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2 comments about Price Guide for Miniature Lamps (Schiffer Book for Collectors).

1. An excellent source for securing a "real" value for collectible oil lamps. If someone has the number of the lamp from one of the three books, you don't even need the original book to find the value of the lamp.



2. In the first book that I received there were 8 blank pages. Amazon sent me a second copy in which there were 8 different blank pages. Amazon refused to send me a third copy. The book was useful except that several of my lamps were on the blank pages and hence no info available.
   I would not recommend this book as it is incomplete. Further, I am seriously considering not doing business with Amazon in the future. They gave me a refund for the defective product (book), but would not do anything to get me a complete product.

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No comments about Vancouver's collecting collective.(Verena Kaminiarz, Mark Dudiak, Andrew Kent, Arabella Campbell, Scott Marshall and Cedric Bomford )(Discussion): An article from: C: International Contemporary Art.

3 comments about Popular '50s and '60s Glass: Color Along the River : With Price Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors).

1. I am a collector of viking glassware. This book is the single most helpful book I have found. It has great color photos and, what I find most interesting, actual pages from original viking glassware catalogues. It also has a great section reviewing the different labels from different series. Additionally, it contains a rather descriptive and detailed table of estimated values of the different pieces today. The book does a good job of giving histories of the companies inside as well. There are other types of glassware from the same geographical area (New Martinsville, WV) covered in the book as well. I, however, can not list them for you as my original copy of the book was recently destroyed in a fire so I am online today to order my new copy of the book!



2. I collect Blenko glass, and I got this book with the expectation that it would help me distinguish Blenko from the other WV glassmakers. The book is full of wonderful photographs, but there is only so much to be learned from a two dimensional object. There is a brief history of each glassmaker, and therein lies the problem. The history is much too brief, and there is very little if any discussion of what distinguishes each glassmaker from its competitors. The pictures are great, but the book left me wanting more information, and I came away from it unsatisfied.



3. Subtitled "Color Along the River," this book features handcrafted glassware produced in the 1950's and 1960's along the Ohio River Valley, an area in West Virginia famed for its glassmaking. The book contains over 400 color photos of glassware, plus labels, catalog page reprints, company histories, and a price guide. Featured companies include Blenko, Pilgrim, Kanawha, Rainbow, A.F. Bischoff, Fostoria, Viking, and Morgantown. There is also a chapter on cased and satin glass from international sources, such as Italy and Scandinavia.

   This book is a wonderful source of information on glassware that was poorly documented elsewhere in 1995: crackle glass, all those colorful decanters with pointy teardrop stoppers, cased glass, pinched vases, and oversized bud vases. (Many of these items were not marked, but carried paper labels which quickly wore off.) There is also a chapter on figural glass, featuring the fish, birds, and elephants that were so popular during these decades.

   Much of this type of glass is definitely an aquired taste. People seem to love it or hate it: currently it doesn't seem to have the mass following of, say, Depression glass or Fenton. Colors range from the garish (orange) to the gloomy (brown, gray), and items range from the delicate to the downright clunky. Some of the styles are just too recent for people to get too excited about. Having said that, Blenko in particular is seeing quite an upswing in popularity: some of its large decanters--especially amberina--are currently selling for well over $100. And crackle glass has a lot of afficionados. There is no doubt that glass of the 1950's and 1960's will be highly collectible in the near future. This is a unique book, which highlights "a pronounced awareness of color, form, and texture" which took place during these decades.

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No comments about Miller's: Art Nouveau & Art Deco: Buyer's Guide (Buyer's Price Guide.).

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No comments about Warman's thirteenth antiques and their prices: A check list and guide of comparative prices for antique dealers and collectors.