Collector's Guide to Bookends Identification and Values

  • Author(s): Louis Kuritzky
  • Category: Books, Paper & Magazines
  • Publisher: Collector Books
  • Publish year: 1998
  • ISBN: 9781574320060
  • Number of Pages: 228

Until recently, bookends have hardly been considered a collectible in their own right. Rather, if you were a penguin collector, you might pick up some penguin bookends; if you were a militaria person, you'd get some military bookends. General antiques enthusiasts have recognized the inherent beauty and symmetry of pairs of bookends.

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Table of Contents:

Cover

CONTENTS

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PREFACE

ABOUT THIS BOOK

RARITY AND VALUE

FEMALE FIGURES

MALE FIGURES

COUPLES

DANTE AND BEATRICE

LINCOLN

WASHINGTON

NATIVE AMERICANS

BIRDS

FELINES

CANINES

DEER AND ANTELOPE

ELEPHANTS

HORSES

MARINE LIFE

NAUTICAL MOTIF

SHIPS

EGYPTIAN MOTIF

ASIAN MOTIF

MUSICAL MOTIF

NATURAL MOTIF

THE COMPANIES

INDEX