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Remember Pearl Harbor (collectibles)

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The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor compelled American into World War II and also resulted in a flood of items acknowledging this critical and pivotal event. Over the ensuing decades, a collector's market has sprung up based on the wealth of variety of materials from the period. These range from posters and placards to postcards and pins, from banners and stationary, to cigar wrappings and ladies underwear. Highly recommended for both nostalgic reminiscing and collector references, Remember Pearl Harbor Collectibles is an impressive, 88-page compendium surveying these special collectibles through a wealth of both black-and-white as well as full-color photographs.

This is a great new 88 page book loaded with photos of every type of Pearl Harbor memorabilia. It features more than 300 large, sharp, black and white and over 80 full color photos. After the brief introduction, each page is full of memories. Major catetories include newspapers, decals and patches, postcards, gum cards and matchbooks, post cards, pennants, banners, letters, postal covers, 3-D items, jewelry, movies, books, magazines, plaques and plates, and more. Items are described as appropriate. A separate price guide identifies each item by page number and description, along with the current value. WW II collectible fans will enjoy seeing the featured items and the memories that go along with them. Add it to your collection.

Not much to rave about regarding this book. It tackles a very narrow subcollecting area of homefront collecting and consequently there are not a lot of items to show. The good news is its inexpensive and does show some really uncommon if not rare pieces albeit mostly in B&W. The insert paper priceguide is a joke and I'd scrap that. The collectors who contributed the photos were asked to price their own items hence the prices are inaccurate secondary to bias. If youre gonna buy it, buy it for pics of some pretty hard to find items and a trip down memory lane. Not much else to say otherwise.

I recommend this book to all those that truly want to remember Pearl Harbor. Martin Jacobs and Frank Arian have collaborated to bring you the most fascinating array of "Remember Pearl Harbor" collectibles. From jewelry, flags, telegrams, posters, letters, figurines, newspapers, magazines, and much more. The book features over 300 detailed color and black and white photos with an item description and includes price values for all the collectibles.The book also features original photos of the actual bombing of Pearl Harbor and a summary of the actual events from December 7, 1941. I highly recommend this book for any World War II collector.