No comments about Ty Beanie Babies: Collector's Pocket Planner : Winter 2000 (Collector's Pocket Planner).

1 comments about Paneled Grape Pattern: Pocket Guide to Westmoreland's in Milk Glass.

1. Up dates her other WGC books. 32 pages in black and White. Most easy to identify. Has grading system for availability and values on every piece. A must for collector, either buying or selling. I don'y know how I ever got along without it!!

2 comments about Jeweler's Resource: A Reference of Gems, Metals, Formulas and Terminology.

1. This book is a must-have reference for anyone in the jewelery business, but probably too technical for someone interested in learning about jewelery. Nicely organized.



2. Having been in the industry for several years I found this book an excellent resource. It has tables to review formulas for all types of gold, silver, and platinum. The only thing it is lacking is the specific gravities for different gemstones. It has several pages of the many types of cuts for diamonds. This book is so invaluable that I lost it, and now I'm buying it again.

1 comments about Sloan's Green Guide to Antiquing in New England (6th ed).

1. This guide is really great. I used it on a visit to Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont, the directions are very clear and the shops featured are wonderful. I recommend this book highly for a nice way to find the off the beaten path places. My personal favorites were in Georgetown and Rowely Mass and Bennington Vermont. will take it to New Hampshire next!!!!

No comments about Greenbook Guide to Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments, Magic Ornaments, Miniature Ornaments & Easter/Spring Ornaments with Other.

No comments about Teach Yourself Collecting (Teach Yourself).

No comments about Classic Bottled Beers of the World (Classic Drink).

No comments about Greenberg's American Toy Trains: From 1900 With Current Values!.

2 comments about Miller's: Watches: A Collector's Guide (Miller's Collector's Guides).

1. The title page on Amazon website says the book is 100 pages. it's actually 64 pages, of which 10 are table of contents, index and glossary. The entry for "Watches after 1945" is 2 pages long

   I'm returning it




2. This book is a "must have" for the serious watch collector. We see the most significant (and many not so significant) watches from the very earliest mechanical time pieces to the wrist watches of the 20th century.

   Though comprehensive in its coverage and detail, I was left thirsty for color (as well as size) in the illustrations. As a general guide for watches throughout history though, there simply is no other book to have for the price. Period.

5 comments about Disneyana: Guide to Pin Trading.

1. This book has alot of pins but the organization makes it hard to find a specific pin. It would be better if it had an index by character.



2. For the people who complained about the lack of index... how could anyone possibly index that many pins. The index would be as long as the book is. The table of contents is perfectly adequate for narrowing down the page. After that the hunt for the pin is half the fun.



3. Dinsey pin collecters and traders will enjoy seeing all the pictures in this book. It is the best source for info on the pins but being the only source, they don't have to be that good to be successful.
   Criticisms include the fact that they don't list ALL the pins- you have to buy more stuff to get info on the overseas them park pins, Disney store pins, online pins, and others. Finding a pin can be very difficult also as their index is unclear on many items. You have to know where the pin was released to find it in the book and many of us won't guess right on that question. Some of us would like the pictures in the book to be a little bit bigger, too. A final criticism is the price of the book for the numbers of pages- it's expensive.
   For someone who collects, the book is indispensable but it is a very imperfect work.



4. The book was nice, and I enjoyed the estimated values of the pins, but to be quite honest - the index was absolutely horrible. It is near impossible to find pins wihtout searching through several pages. It would have been great if they had the pins listed by number instead of whatever system they have came up with. Hopefully they improve on this in the next edition.



5. Although it can be difficult to find the items you are looking for it is fun to just look through. A serious collector would probably take this book more as a guide.