5000 Open Salts: A Collectors' Guide [Illustrated] [Paperback]

William Heacock (Author), Patricia Johnson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Antique Publishers; illustrated edition edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570800154
• ISBN-13: 978-1570800153
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #344,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Kitchenware

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A salt collector's dream bible, July 20, 2007

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B. Mohan "Collector freak" (Topeka, KS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5000 Open Salts: A Collectors' Guide (Paperback)

This is a must have book for what you are collecting. If you have collected salts in the past or present, this book has the best and the largest variety of salt(s), in picures! Love it!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5000 Open Salts, June 3, 2011

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Maisry (Colorado) - See all my reviews

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I've already owned two copies of this book, myself,(one signed by one of the authors) and purchased this new copy for a fellow collector of open salts. It's the best reference for the money, and most of us would not be without it. There aren't many reference books for the specific collectible, open salts, and this one is the most comprehensive of all of them. Even the two authors of the beautiful "The Open Salt Compendium" a more modern and better presented book on open salts, would agree. Nina and Sandy developed their book to take up where "5000 Open Salts" left off.

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4.0 out of 5 stars 5,000 Open Salts, January 24, 2010

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DottyeB "DottyeB" (Iowa USA) - See all my reviews

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Very good "reference" book for any collector or antique dealer to have for valid identification of collectible open salts. Because it includes all types of open salts, i.e.porcelain (china), glass, silver, etc., it is invaluable for not only the beginning collector, but for the advanced collector wishing to positively identify their collection. It gives just enough "history" and information about this interesting little collectible to make the book interesting, but happily, the focus is on identifying individual salts for the collector. The photos are such a nice plus (as some guides have only line drawings). One needs to purchase another "guide" that gives values and rarity, but as an identifying source, "5000 Open Salts" is wonderful.