Antique & Collectible Buttons: Identification & Values [Volume II] [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover)

~ Debra J. Wisniewski (Author), Charles Lynch (Illustrator) "Black carved Bakelite, metal escutcheon and green glass cabochon center..." (more)
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Review

This book is the second of Debra Wisniewki's bestselling books, with no repeats from her first volume. Using the same user-friendly format as Volume I, the book includes more studio buttons, paperweights, and newly manufactured buttons. Large photos and colorful pages make the book an eye catcher.

Product Description

Thousands of buttons are featured in over 400 color photographs. No repeats from the first book. Complete descriptions, dates, and current values. This unique book showcases all types of materials such as glass, enamel, brass, plastic, rhinestone, wood, and shell , as well as the amazine pictorials of birds, dogs, cats, insects, people, mythology, and more. AUTHORBIO: Debra Wisniewski is the author of two volumes of Antique & Collectible Buttons. She has been involved in her family's estate auctioneering business since 1970. She has served as president and as secretary of the West Michigan Buttoneers and is a member of the National Button Society. She continues to spread the joy of button collecting at schools, historical societies, and civic groups. REVIEW: This book is the second of Debra Wisniewki's bestselling books, with no repeats from her first volume. Using the same user-friendly format as Volume I, the book includes more studio buttons, paperweights, and newly manufactured buttons. Large photos and colorful pages make the book an eye catcher.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 254 pages
• Publisher: Collector Books; illustrated edition edition (July 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574322427
• ISBN-13: 978-1574322422
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #50,958 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not For Beginners, March 8, 2007

By	Elizabeth A. Miller "Auntie Ba" (Midwest) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While I'm sure this is a helpful book for the serious and advanced collector, it isn't for the beginner, which I am. I didn't see anything in it's description that would have let me know that, so I wasted my money. I am not a collector and never will be; I'm just a beginner button sorter, breaking up big collections and selling individual buttons, pairs or sets.