Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List 1999 : The Best Selling Price Guide in America - Softcover

Kovel, Ralph; Kovel, Terry; Kovel, Terry H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0609803441 ISBN 13: 9780609803448

Publisher: Three Rivers Press, 1998

Synopsis

The Best-Selling Price Guide in America!

Comprehensive and Up-To-Date
All new appraiser-approved prices (not estimates)
Over 400 photographs in black & white and color, plus hundreds of factory marks and identifying logos
Special full-color report on emerging markets in collectibles
Easy-to-use--completely indexed and cross-referenced
Handy seven-inch ruler (inside front cover) for on-the-spot measuring

About this title

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 1999 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

From the Back Cover:

"Ralph and Terry Kovel--[The] undisputed monarchs of the bargain-hunting world."
--Family Circle

"What the Kovels don't know about antiques isn't worth knowing."
--House Beautiful

"The premier source of prices for both amateur and serious collectors."
--Mountain States Collector

"Indispensible...a great companion for trips to flea markets, garage sales, or antiques shows."
--Victorian Decorating & Lifestyle

About this edition

• Publisher: Three Rivers Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0609803441
• ISBN 13: 9780609803448
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 896