Warman's Vintage Quilts
Warman's Vintage Quilts

Author: Maggi Mccormick Gordon

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-12-03

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 1440221332

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Immerse yourself in the rich history, inspiring tales and fascinating colors and designs of vintage American quilts explained and explored in Warman's Vintage Quilts. The 350 fresh, evocative, never-before-seen colors photos of the 300+ vintage quilts, created between the 1880s and 1940, featured in this book encompass styles including chintz and reverse applique, elaborate trapunto, Irish chains, patriotic pictorials, Pennsylvania Minnonite quilts with calico backs, among others.

Warman's Buttons Field Guide
Warman's Buttons Field Guide

Author: Jill Gorski

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-02-04

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1440219265

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For years, buttons have been more than a device that holds it all together. A popular category of collectible buttons are a staple (40,000 plus auctions) on eBay, and a topic discussed by sewing enthusiasts and crafters around the world. This new book bears all the color and attitudes of a favorite vintage button, with all the historical facts and realized pricing suitable for fans of the one thing that truly makes fashion functional.

U.S. Coins & Currency, Warman's Companion
U.S. Coins & Currency, Warman's Companion

Author: Allen G. Berman

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-07-08

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1440219303

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This new edition of this coins and currency guide serves both experienced and entry-level collectors in your search for updated values and answers about U.S. coins and paper money. Written in a comfortable instructional tone, this book walks you through the evolution of U.S. money, spotting mint marks, and grading and handling coins; en-route to identifying and pricing all types of coins including State Quarters, new Nickels, gold coins, and paper money including treasury notes, silver certificates and demand notes, among others.

Warman's Depression Glass
Warman's Depression Glass

Author: Ellen Schroy

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-09-01

Total Pages: 669

ISBN-13: 1440219338

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Once an inexpensive gift often given away, Depression glass is one of today's most sought after collectible. This essential guide gives collectors current market values for more than 10,000 items that often carry sentimental, as well as financial value. This comprehensive guide delivers double the photos as previous editions, as the most specific identification process of any guide on the market today. In this book, expert and beginning glass collectors will find: • 1,000 detailed color photos and lien drawings of 170 patterns help with identification and pattern recognition • Background information to help collectors to savvy sellers and buyers in the more than 7,000 daily eBay auctions devoted to Depression glass • A library showcasing the evolution of plate shapes over the years

McCoy Pottery, Warman's Companion
McCoy Pottery, Warman's Companion

Author: Mark F. Moran

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-04-02

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 144021929X

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This edition of McCoy contains essential identifying details and descriptions for everything from McCoy-made cookie jars and crocks to planters, vases and flower pots. The compact size provides access to facts and photos for inspection during auctions, shows, estate sales, flea markets, without being too cumbersome to tote. Inside the pages of this go-to-guide is an impressive collection of vibrant color photos, updated prices, makers marks, company history, and market trends.

Warman's Modernism Furniture and Acessories
Warman's Modernism Furniture and Acessories

Author: Noah Fleisher

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-07-08

Total Pages: 431

ISBN-13: 1440219354

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The cool designs, sleek lines and fashion-forward forms of the open and optimistic feel of the modernism furniture and design is as reflective of attitude as it is ingenuity. The enthusiasm and boundless hope of post-War 1950s America, not unlike our country’s current eagerness for a shot of optimism, is represented in the pages of this beautifully illustrated, inspiring, and informative book. Warman’s Modernism Furniture & Accessories features the furniture and designs that emerged during the prime of the movement, between 1945 and 1985. The collection of 1,000 rich and robust color photos, real-world auction prices and extensive descriptions make this a fundamental reference for anyone with an interest in modernism furniture.

World Coins & Currency, Warman's Companion
World Coins & Currency, Warman's Companion

Author: Arlyn Sieber

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-04-14

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 1440219311

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Access to coins and paper from around the world is at an all-time high, while prices continue to sit at higher than historical levels. With these factors working in tandem, capitalizing on opportunities, calls for insight on up-to-date information from a reliable source. With a blend of condition and grading details, updated values and full-color photos of Canadian, European, South African, African and Asians coins and paper money, this book is the perfect resource whether you're new to collecting or a seasoned collector looking for solid facts in a compact package.

Warman's Jewelry
Warman's Jewelry

Author: Kathy Flood

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-06-11

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 1440215391

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The 4th edition of Warman's Jewelry: Fine & Costume Jewelry price guide is for any jewelry lover interested in jadeite, pearls, diamonds, figurals, Art Deco, Art Nouveau, sterling silver, beads, rhinestones, avant-garde, designer, antique Victorian-Edwardian-Georgian, couture, plastics including Bakelite and Lucite, gold, and even more exceptional jewelry categories. The book features a fresh and fun redesign with more than 1,000 all-new images. Scholarly information and helpful hints guide the collector on an amusing journey through costume and fine jewelry from the 18th to 21st centuries. The easy-to-follow format allows collectors to quickly identify their jewelry, plus concise and informative intro shorts tell the readers specifically what to look for within categories. The book is an indispensable addition to any jewelry library. Learn about jewelry without the usual tedium of non-fiction for a read that goes fast from the first word to the closing paragraph. Plus, read short interviews with category specialists. All in all, you'll learn a lot without realizing you've been ... studying.

Warman's Antique and Collectibles Price Guide
Warman's Antique and Collectibles Price Guide

Author: Ellen Schroy

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 644

ISBN-13: 9780873415996

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Considered the definitive general price guide to antiques and collectibles, this book contains more than 500 collecting categories with tens of thousands of updated price listings and hundreds of photos of the most popular antiques and collectibles.

American Folk Art Quilts
American Folk Art Quilts

Author: Maggi McCormick Gordon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2024-03-19

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1510756698

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Beautiful Quilts! Beautiful antique quilts and a workbook of patterns come together in this lavish photography book for quilters. The more than 30 featured quilts from the Wisconsin State Historical Society collection are displayed in period rooms at Old World Wisconsin, the Society's outdoor museum of German and Scandinavian farmhouses. Patterns and block layouts are provided for replicating each of the original quilts, and after seeing each of them in a true historical context, home sewers will be inspired to create their own versions.