Collectors Guide to Pez: Identification and Price Guide (Collector's Guide to Pez) (Paperback)

~ Shawn Peterson (Author)

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Product Description

PEZ® dispensers have been an integral part of childhood for nearly 50 years. Today these colorful candy dispensers are hot collectibles sought by young and old alike.

Now collectors have an informative guide offering excellent photographs of nearly all known dispensers, as well as up-to-date pricing. Over 200 dispensers are listed, as well as variations including dispensers that were sold both “footless” and “with feet.” Many rare examples are also included. In addition to dispensers, this guide covers other PEZ®-related items–ad sheets, candy packs, counter boxes, displays and more.

- More than 200 dispensers with variations
- Over 400 photographs
- Illustrated glossary and historical information

About the Author

Shawn Peterson began purchasing PEZ[registered] dispensers for 50- each, at weekend flea markets in 1990. Today, his collection contains hundreds of rare and common dispensers, candy packs and advertisements and has been featured in Toy Shop magazine. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 2nd edition (January 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873419650
• ISBN-13: 978-0873419659
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #249,545 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have for Pez Collectors!, December 31, 2000

By	Caprice Caster (Kansas) - See all my reviews

The pictures are the best I've seen in a Pez book. Having a picture of the ultra-rare Lemon Crazy Fruit and Pez Pal Admiral are the closest I will ever come to having the real thing in our collection. Some of my favorite pictures are the glow-in-the-dark dispensers. They actually glow in the pictures. And the variations that are pictured are fabulous - that in itself has given me a renewed interest in getting all the variations (mostly because I didn't know they existed until I saw them in this book). The way it's sorted is great too -- it's easy to navigate and find what you're looking for really quickly. There's an illustration glossary for beginners -- it actually shows a picture of what a "melt mark", etc. is. He has price ranges listed for all the dispensers too. It's my favorite PEZ book so far!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of What's Out There, June 9, 2003

By	DJ Sauter (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Collector's Guide to Pez: Identification & Price Guide (Paperback)

Although it's not a highly competitive category, this book takes the top spot in Pez guides.
Being the newest, it has the most up to date pictures, prices and products.
The extended section on candy packs, and Pez paper products/inserts is helpful, as other books lacked in that departement.
Overall it's a solid price and picture book, with accurate estimates and such. It's the best of what's out there, so it's worth a shot.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant, up-to-date source of PEZ information!, December 17, 2000

By	Shawn Peterson (Blue Springs, Mo USA) - See all my reviews

The book is packed with 160 pages of color photos, including items as new as the worm, catapillar,ladybug and 2000 version of Peter Pez to such rare one-of-a-kind items as all of the Disney soft heads, the Admiral (only one known to exist) Worlds Fair Astronaut, and the Crazy Fruit Lemon prototype and everything in between! There are 22 chapters dealing with such things as history, pricing information, ad sheets, candy packs, displays, conventions and newsletters. This is a must have for all serious PEZ collectors!