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Art flourished in France to an exciting and unprecedented degree in the 19th century. Sculpture was a part of this fantastic explosion of creative genius with such artistic giants as Rodin, Barye, d'Angers and Carpeaux. At the same time technological...

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Marine and pocket chronometers, pocket watches with tourbillons or carousels form, in the large family of clocks, are a small group of very precisely running timepieces with little sensitivity to external influences, such as variations in temperature. Watch historian Hans...

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The skeleton clock probably is the most fascinating of all clocks. It displays, by means of its fretted-out frame and lack of any protective case other than a glass dome, its inner-most workings. Therefore, this type of clock attracted the...

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This is the most informative book available for the collector of buttons, written by a second-generation collector who has traveled the world over to expand her knowledge of this exciting collectible. The book presents over 10,000 buttons of all imaginable...

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The exceptional beauty of Pairpoint glass lamps has been cherished since their origin in New Bedford, Massachusetts, between 1907 and 1929. Now, for the first time, the complete range and diversity of these magnificent, softly glowing works of art are...

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A complete guide to the history, manufacture, and artistry of Vienna regulator clocks. This range of clocks used to be considered the common household clock which many people recognized but for which little documentation was available. Rick Ortenburger now presents...

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Exquisitely painted, small, round, papier-mƒch‚ and lacquer boxes are sought after today for their beauty and the high level of craftsmanship they demonstrate. For the many admirers of these boxes, and students of the European cultural society in which they...

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Besides writing The Furniture Treasury, Wallace Nutting operated a large factory in the early decades of the 1900s, making high quality furniture reproductions. Many of these reproductions were very similar to the antiques pictures in The Furniture Treasury. This is...

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This is the first and a most comprehensive work on wooden butter shapers, a subject of interest to many folk art authorities and collectors. While working as a Specialist in History for the Museum of Michigan State University, the author,...

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Personalized shaving mugs of barber supply catalog quality are what collectors want and what drives this exciting, interesting hobby. This new book concentrates on this beautiful pieces of folk art, in a way that collectors will love and historians will...

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Sometimes referred to as a Navajo folk art, these representations of recognizable objects occasionally have been designed into Navajo weavings at least since the middle of the nineteenth century. Unlike the geometric designs of more traditional Navajo rugs, these delightful...

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Stunning Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and modern jewelry was manufactured by the firm of Theodor Fahrner for a hundred and twenty-five years (1855-1979.) Growing into a major producer of style-conscious jewelry, the company both led and was inspired by the...

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An illustrated look at the discovery, appreciation, recognition, and selection of fine bronze statuary created during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This period was an era of great social and cultural change in which bronze sculpture managed to capture...

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Whether you play golf, collect golfing memorabilia for the sake of a good investment, or simply enjoy the Ralph Lauren look, Collectible Golfing Novelties presents it all. The author displays old clubs and equipment, as well as magazines, books, smoking...

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This comprehensive work will be appreciated by amateur and professional collectors as a long awaited composite guide to card photographs spanning nearly a century of examples dating from salt prints to picture postcards. The over three hundred illustrations are accompanied...

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Gambling, simply stated, is as American as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie. Despite the best efforts of our Puritan forbearers, America has, throughout its history, been a country of rebels and gamblers. The games-pharo, poker, keno, hazard, roulette, and...

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This book offers collectors and admirers of this beautiful art informative text and splendid photographs. All enameling techniques--from classic to strange--are explained to allow collectors and dealers to organize their treasures correctly. A history of enameling details origins, art history...

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For collectors, Nuremberg and toys will forever be thought of together. Whenever they hear one mentioned, they will think of the other. The firm of Georg Kellermann stands completely in the tradition of quality and originality for which Nuremberg toys...

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The cowboy is a mythic figure in American life. From his emergence in the west in the late 1800s, he has caught the imagination of young and old alike. His adventures have been the stuff of countless stories, in print...

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Pewter of the Western World is the first comprehensive and authoritative study of antique pewter on an international basis to be published in the English language. Written by one of the world's leading experts, it chronicles the history of the...

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Like many great toys of the past, penny banks are considered abstracts from real life. Here are still banks, those with no moving parts, and mechanical banks that flip coins into a receptor, chosen to illustrate the history of penny...

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The tins, bottles, boxes, and cartons employed by the Jewel Tea Company in their door-to-door home delivery service are illustrated and discussed in this informative volume. Jewel advertising art, stock cards, and historical photographs round out the volume, providing a...

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A complete guide to the art and design of collectible perfume bottles. During the past one hundred years, thousands of trademarked fragrances have competed in the marketplace. Here are over 1000 examples, most of which have not appeared in previous...

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Color photos and text present Roycroft Art Metal's copper vases, bookends, trays and more--including many rarely-seen items. As the founding of the Roycroft art community in New York State reached its one hundredth anniversary, collector interest in the Arts &...