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Antique Trader's Country Americana Price Guide: Price Guide

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This price guide has alot of good information and pictures that can be used for comparison purposes, but if a dealer were to base his prices on some of those in the book, he would end up "sitting on" his inventory for a long time. Even a New York dealer or an ebay seller would have trouble getting some of these prices. I'm a dealer in the middle of antique country in Penna., and specialize in 'country' items. Perhaps the duck decoy for $132,000 is given as an example of an extreme, but the book would be more useful if it just covered the average, good quality antique. There's a tendency today to over-estimate the value of antiques (eg. Antiques Roadshow), but in today's economy, that has just become 'wishful thinking'. Would that it were true.

This 432 page, softbound, 6 x 9" year 2000 book is really handy to keep with you as a reference guide when you antique. There are about 50 full color and 1000 black and white photos. Year 2000 values are provided. In addition to articles on investing in antiques, major topics range from baskets, butter molds and stamps, cash registers, chalkware and decoys to kitchenwares, laundry room, lightning rod balls, shaker items, tobacciana and writing accessories. Each topic is comprehensively covered, and individual items contain enough detail for easy item identification. It is truly one of the most comprehensive and in-depth price guides ever published on these important cultural artifacts. You'll refer to it often.