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A Guide Book of Collectible Postcards "takes you on a unique trip into the past. Inside this book, you'll find cards of high society and lowbrow humor, natural disasters, social, political, and religious movements, popular artists' illustrations, newspaper comics, circus animals, early movie stars, athletes, planes, trains, automobiles, and the corner general store--and much more! Authors Q. David Bowers and Mary L. Martin share decades of experience in buying, selling, and collecting. They guide you from the earliest postcards of the 1870s to the Golden Age of the 1890s through the Great War, and to the modern chrome postcards found on store racks today."--Publishers website.
Assessing art's potential as an investment, this book offers an overview and evaluation of the world's art markets. It includes the history of art investment, buying patterns and future trends for different countries and asks whether different art categories offer better potential for future returns.
From the American bald eagle in the 1860s to Elsie the Cow*r in 1939, The Borden Company has promoted its array of dairy products--including milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, ice cream, and even dog food--with images that have become American icons. This book is the first-ever complete collector's guide for Elsie the Cow and Borden's company items with over 400 color photographs of advertising signs, toys, games, china, bottles, and glass wares, pottery, lighters, neon signs, jewelry, lamps, and much more.
Brick by Brick Brilliance LEGO bricks are the building blocks of childhood. Yet they are far from child's play. LEGO sets are fast becoming a hot commodity with collectors worldwide for fun and profit. Abundantly visual, informative and detailed, The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets is the definitive reference to more than 2,000 of the most collectible sets on the secondary market, illustrating the incredible value of LEGO bricks, not only from an entertainment and educational standpoint, but also as an investment. Consider a Star Wars Ultimate Collector Series Millennium Falcon, which sold at retail for $500, is now selling for more than $3,500 on the secondary market. The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets features: • More than 25 top themes, including Advanced Models, Batman, Ideas/Cuusoo, Star Wars UCS and non-UCS sets, Technic, Trains, and Vintage • Up-to-date secondary market prices for more than 2,000 new and used sets from 2000 to present • More than 300 full-color photos of sets in their boxes, and built models • Tips on reselling, flipping, and investing The Ultimate Guide to Collectible LEGO Sets is your brick-by-brick guide to a world of imagination and discovery.
A critical discussion of Hillary Clinton's speaking fees, focusing on the corporations that paid the fees
Die-hard collectors of pocket-sized racers, fans of nostalgia, youngsters and the young at heart will revel in the candy-colored brilliance and muscle-car-fashioned attitude features in this pioneer book devoted to the superior Spectraflame cars. &break;&break;From the Beatnik Bandit and Hot Heap to the Python and Custom Camaro, the whole gang of classic miniature cruisers is featured in this one-of-a-kind book of Mattel's mightiest cars. In addition, readers will discover valuable casting information, production data, values, and insight about the differences between U.S. and Hong-Kong-made models, in this stunning Spectraflame showcase.
A guide to the history and value of Catholic collectibles, most from 1800 through the 1900s. Rosaries, medals, crosses and crucifixes, representations of saints and holy people, and more are presented through more than 400 pictures and text. Catholic religious art has been created anddisplayed in churches and cathedrals for centuries. At the same time, on a much more humblescale, religious artifacts and artistic expressions of holy objects have beendisplayed in the homes of both the wealthy and the poor in Christiancountries. In recent times there has been a surge in interest in the acquisition of thesearticles by both Catholics and Protestants, not only for their beauty but alsofor their spiritual inspiration. This work focuses on everyday devotionalobjects at reasonable prices.