Download or read book The Price Guide to Black and White Pot lids written by Ronald Dale and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Digging for Treasure written by Ron Dale and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digging for Treasure could possibly have been titled "Memoirs of a Dump Digger," as although it is a practical book packed with know-how gained by the author over a number of years, all the information passed on through the book is from the author's own real-life experiences. Digging into Victorian and Edwardian rubbish dumps may seem a crazy way to earn a living, but many thousands of people in Britain alone have been involved in such a hobby part-time since the 1970s. It all started in the U.S.A. in the 1950s when old frontier towns were searched for their throwaway bottles. The patent quack medicine bottles of the 19th century proved a fascinating subject of research. Dump- digging soon spread to Canada and the U.K. and is also particularly strong in Australia. The finds in old refuse are not just bottles. In a century when local chemists made their own toothpaste in the back of the shop, it was sold in small ceramic pots with lids which had printed advertising on them under the glaze. Chemists could design their own advertising lids and the individuality and naivety of these is part of their charm. This was a time before the invention of the squeezable tube which we use today for toothpaste, creams and ointments. Ointments claiming to cure a wide variety of illnesses were sold in these pots, something which is illegal today. Ointments can alleviate or soothe problems, but they cannot claim to cure! In Digging for Treasure the author points out that once a dump has been emptied of its finds by hordes of collector-diggers, they have to constantly be searching for other sites. This has become a problem today as gradually more and more old rubbish dumps disappear under the building of trading estates, car parks and housing estates. Whilst this is admittedly true, the author believes there are still some town dumps yet to be found, although fast disappearing. Also he advocates the re-digging of sites which were inefficiently dug by zealous collectors the first time around. Victorian refuse dumps yield a wide variety of glass bottles, printed stoneware and ceramic pots and advertising lids, clay pipes with decorated bowls, china dolls' heads, brown salt-glazed stoneware bottles and jars. Some of the rarer bottles and pot-lids are now selling for several hundreds of pounds and the very rare up to £5,000. As sites become even more difficult to find, this trend for higher prices must continue. The author points the way to the future in what he describes as the "forgotten dumps." In the book he describes the research he has done on the collection of refuse in the U.K. which is a subject most of us pay scant attention to. Many would believe that there has always been a collection of our waste, but this is not so. In many towns and villages, the collection of household waste was not organised until after 1900. The smaller the village, the later was collection introduced. Although in London and a few other large cities, refuse collection began from about the 1880s, some small villages did not have this facility until about 1920. As town dumps gradually disappear under buildings, the author points the way forward for dump-diggers of the future what he calls the forgotten dumps and he claims there are tens of thousands of them to be found. The hobby of bottle-collecting also covers the collecting of pot-lids and other finds and in all English-speaking countries there are clubs, magazines and auctions to cater for collectors. Online auctions on e-bay for antique bottles and pot-lids receive bids from all over the world. Bottles and pot-lids are big business and for anyone wishing to dig up their own antiques, this book is indispensable.

Download or read book Warman s Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide written by Harry L. Rinker and published by Warman's. This book was released on 1996-04 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An antiques price guide for more than 50,000 items, with detailed descriptions.

Download or read book Warman s Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide written by Ellen T. Schroy and published by Chilton Book Company. This book was released on 1997-04 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collectors of miniature paintings, lace, Lefton china, Tucker china and yard-long prints will find their favorite pieces listed in "Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide". This 31st edition has added these categories to the numerous old favorites. Hundreds of photographs, factory marks, and illustrations aid in identifying antiques and collectibles.

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Download or read book Warman s Antiques and Their Prices written by Harry L. Rinker and published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company. This book was released on 1991 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nation's oldest and most respected antiques and collectibles price guide celebrates its Silver Anniversary. This complete reference contains descriptions and prices for more than 50,000 objects, plus historical background, critical reference and periodical sources, addresses of collector's clubs, and collecting and reproduction hints for more than 500 categories of collectibles. Illustrated.

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Download or read book Warman s Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide written by Ellen Tischbein Schroy and published by Wallace-Homestead Book Company. This book was released on 2002-04 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's longest-running antiques price guide is updated to include up-to-date pricing, more photos, and expanded coverage with more than 500,000 listings, as well as the addition of new tables, educational notes, and comparisons. 1,500+ photos. 8-page color insert.

Download or read book The Official Price Guide to Kitchen Collectibles written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collectibles Price Guide written by Judith Miller and published by . This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides up-to-date values for a wide range of collectibles from Barbie dolls to textiles, and features more than five thousand color photographs for easy identification.

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Download or read book The Lyle Price Guide to Collectibles and Memorabilia written by Anthony Curtis and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1990 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of the more than 3,000 items listed in nearly 200 categories is accompanied by a new black-and-white photograph that highlights distinguishing features of the piece in question as well as current market value.

Download or read book Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide 1998 written by Kyle Husfloen and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 1997-09 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled from the highly regarded "Antique Trader Weekly", this comprehensive volume covers every major category of collecting, from rare pottery and mid-sixteenth furniture to space collectibles and Disney memorabilia--all in an easy-to-read, A to Z format. 1,500 photos.