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3.0 out of 5 stars
A useful reference for the shot glass collector, November 3, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: The encyclopedia of shot glasses (Paperback)
This is Pickvet's third, and largest book. It includes illustrations of about 1000 new glasses, bringing the number of glasses he has identified to around 4000. It also includes descriptions of all of the glasses from the three books, a price guide and an index.
This is the best of his three books, and one of the best books available on the topic. In this volume he corrects some errors from the earlier books, and adds some additional features, such as the index. Unfortunately, there are still problems with the book.
The illustrations in the book are black and white line drawings of one view of each glass. These drawings are a good references for many glasses, especially those with a simple designs, on one side of the glass. Unfortunately they make it very difficult to identify many glasses that have a wrap-around design, or those with an additional design on the other side of the glass.
A complete description would help identify those glasses where the drawing does not include the entire design, but many of the descriptions seem as if they were written while looking at the drawing. The descriptions are in a separate section, apart from the drawings, which makes looking at the drawing and reading the description very awkward.
Trying to find a particular glass in the book can be a frustrating experience. The drawings and descriptions are organized by decade, which makes it difficult to find an glass of unknown age. The index should help, but it is not complete. I know that there is a glass in one of the books with the word "huzzah" but I cannot find it...
Despite these flaws, this is still a great reference. There is even a checklist in the back, where you can check off the glasses as you add them to your collection. In these days of on-line auctions, the price guide can be a great help!
-- Mark
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Unbelievably terrible book, March 2, 2005
This review is from: The encyclopedia of shot glasses (Paperback)
This book's illustrations were the worst I have ever seen in my life. My six year old could do a better job. The book's own material is shoddy; the spine, and pages are already falling out (I bought it new) and I've owned it a mere 72 hours. I have only been a collector for a short time, but on my worst day in my sleep I could do a better book. Completely disgusted.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Best book I've seen, September 11, 2004
This review is from: The encyclopedia of shot glasses (Paperback)
This book goes a long way toward finding the values of specific shot glasses when there are so many out there. In this book, Mark Pickvet, combines his two previous volumes into one comprehensive guide, adding new information and creating a much simpler method of referencing the more than 4,000 shot glasses he has found. The encyclopedia is a full 300+ pages of information, illustrations and values for the various shapes, sizes and designs of shot glasses. There are also sections dedicated to the history of shot glasses, a glossary of shot glass terms and a checklist to document your own shot glass collection.
This book is user-friendly and collector-friendly with an emphasis on learning how to determine value. Pickvet educates the reader on approximating value in his general pricing guide. He also includes good and mint prices for each of the more than 4,000 shot glasses listed in the book.
Although there are some photos of shot glasses in the book, most illustrations are large, detailed line drawings that are hand drawn for accuracy. A brief caption is also included directly below each shot glass for searching at-a-glance. All shot glasses are also indexed so that you can look them up in a jiffy.
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