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Sewing Tools & Trinkets: Collector's Identification & Value Guide

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This is an excellent source for the collector of antique sewing implements. Full color illustrations of all priced objects make it easy to identify and place a value on pincushions, needlecases, thimbles and more. Not much text but price guides are generally short on text. If a price guide is what you want, I recommend this one.

Helen Lester Thompson's Sewing Tools & Trinkets is a collector's identification and value guide, covering everything from thimbles and needle holders to toys and trinkets. A very specific reference for the collector of sewing items.

Looking through this book is better than a trip through a hundred antique malls looking for old sewing itmes. The photos are impressive and the collection is quite varied. Thoroughly enjoyed browsing the book; makes a nice sewing room addition.

This book has great pictures, but I would have liked a little more info on the items.The pricing was helpful, but sometimes a little more specific info here would also have been better. I was particularly interested in vintage crochet hooks and was disappointed in the lack of much info on them. The second edition is not much better in this area. All in all I would say this book is good to very good on pricing, which is of course what it mostly purports to be. Be sure and check the chapter headings so that you have a better idea of which types of items are actually covered.

I've had this book for well over a year and have returned to it many times, either to look something up, or just to enjoy browsing through and learning.

There's a great range of sewing items, in quite a number of categories, ranging from the 19th and early 20th centuries. They are in all price ranges, too.

The last section features items from collections of longtime collectors, and there are such wonderful things. It's always interesting to me to see what people collect, how they display them and

I'm a collector (as well as seller) of antique and vintage sewing notions, and am always looking for books on the subject. There aren't too many out there! This is one I've greatly enjoyed and would recommend to others looking for information on the range of objects that were made, what those odd sewing implements you come across really are, and some ballpark information on values.

This review is for Vol. 2, but Vol. 1 is similar in organization and scope, though some different categories are covered. I actually like Vol. 2 best, but it is also worth picking up Vol. 1 for a more comprehensive range of subjects.

This book is great really enjoying it....but I bought what was said to be NEW...well it was not new...the cover was scratched, the corners are crunched and the book was well read....not happy about that...paying the new book price for an used book....