Customer Reviews

Just the Right Shoe Collector's Value Guide (Collector's Value Guides)

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This book is a beautiful book as far as the pictures go and it does have all the lines and styles in one book, but the price guide is very limited. It doesn't break down the generation of the shoes, ie: Thailand or China, shoe box colors (a collector's item in themselves), or oddities and their value as most are rare. This publisher should use the similar guidelines of their Beanie Baby Collectors Guide and break down the generations or in this case production generations, and it's varities. As it stands now, it is just a catalog.

Considering this is the only book in the market for the JTRS collection, it contains mostly everything you would need to complete your collection. All of Raine's shoes, up to the end of 2000, are included in this book along with her Take A Seat collection. There are brief descriptions for each shoe and the suggested retail price with a place for you to enter the price you paid for each piece. There is an interview with Raine as well as a brief history about the shoe collection. Keep in mind that since this collection is rather new, the market value information will be limited.

This was the first time I have used Amazon. With only a broad idea of what I was looking for, when I queried it Amazon took me straight to the area I needed. It was very easy to find the guide book I was looking for.
The checkout procedure was a breeze. A very smooth transaction. The book arrived quickly. I will definitely use Amazon.com again.

Jan

I'm not the shoe collector... the wife is so I bought her this guide. She loves it, which ends up costing me more money, 'cause now she wants more shoes.

I started collecting Just the Right Shoes by Raine and I wanted this book for my collection. It is the only book that she wrote about the shoes as each one was made. It is very interesting and informative about the designs of the various shoes. I wanted this book for the information that it has. Happy with Purchase.