Antiques & Collectibles | Schiffer Publishing

Fluorite is found everywhere, has been important to industry for centuries, and is a minor ornamental material as well. Fluorite presents a fascinating array of colors, habits, and associated minerals and is widely available. See...

Discover the romance of tramp art, folk art made made from discarded wooden cigar boxes, layer upon layer, one notch at a time, by untrained artists using simple tools and recycled materials. Tramp art crafters...

This great resource has new information and great photos of it all, sleds, wagons, and related salesman’s samples, U.S. patent models, and much more. Taking up where the author's first book, Flexible Flyer and Other...

Here is a unique vision of “life’s backdrop,” a virtual tour of the Art Deco style, encompassing every room in the house, from attic to basement. Hundreds of porcelain, glass, and metal decorative objects of...

Popular from the late 19th through the early 20th centuries, the British Webley Pug and Bull Dog revolvers, manufactured by P. Webley & Son of Birmingham, provided security for many at home or concealed in...

Provides comprehensive information on early 20th century, iridescent Carnival Glass, its colors, shapes, and manufacturers throughout the world, and includes descriptions of over 500 individual patterns. The new edition is expanded and updated, with an...

Dinosaurs weren’t the only “players” on the earth during the Triassic and Jurassic geologic periods, a fact quickly proven with 415 impressive color photos of fossilized plant, animal, and avian life from that distant past!...

The long anticipated, completely revised 4th edition has with over 2,100 chips illustrated, many never published before, with updated listings for hundreds more. Includes updated values, variations, and recently released casino chips from top collections...

The Glasgow style of decorative arts evolved in the 1890s at the Glasgow School of Art, from influences begun by the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movments in Great Britain. It was characterized by...

This comprehensive new book showcases the most desirable electro-magnetic pinball games ever built. Over 1,000 color photos, arranged in decades from the 1930s to the 1990s, display some of the most popular pinballs ever built....

The first reference book to provide a detailed account of the Pyroceram*R cookware, developed at Corning by Donald Stookey and marketed in 1958. This special Pyroceram*R material was first used on military missile nose cones,...

An illustrated guide to 24 patterns of Tiffany bronze desk sets, including inwells, blotters, boxes, scales, pen trays, and more, through over 600 color photos.  In the dynamic first quarter of the 20th century, Louis...