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Kovels' Antiques And Collectibles Price List #25 (Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles Price List)
by Ralph Kovel
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Three Rivers Press (1992-10-20)
ISBN: 051759109X
EAN: 9780517591093
Dewy Decimal #: 745
Paperback
Release Date: 1992-10-20
SKU: MOZ123080
Condition: Very Good
Comments: 051759109X Book free of markings but prior owner name inside and short inscription inside back cover. Cover shows light to moderate wear, single light crease across back. Interior & spine evidence only gentle use; overall, a very serviceable copy. Your book will be carefully protected for transit in sturdy, weather-resistant packaging. We are prompt, efficient, communicative.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
In addition to providing up-to-date prices for virtually every category of antique and collectible, this anniversary edition of the popular guide includes helpful hints on collecting, identifying, preserving, and restoring antiques. 100,000 first printing.
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Customer Reviews
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Need more puctures
Rating  (4)
Date: 2006-11-05
Excelent to review but need more pictures about products and most clearly explanation about the prices right.
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Pricing Not up to date
Rating  (3)
Date: 2005-07-28
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Overall a okay book. It seems that everything is under priced!!!
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Over rated, recommended Antique Trader's 2004 Price Guide
Rating (3)
Date: 2003-12-18
Kovel's like Martha are over rated. They can't know all. I recommend the Antique Trader 2004 Price Guide. The Antique Trader authors go to the expert for the information and give them credit.
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A useful book.
Rating (4)
Date: 2002-10-16
13 out of 14 customers found this reveiw helpful
This, like lots of antique price lists, can make anyone a little nuts to use. As has been noted by others, 80% of the time what you want will not be in the book and then if it is, chances are that your items condition will be different that the one the book lists a price for. That said, these books can be helpful as a reference and give you kind of a "good idea" what different types of items go for. This book, like most general antique price lists is a little weak in the area of antique tools (one of my areas of interst) but this should not be much of a problem for most. Kovels' book is as good as any of the general interest price lists out there and worth having around.
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Yeah, it's jam-packed with information but....
Rating (3)
Date: 2002-06-15
30 out of 31 customers found this reveiw helpful
...it's also difficult to find your way around.This book basically consists of a long list of "antiques", (including all possible kinds of 50's colletibles) sorted by type. The good thing about this book is, that the prices quoted are actual realized sales, i.e. there are no estimates and guestimates in this book. The bad thing is, that whatever you're looking for will almost certainly not be in this book. And if it is, you will not be able to find it, unless you already know the book/the market very well. Why? Well, there is, of course, an infinite amount of "stuff" out there. Even Kovel's 900 pages cannot cover it all. That would be less important, if the book a) limited its scope a bit e.g covering only "real" antiques OR "real" collectibles and b) showed us how to determine the value of something not in the book(e.g. if "your" chair is made out of a different kind of wood from the type described in the book, how does that influence the price?). Instead, the problem (of looking up a certain kind of antique) actually is aggravated by the fact that the organization of items is not very clear. Example: if you're looking for the price of a Meissen Porcelaine Figurine, you may have to look under all three categories (Meissen, Porcelaine and Figurines). That of course being subject to you knowing that there is a separate "Meissen" category and not looking up "porcelaine" only. Forget the index, it rarely helps. In my opinion, this book can be useful only for people that are willing to put a lot of time into the subject, learning the organization of the book by heart and visiting a lot of auctions / flea markets in order to develop a feeling for the factors influencing prices. A beginning collector is likely to be frustrated by this book.
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