Warman's Bottles Field Guide (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification) [Paperback]

Michael Polak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 17, 2010 | Series: Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification

The take-it-with-you collecting resource?

America's favorite pocket-sized guide helps you identify, value, buy and sell bottles like a pro.

• All new photos and listings, plus five new chapters:
  
  
  • Crocks and stoneware
    
    
  • Food and pickle bottles
    
    
  • Ginger beer bottles
    
    
  • Mineral water bottles
    
    
  • Soda fountain syrup dispensers

  
  
  
  
  

• 300 color photos and 1,500 listings with current values

  
  
  
  
  

• Tips for identifying, buying and selling bottles

  
  
  
  
  

• Top ten bottle collecting destinations, trademarks, glossary, and key bottle websites

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Michael Polak is known as the "Bottle King," and has a collection of 3,000 bottles acquired over 30+ years of collecting. He has written six editions of the Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide, and two editions of Antique Trader Bottle Field Guide.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 3 edition (August 17, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1440212406
• ISBN-13: 978-1440212406
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #195,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Bottles

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!, September 8, 2010

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This review is from: Warman's Bottles Field Guide (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification) (Paperback)

This is an excellent book with hundreds of big, beautiful color photos, and the listings include ALL the markings and trademarks on each bottle. Kovels' bottle book doesn't include marking information and only has relatively few photos. I also like Warman's sections on bottle basics and tips on collecting, buying, and selling.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get it and Go, May 2, 2011

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An Indy Fan (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Warman's Bottles Field Guide (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification) (Paperback)

This is the perfect book to take into the field while digging or to take along while hunting for bottles in antique stores or yard sales. Love it. I have this and the author's much bigger book, but this compact book is with me at all times. I toss it in the glove compartment of my car and pull it out when I need it. Lots of color pictures. Great value.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Warman's Bottles Field Guide, December 27, 2011

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Rebecca K. Thomas "doolittle" (Manchester, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Warman's Bottles Field Guide (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification) (Paperback)

This book has extensive information for a person who is knowledgeable in bottle collecting. As an amateur, this book was a bit overwhelming.