Collecting Lladro: Identification & Price Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

Featuring more than 600 color photographs and 2,000 listings, the 2nd edition of this full-color price and identification guide provides a comprehensive and beautiful look at Lladro porcelain, an elegant, romantic, hand crafted, fine porcelain instantly recognizable in its shades of blue, cream, gray, and brown.

Peggy Whiteneck returns to provide names and serial numbers to help readers identify specific items in their collection; information on various marks which enables collectors to estimate the age of a piece and authenticate it; and information on what makes a given piece valuable in the secondary market.

In addition to the 100 new photos and listings, this revised and updated guide features an index, organized by title and number, a new chapter on "un-catalogued Lladro," frequently asked questions, and much more.

* Updated content and prices * Includes comprehensive background information on Lladro porcelain

About the Author

Peggy Whiteneck is extremely knowledgeable and well respected in the collectibles field. An enthusiastic author, she prices Lladro pieces for Price Guide to Contemporary Collectibles and Limited Editions. Peggy has previously published magazine articles in Collector's Mart magazine. She has been collecting Lladro for years and has been relentless in researching information about these exquisite pieces. She lives in East Randolph, Vermont.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Krause Publications; 2 edition (September 22, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873495861
• ISBN-13: 978-0873495868
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #400,601 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Resource!, April 18, 2004

By	T. Schmitt "tks68" (Colorado Springs, CO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

For anyone who is interested in learning more about Lladró, the company, the history, the incredible artistry, "relatives" such as NAO and Zaphir, collecting and becoming better at collecting, and how to care for your collection, this book is fantastic and I highly recommend it! Peggy Whiteneck is truly an expert in this field, and has a passion for collecting Lladró that shows in every page. This second edition includes updates and new information as well as even more photos. Lladró collectors will not want to miss this!

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read for Lladro enthusiast, October 24, 2005

By	CCYP "CCYP" (Malaysia) - See all my reviews

Good book to read about Lladro porcelains but it's pretty outdated and doesn't contain samples of the newer Lladro pieces. But then again, Lladro related books are so rare, this itself is a jewel. Majority of the pictures shown here are the 'official' photographs of piece by Lladro themselves. It would have been great to see pictures taken by the author or owner as it would give a different angle and view of the pieces. I'm an avid collector and was thrilled to see many of the older pieces and read a short history about them in this book. Perhaps the author would consider to publish a newer edition?? And also source out Lladro examples from a more varied selection of collectors. A view of how they are stored in display cabinets at individual homes would be great too, to give a more personal and homely touch to the pieces. This is a great book and I'm sure it took a lot of effort to come out with it.... I would recommend it to anyone and hope that new editions will be published in the near future.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Collecting Lladro: Identfication and price guide, February 19, 2006

By	Zetha V. Ballinger (Silver Spring, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a Lladro collector of more than 25 years I found this book to be most informative. Even though I have read much about Lladro there were topics covered that were new to me. A new addition would be most welcome.