Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List - 30th Edition - Softcover

Kovel, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609801422 ISBN 13: 9780609801420

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 1997

Synopsis

The newest edition of this indispensable reference includes more than 50,000 reliable, all-new prices gathered from shops, markets, sales, and auctions nationwide; hundreds of factory marks and identifying logos; and helpful hints on buying, selling, and preserving antiques and collectibles. 500 illustrations. 16-page color insert.

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Review:

This exhaustive price guide, put together by antiques experts Ralph and Terry Kovel, has something for everybody, from Regency sideboards to Aladdin lunchboxes. The Kovels are the "first couple" of collecting, with 75 books, a syndicated weekly newspaper column, and a monthly column in House Beautiful to their credit. The 1998 price list is a thoroughly researched compilation of the current asking prices for more than 50,000 items. The pictures are helpful, the descriptions are clear, and the categories are useful, for the most part. Occasionally, however, persistence is necessary to locate an item: fruit labels aren't under labels or ephemera, but can be found under advertising. With that in mind, know that once you begin learning about Dick Tracy memorabilia, you may wonder about something else, and suddenly an hour has flown by while you read about Batman and you haven't even made it to the first sale yet. But once there, with Kovels' in hand, you will be more than well equipped to find the bargain that is hiding under everyone else's nose. --Christie Truly

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0609801422
• ISBN 13: 9780609801420
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 896