Product Description: Some of the most profitable and exciting collecting opportunities come when least expected, which is good news for you when you have a copy of Warman's Depression Glass Field Guide. The new edition of this affordable and ultra portable (fits in most jacket pockets and purses and totes) guide contains 195 patterns with pricing, 200 color photos and a bonus 150 thumbnail line drawings, to help you with identifying and valuing glass. Plus, this quick spot reference contains a timeline of company history, a color identification guide and contact information for various Depression glass associations, to help keep you in contact with fellow collectors.
Great Reference Book I've used this book for selling many pieces of depression glass. It is very detailed with lots of pictures to help identify pieces by maker and pattern.
Depression glass If you are interested in depression glass you will enjoy adding this book to your collection of reference books.
Don't Rely on These Values This book is a fantastic take-along for going to antique stores and garage sales and the like. It contains several helpful sections to help you identify patterns including a catagorized section of borders (birds, floral, art deco, etc.) and a shape guide which is primarily useful when looking for plates and serving pieces. All of the photos of actual pieces are in color. This book also contains several patterns that Gene Florence's Collector's Encyclopedia of Depression Glass does not.
One thing about this book that needs to be mentioned is the large discrepency in value for many pieces between the Warman's guide and Florence's guide. I don't know if this is because this edition is already 3 years old or what. You may feel like you are getting an incredible deal when you are actually not. This book also doesn't contain much information on each pattern except for the basics and it doesn't have much good information on reproductions.
This is a great field guide for glass, but it's good to have a back-up, more recent guide for values.
Warman's Depression Glass Lovely descriptive book. Found several of my pieces immediately. Will be a great reference book for my collection.
book review this is an excellent book. received it promptly and in new condition.
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