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From Kovelsthe most trusted name in antiques and collectibles:THE INDISPENSABLE BOTTLES PRICE GUIDE
Kovels Bottles Price List, 13th edition, is a newly revised edition of the most reliable guide available for anyone who buys, sells, or collects bottles. Written by Ralph and Terry Kovel, Americas foremost authorities on antiques and collectibles, this indispensable, best-selling handbook includes the most accurate current prices and histories of more than 90 categories from the 1700s to the 2000s, from flasks and fruit jars to miniature pottery bottles, and from medicine and perfume bottles to Avon, Coca-Cola, and Jim Beam and Ezra Brooks.
Special features include:
• A sixteen-page color insert of distinctive bottles carefully selected by the authors
• More than 12,000 all-new, appraiser-approved prices
• Over 350 black-and-white photographs
• Edited by Americas premier experts on antiques and collectibles
• American prices based on actual U.S. auctions (not estimates or conversions from European auctions)
• Portable, pocket-sized, so you can carry to auctions in your tote-bag
“The Kovels are arguably the authorities on antiques and collectibles in this country.” Los Angeles Times
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Synopsis
The 12th edition of the Kovels' indispensable guide to bottles identifies and prices more than 10,000 bottles in hundreds of categories, including figural, flasks,
ink, beer, soda, perfume, medicine, and commemorative, made from the 1700s to the present. There are 250 new black-and-white photographs and an all-new
16-page full-color insert.
Synopsis
This indispensable guide to bottles identifies and prices more than 10,000 bottles in hundreds of categories, including figural, flasks, ink, beer, soda, perfume, medicine, and commemorative, made from the 1700s to the present. 250 new b&w photos and an all-new 16-page, full-color insert.
Synopsis
Up to date with the prices of more than 12,000 old and modern bottles,
Kovels’ Bottles Price List, 12th Edition is the most reliable resource available for anyone who buys, sells, or collects bottles. Written by Ralph and Terry Kovel, America’s foremost authorities on antiques and collectibles, this exhaustive guide includes more than 90 categories, from Avon and Jim Beam to medicine and perfume bottles. Prices and histories of beer bottles, bitters, Coca-Cola, cures, Ezra Brooks, figurals, flasks, fruit jars, ink bottles, Lionstone, sarsaparillas, sodas, whiskeys, and a lot more are included.
Special Features:
* A sixteen-page full-color insert, featuring distinctive bottle types and designs
* Clubs, auction houses, museums, and publications for bottle collectors
* An easy-to-use picture dictionary of bottle shapes, closures, and bottoms
* More than 300 bottles pictured and priced
About the Author
Ralph and Terry Kovel are the authors of more than eighty-five books and currently write a nationally syndicated newspaper column and a subscription-only newsletter, Kovels on Antiques and Collectibles. They also appear on their own weekly television show on HGTV (Home & Garden Television), Flea Market Finds with the Kovels. Visit the Kovels at their website: www.kovels.com.