Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide (No 18)

James, Beckett

House of Collectibles

The definitive guide to antique, vintage, and modern dolls. Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines. Denise Van Patten, a recognized authority on collecting dolls, provides us with this practical and unique guide covering antique dolls (1800–1925) vintage dolls (1925–1980), and modern dolls (1980 to the present and never before priced). This new book features: • Both dealer and Internet prices • How to determine the condition of a doll • Restoration and conservation of dolls • Hundreds of photographs and doll marks

The Official Price Guide to Dolls

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Van Patten, Denise

Antiques & Collectibles

Remember those classic games like Pong and Intellivision? Whether you are an experienced or novice collector, or if you just have a spot in your heart for video games, The Official Price Guide to Classic Video Games is ideal for anyone searching for a reliable price guide to their beloved collectibles. From Atari and Coleco to Pac-Man and Space Invaders, this book offers prices and history on video and arcade games as well as information on arcade game restoration, troubleshooting, and minor repairs. This book also features a list of collectors' Web sites , amusement auctions, and conventions around the U.S. “…this book is a few pages shy of 500 PAGES! It is one thick resource and quite frankly, we are majorly impressed!” -- GameRoom magazine

Official Price Guide to Classic Video Games: Console, Arcade, and Handheld Games

Ellis, David

150 million Americans are finding a fortune in their pocket change! The newly minted United States quarters have motivated 150 million Americans to collect coins. Newly revised and updated, the One-Minute Coin Expert includes everything a collector needs to know to find the treasures hidden in their pocket change. • Highlights new coin varieties and pocket-change prizes described in depth and with detailed photos. • Features a new chapter devoted the gold coin market, with guidelines for turning every market condition to your advantage. Also includes exciting news about discoveries of golden treasures buried at sea. • Describes how to avoid the pitfalls of Internet coin auctions. • Includes tips on handling, storing, grading, and trading coins like the professionals.

The One-Minute Coin Expert, Edition #5

Travers, Scott A.

Collecting rare coins has become a lucrative global game. Now the award-winning, top-selling One-Minute Coin Expert has been completely revised and updated to show you how to play. Scott Travers teaches readers everything from how to recognize valuable coins in pocket change to how to make a mint trading gold coins. A must for beginners and a valuable resource for experienced collectors, this book includes: ·New photos of valuable coins, such as State Quarters and Presidential dollars, that will help to convert that jar of change into a treasure chest ·Tips for identifying tiny differences that make small coins worth big money ·Secrets of how to grade, trade, and preserve coins like the experts

One-Minute Coin Expert, Sixth Edition

Learn to think, act, and talk like an expert! • What names are given to the three phases of the Art Deco style? • Who is Norman Bel Geddes? • What is an 'ebeniste'? • What water images are considered Art Deco design icons? This is a one-of-a-kind reference on Art Deco furniture, sculpture, metalware, prints and graphics, glass, ceramics, and industrial design. Includes a 'fakes alert', plus listings of Art Deco dealers, International Art Deco Societies, museums, shows, and auction houses.

Instant Expert: Collecting Art Deco

Fusco, Tony

Learn to think, talk, and act like an expert! • What three qualities must a rug possess to be collectible? • What popular class of antique collectible rugs is being faked? • Can both silk rugs and wool rugs be cleaned by washing? This is a one-of-a-kind resource on the history of rugs and how Oriental rugs are made, which also includes online resources, dealers, museums, clubs, and associations.

Instant Expert: Collecting Oriental Rugs

Ware, Joyce C.

Think, talk, and act like an expert!Learn the language of teapot collecting, and the answers to these questions and more:• What is the difference between a teapot and a kettle?• What kind of teapot is used in a Japanese tea ceremony?• What distinguishes a craft teapot from a manufactured teapot?•What is the difference between pottery, stoneware, and porcelain?This one-of-a-kind resource on the history of tea and teapots also includes online resources, museums, books, magazines and newsletters, tea and teapot emporia, clubs, societies, and associations.

Instant Expert: Collecting Teapots

Leah Rousmaniere

THE GUIDE THAT EXPLAINS, ILUSTRATES, AND SETS THE STANDARD FOR GRADING UNITED STATES COINS The world's largest and most prestigious coin grading organization has created an amazing, one-of-a-kind guide that reveals its grading and authentication secrets. From the introduction: "By furnishing a simple yet detailed guide to grading coins, PCGS has made it easy to understand the number that appears on a grading holder. Reading this book will make you an expert." – Jay W. Johnson, Former Director, United States Mint This book illustrates and explains with precise descriptions and digital images how you can determine the exact condition of a coin. Here is a coin grading volume so complete that—like its author, PCGS—it indeed sets the standard for grading coins. Inside this illustrated guide you will find: • The standards for grading all United States coins, including precise definitions of Mint State and circulated grades • An all-new section on how to grade America's 50-State quarters • The fundamentals of counterfeit detection • The secrets of handling and storing your collection • State-of-the-art techniques used to recognize 'doctored' coins • Over 600 detailed illustrations This detailed guide is the only book on the market that encompases so many facets of coin grading and counterfeit detection.

The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, 2nd Edition

John Dannreuther

Learn to think, talk, buy, and sell like an expert! • A treasure trove of vital facts about painting, sculpture, commercial art, stoneware, metalware, textiles, and much more. • Answers the most important questions: what to collect, why to collect, and how and where to start. • A complete resource guide with terms, museums, publications, shows, and conservation resources.

Instant Expert: Collecting American Folk Art

Fendelman, Helaine

Kleckner, Susan

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