Category: Collecting & Collectables

This companion volume to Lee Allane's Oriental Rugs: A Buyer's Guide (Thames and Hudson, 1988) explains how these rugs are made, and how techniques, materials and tools affect character and quality, whether from the commercialized workshops of Peking and Kathmandu, or from the nomads of East Turkestan. An up-to-date table of price comparisons gives a clear indication of what to pay for each range and grade of rug. The author explores the worldview that underpins the rugs' sophisticated symbolism and color schemes, providing a permanent source of reference to the various weaving groups both ins...
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The Trail of Painted Ponies

By: Barker, Rod

Price: $4.00

Publisher: The Trail of Painted Ponies : January 2006

Seller ID: 118906

ISBN-13: 9780976031925

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Cowboy Boot Book

By: Beard, Tyler

Price: $8.00

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, Publisher : September 1992

Seller ID: 79482

ISBN-13: 9780879054717

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

It's a "pictorial guide to fancy footgear," states Texas Monthly. THE COWBOY BOOT BOOK has it all--history, anatomy, leathers, fit, care, makers, sellers, and famous wearers--even a glossary of boot terms for the novice. Beard's anecdotes and Texas charm will keep you entertained; Arndt's heart-stopping photos will keep you enthralled. The recent renaissance of artful bootmaking will keep this selling.

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How to Restore Your Collector Car

By: Brownell, Tom

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Motorbooks Intl : January 1984

Seller ID: 98814

ISBN-13: 9780879381745

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Los Angeles Dodgers

By: Co, Topps,Foley, Red

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Price Stern Sloan : April 1990

Seller ID: 98795

ISBN-13: 9780843124736

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, Vol. II

By: Coysh, A. W.,Henrywood, R. K.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist : June 1989

Seller ID: 98789

ISBN-13: 9781851490936

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

has mylar plastic
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Dictionary of Blue & White Printed Pottery 1780-1880, Vol. I

By: Coysh, A. W.,Henrywood, R.K.

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist : June 1982

Seller ID: 98790

ISBN-13: 9780907462064

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

has mylar plastic
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Navajo Rugs: The Essential Guide

By: Dedera, Don

Price: $6.50

Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing Llc : June 1990

Seller ID: 98825

ISBN-13: 9780873585033

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

The Macmillan encyclopedic dictionary of numismatics

By: Doty, Richard G

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Macmillan : January 1982

Seller ID: 98809

ISBN-13: 9780025322707

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

jacket has some tearing
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The Antiques Clinic: A Guide to Damage, Care, and Restoration

By: Garnier, Richard,Fielden, James

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc : October 1998

Seller ID: 98812

ISBN-13: 9780764151200

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Nearly everybody has a small art object in the attic, or a piece of unusual porcelain in a cabinet, or perhaps a very old table or chair -- but has no clear idea of the item's value. It might have no value at all -- or it might be worth thousands How do you begin to find out? This handsomely illustrated large-format volume is a good place to start the investigation. It offers advice on how to identify the key characteristics, shapes, and forms by style from every historical period. Author and antiques expert Paul Davidson discusses objects of every kind: architecture, room interiors, furnitur...
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An Illustrated Encyclopedia of British Pottery and Porcelain

By: Godden, Geoffrey A.

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Bonanza Books : January 1965

Seller ID: 98804

ISBN-13: 9780517088807

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World

By: H., BAILLIE G.

Price: $14.50

Publisher: N.A.G. PRESS : January 1947

Seller ID: 98801

ISBN: B00109WCZG

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

has mylar cover
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Oriental Rugs Antique and Modern by Walter A. Hawley (1970, Paperback) s#8348

By: Hawley, Walter A.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Générique : January 1970

Seller ID: 148830

ISBN: B0BKSQQJCY

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Antique Collector's Dictionary

By: Henshaw, Donald Cowie & Keith

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Gramercy Publishing : January 1962

Seller ID: 98797

ISBN-13: 9783464055113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Antiquespeak: A Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts, from the Renaissance to Art Deco (Speak Series)

By: Hiesinger, Kathryn B.,Marcus, George H.

Price: $9.50

Publisher: Abbeville Press : June 1997

Seller ID: 98798

ISBN-13: 9780789201898

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Understanding antiques requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary that tells initiates what something is, where it came from, and when it was made. AntiqueSpeak provides this essential information in concise but illuminating essays that cover almost a millennium of styles (such as Baroque and Art Deco), materials (glass, ivory), types of objects (furniture, toys and games), specialized areas of collecting (folk art, Judaica), and concerns involved with acquiring and caring for antiques (auctions, condition, marks and signatures). In addition, the book includes a handy one-page StyleChart; ...
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