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Warman's Bottles Field Guide: Values and Identification (Warman's Field Guides Bottles: Values & Identification)

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Good general info about bottle basics & collecting. Lots of pics of bottles you will never see at fleas or garage sales & probably very rarely at antique shows or stores. Could do with more pricing examples and fewer full page pics.

Not very useful with superficial info. Not much value for the price.

This is a guide that you can take with you to antique shops, flea markets or yard sales as it will fit nicely in a large pocket or handbag. The book not only lists values of thousands of bottles, but also provides tips for bottle identification, advice on buying and selling and trademarks. This is an ideal book for beginners with great, detailed photographs.

I have found some old bottles and this is an excellent source for idetifying them.

I know bottles...I dig them and I sell them at all the bottle shows in NY,NJ,PA,CT area. I am a professional and am very knowlegable on bottle collecting and appraisals of all kinds. DON'T be fooled by the fancy pictures and the fact it is endorced by Antique Trader. They trusted that he knew what he was talking about when they printed 15,000 copies. They were wrong!
THERE ARE SO MANY MISTAKEs IN THIS BOOK ON IDENTIFICATION AND PRICING THAT ANYONE IN THE BOTTLE COLLECTING SELLING BUSINESS WILL NOT BUY THE BOOK. I spoke with the author at a recent bottle show where he was selling his book and he refused to acknowlege his own blatent and foolist mistakes through the ENTIRE BOOK which is down right embarassing if you ask me. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY!

This book was missing pages 65 to 96. Just noticed this when using it. Book itself was okay but the pages missing were of beer bottles of which I have a few and wanted to check know that I am retired and have the time to devote to this hobby.

This book/price guide is virtually worthless. Yes, it does cover a selection of bottles; from "Avon" bottles to "Whiskey" bottles. With the emphasis on Alcohol bottles, this category is probably more informative/covered than any other of the category's of bottles listed within this book. There is a moderate amount of pictures, but most all of the pictures/bottles, one will never find, either by digging or spending HOURS on ebay and other internet sites.(with the exception of the pics alone on the internet) The book is okay for finding a price on a bottle that is very rare or prices on alcoholic bottles, but other than that, one most likely wouldn't get much use from this book/price guide. Approximately 425 pics/price guide pages.

When all the Christmas paper cleared it was this book he seemed most interested in and soon hit the road for the neighborhood with his trusty folding camp shovel and a gleam in his eye!

The book came within a certain time period as stated and was in great shape . I would recommend by from this individual again in the future .