Bottles: Identification and Price Guide [Mass Market Paperback]

Michael Polak (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bottles: Identification and Price Guide | Publication Date: August 1997

As one of America's favorite collectibles, bottles of all shapes, sizes and colors are finding new lives as items of beauty and interest in the hands of collectors. This comprehensive guide covers all types of bottles, both antique and new, including soda, beer, medicine, poison, ink bottles, and miniatures.

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About the Author

For the past 30 years Michael Polak has been creating his own collection of bottles, which now exceeds 3,000, and promoting the hobby of bottle collecting, which has grown into his persona as the "Bottle King." In addition to authoring the Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide and serving as a contributor to Antique Trader Antique & Collectibles Price Guide, Polak served as Western Region News Editor for Bottle & Extras magazine. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 498 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (P); 2nd edition (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380728141
• ISBN-13: 978-0380728145
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,304,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding, April 22, 2003

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jacqueline pace (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bottles: Identification and Price Guide (Paperback)

I've been an Antique Bottle Collector for approximately 10 years and have bought all of the previous editions of Bottles: Identification and Price Guide. While the other 3 editions have been excellent and a great help, the 4th Edition is by far the best of the group. The front part of the book with respect to how to understand bottle collecting,the history of bottles and glass, and digging for bottles (which I do) is an excellent update. In addition, the updated pricing sections along with the photographs, both black & white and color, are also extremely helpful. I find that the other area that provided a great deal of help is the back section of the book. The Trademark Section, Glossary, Clubs and Dealer Guide, and Bibliography. Overall, Mr. Polak has done a great job providing a super updated 4th Edition. The book makes mention that it has been called the "Bottle Bible" and I can understand why. It's been extremely helpful to myself and many of my fellow bottle colletors.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars extremely informative, July 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bottles: Identification and Price Guide (Mass Market Paperback)

As a novice bottle collector, this book was recommended to me by a friend. I found this book to be extremely informative. Mr. Polak knows his material and has presented it in a reader friendly fashion. I highly recommend this book to others.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I would not recommend, September 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Bottles: Identification and Price Guide, 3e (Antique Trader's Bottles: Identification & Price Guide) (Paperback)

The begining of this book has lots of useful information including digging and diving for bottles. However, I was disappointed with the amount of pictures. The descriptions for most bottles were vague. I rated it a 2 because of the extensive listing of Jim Beam bottles. If you collect Jim Beam this would be a worthwhile book.