The doll industry's bible has been updated with new information and more than 600 photographs, making it the most complete and up-to-date doll guide available.
"Jan Foulke has been credited for producing "the bible of doll collecting" by both USA Today and The Washington Post. Her extensive series of well written and masterfully researched price guides has become the gold standard for establishing doll values. Her latest guide is the most comprehensive volume to date. Extensively illustrated with detailed, full color photographs by her husband, Howard Foulke, this guide will become an indispensable aid for serious and novice collectors alike"--Publisher website (October 2007).
This book describes the German bisque dolls manufactured by the German company, Kestner, and produced from the early 1880s until the merging of the Kestner factory with Kammer & Reinhardt in the 1930s. This book features all the Kestner dolls, including the Hilda dolls, the closed-mouth, open-mouth and character babies and all bisque dolls. Extensive research has been undertaken with the mould numbers to further aid identification.
Increase the value of your dolls many times over by following the essential strategies presented in a decade-by-decade guide by the host of the popular Home Shopping Network show. More than 100 color photos present examples of the most collectible dolls that have appeared and disappeared from the market during the century, from the first affordable toy dolls in the 1860s to the 1960s appearance of mass-produced vinyl models. Armed with detailed information about doll history, materials, manufacturing methods, and popular styles, you can decide what dolls to buy and how much to resell them for. You’ll also get insider tips about the future—which fads and fashions will produce the most in-demand styles a few years from now.
This is the latest volume of the series all doll collectors turn to for descriptions that are complete and accurate, realistic and up to date value ranges, and photos that are crisp, slear, and detailed. TheBlue Book is the bestselling doll book worldwide.
Whitman Publishing debuted the Handbook of United States Coins in 1942. It was the first unbiased, authoritative resource showing how much coin dealers were paying on average to buy U.S. coins by type, date, and mintmark. The groundbreaking new book was an immediate hit, popular with dealers and collectors alike. For more than 79 years coin dealers have used the OFFICIAL BLUE BOOK(R) (as it came to be known) to make buying offers. As a collector, you can use it to find out how much your coins are worth! The Blue Book's price listings offer a real-world look at the rare-coin market, gathered from dealers around the country. The new 79th edition includes updated prices, special features, and many new photographs. Coverage includes colonial and early American coins, federal coins (half cents through gold double eagles), commemoratives, Proof sets, die varieties, private and territorial gold, tokens, the newest Presidential and American Innovation dollars, National Park quarters, bullion coins, and other United States Mint products. More than 25,000 prices in multiple grades. Easy-to-follow coin-grading instructions. Coins and tokens from the 1600s to today. Historical information. Hundreds of detailed, actual-size photos. How to start a coin collection. Detailed mintage records, and much more