This easy to use, new pictorial Christmas ornament guide will be the ideal book to take on trips to antique stores and flea markets. The captions of the almost 2,000 color photographs include the title of the piece, size variations, where made, reproduction information, rarity rating, and current collector value. A brief introduction, history, and collector notes are included. Glass ornaments of all types are featured: animals, beads, Santas, trees, buildings, crosses, food, patriotic items, and much more. There are not only fabric ornaments, but wax, metal, Sebnitz, and others. There are also many miscellaneous Christmas collectibles featured, including lighting, candy containers, plaques, dolls, and other figures and decorations. 2010 values.
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Pictorial guide to Christmas Ornaments & Collectibles Identification and values As a collector of this and that and a love of many things Christmas this was inevitable that I would head in this direction. I found this book very information and covers a wide range of Christmas items,some of which I hadn’t even considered, so now all I need is to actually find some of said items, The hunt is part of the enjoyment and now I know what could be out there
I love this book! I really enjoyed looking at this book for my interest in old ornaments. However, my main purpose for buying it was to get ideas for making my own “vintage” ornaments. There are so many examples. For this purpose it is an excellent book. Hopefully, I will actually get around to doing that someday but in the meantime it is a nice book to put on the coffee table during the Christmas season.
Excellent Guide to Christmas Orn. & Collectibles! George Johnson does a wonderful job of showing old ornaments and collectibles in this book. I like that the book give sizes of the ornaments. Of course the values of the christmas items are now different as this book was printed in 2004. But the pictures are just what I needed and just wonderfully done.