2 Antiques Collectors Guide to Relics and Memorabilia The Impecunious Collector

Lot of two vintage books Please see all photos No returns 1) A Collector’s Guide to Relics and Memorabilia The motivation behind collectors' obsessions and the prices they've paid... Please read Condition Section below Of course the pricing information is now dated but is still interesting as a piece of history The teddy bear pictured on the front was in a Shirley Temple movie, Captain January By Jerry E. Patterson, a former Christie's associate Published in 1974 by Crown Publishers Hardcover with dust jacket 178 pages ~Approximate MEASUREMENTS: 10.25” x 7.25” ~ CONDITION: Good pre-owned Some aging and pencil mark to endpaper Wear to dust jacket Some old book smell Please view all photos 2) Short on cash? You can still collect antiques (at least you could in 1975)... Values may have changed but the knowledge and advice from this furniture historian still ring true Gotta love the chapter heading "Buy It Ratty and Leave It Alone" The Impecunious Collector's Guide to American Antiques By John T. Kirk, who taught art history at Boston University 1975 Alfred A. Knopf edition (Borzoi Book) Black and white photographs 8.5” x 11” Softcover 174 pages plus index ~Approximate MEASUREMENTS: 8.5" x 11” ~ CONDITION: Very nice pre-owned with some aging inside Wear to cover Address label inside cover Please view all photos