index, and price guide, this book along with its companion volume Fire & Sea will surely become the standard reference on Scandinavian glass and essential for collectors, dealers, researchers, curators, and anyone interested in modern design.

Bottles: Identification and Price Guide, 3e (Bottles: Identification and Price Guide)

Do you need help in finding that elusive and rare antique bottle? How about some clues on where to locate the best digging spots? Do you wonder how old your bottle really is?

The "Bottle Bible", a comprehensive reference for all collectors from bottle-collecting enthusiast Michael Polak, is now newly revised for the third edition.  Bottle collecting continues to grow as an incredibly popular hobby, with more and more people digging through old dumps, foraging through old ghost towns, digging out old outhouses, exploring mine shafts, and searching at swap meets, flea markets, and garage sales for the treasured bottle.