Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide

by Polak, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781440232077
• ISBN10: 1440232075
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-09-10
• Publisher: Krause Pubns Inc

Summary

Simply the Best! Known in the field as "The Bottle Bible," Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guidehas been for nearly 20 years the definitive bottle-collecting guide. As the only full-color bottle book on the market, the guide is loaded with more than 5,000 listings and 700 photographs covering more than 50 bottle categories from the 19th and 20th centuries. Inside you'll find such bottle categories as: Avon, Barber, Beer, Bitters, Flasks, Jim Beam, Medicine, Perfume, Soda and many, many more. And with key identifying characteristics, detailed descriptions and current real-world values, you have in hand a trusted and reliable resource. New in the 7th Edition! Black Glass Bottles Hawaiian Bottles Top 10 Bottle Collecting Destinations Central Nevada Museum profile

Author Biography

Michael Polak is known as the "Bottle King" for good reason. With nearly 40 years in the hobby and with a personal collection of more than 3,000 bottles, Polak is a leading authority on bottle collecting in the United States. He has written more than 10 books on bottle collecting and has contributed numerous magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. He is a member of the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club, San Diego Antique Bottle Club, Las Vegas Bottle Club and the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Dedication	p. 3
Acknowledgments	p. 4
About the Cover	p. 6
Foreword	p. 8
Introduction	p. 14
How to Use This Book	p. 16
Bottle Collecting News	p. 17
Top 10 Bottle Collecting Destinations	p. 21
Bottles: History and Origin	p. 24
The Beginning Collector	p. 39
Bottle Facts	p. 43
Determining Bottle Values	p. 57
Bottle Sources	p. 60
Digging for	p. 64
Bottle Handling	p. 82
Bottle Museums: Central Nevada Museum, Tonopah Nevada	p. 86
Old (Pre-1900)
Ale & Gin	p. 94
Barber	p. 99
Beer	p. 106
Bitters	p. 115
Black Glass	p. 128
Blown	p. 139
Cobalt Blue Medicine	p. 146
Cosmetic & Hair Restorer	p. 151
Crocks and Stoneware	p. 157
Figurals	p. 169
Fire Grenades	p. 174
Flasks	p. 181
Food & Pickle	p. 192
Fruit Jars	p. 201
Ginger Beers	p. 209
Hawaiian	p. 217
Hutchinson	p. 237
Ink	p. 243
Medicine	p. 253
Milk	p. 268
Mineral Water	p. 279
Patriotic	p. 290
Pattern-Molded	p. 297
Perfume & Cologne	p. 304
Poison	p. 316
Sarsaparilla	p. 322
Snuff	p. 327
Soda	p. 330
Soda Fountain Syrup Dispensers	p. 339
Target Balls	p. 346
Warner	p. 351
Whiskey	p. 358
New (Post-1900)
Avon	p. 372
Ballantine	p. 381
Barsottini	p. 382
Bischoff	p. 383
Borghini Bottle	p. 386
Ezra Brooks	p. 387
J.W. Dant	p. 396
Garnier	p. 397
Hoffman	p. 402
Japanese	p. 405
Jim Beam	p. 406
Kentucky Gentlemen	p. 429
Lionstone	p. 430
Luxardo Bottle	p. 435
McCormic	p. 440
Miniature	p. 448
Old Blue Ribbon	p. 462
Old Commonwealth	p. 463
Old Fitzgerald	p. 466
Ski-Country	p. 468
Soda: Applied Color Label	p. 474
Violin & Banjo	p. 483
Reference
Trademarks	p. 498
Bottle Clubs	p. 510
Auction Companies	p. 531
Museum & Research Resources	p. 534
Glossary	p. 536
Bibliography	p. 541
Index	p. 548
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