Collector’s Guide to Letter Openers Identification & Values

The question is: If it isn't listed in any encyclopedia, Webster's Dictionary, or the Oxford English Dictionary, does it really exist? Maybe it is just a figment of our imagination! The OED is supposedly the epitome of research tools, li sting even old, outdated tools with a clear, concise definition. How else would we know today what a flax brake was or what it did? Or a pot trammel?

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Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Advertising

Antler

Arts and Craft

Bone

Brass & Metals

Combinations

Enamel

Figural

Guns

Horn & Tortoise

Ivory

Leather Handles

Lucite & Bakelite

Miscellaneous

Mixed Media

Mosaic

Mother of Pearl

Painted

People

Plastic

Religious

Resin

Rhinestone

Sheathed

Silver

Souvenirs

Stone

Swords & Daggers

Transportation

Trowels

Wood

Bibliography