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Australian Advertising Signs
Author: Crown Series
Valuation Guide
The enamel signs, which Robyn Boyd loathed when he spoke of the 'great Australian ugliness', might once have been a blight but now are highly collectable. The signs promoted fuels, cigarettes, soaps, tea (remember the XX Miles to Bushell’s Tea – Melbourne” railside signs?), beers and … |
$13.00
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Australian Tins
Author: Crown Series
Valuation Guide
Tins of all shapes, sizes, origins and colours are depicted in B&W and colour photos. This is an affordable entry discipline of collecting. General categories include tins for biscuits, polish, fruit, tobacco, tea, sugar, oatmeal, ointments, fuels, oil and polish. Valuations are listed. 64pp, laminated cov… |
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Australian Trade & Swap Cards
Author: Crown Series
Valuation Guide
Sue Waters and Barry Peade (authors) have been collectors for many years. This volume lists cards prior to the mid-1960s. Topics include cricketers, soaps, royalty, Olympics, sports people, film starts, celebrities, flags and the like. Indexed, 72pp, laminated cover, A5 … |
$13.00
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Australian Tools
Australian Tools - Ken Arnold
Footrot shears, screw-set shifters, fern hooks, vices, files, hand drills – and so much more from early days. Tool collecting guidance with many valuations is offed.
80pp, laminated cover, perfect bound, A4
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$25.00
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Bottle Collectors Guide
Bottle Collectors Guide - Ken Arnold
THIS TITLE DISCONTINUED, INSTEAD SEE More Old Bottles and Old Bottles.
Bottles are big business! Ken Arnold outlines the history of bottles in
Australia , including the wide range of patented bottles with unique necks and stoppers. Advertisements for the products sold in bottles illustrate their uses… |
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More Old Bottles
More Old Bottles - Ken Arnold
This titles replaces 'Old Bottles'. An astonishing variety of bottles still exists and they provide an opportunity for anyone to begin collecting on a budget. Bottles held medications, fuels, foodstuffs, water, sauces, cordials and perfumes - as well as many other things. 'More Old Bottles' has dozens … |
$30.00
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Old Bottles
Old Bottles - Ken Arnold
Covers the bottles commonly found - and not so commonly found - up to circa 1960s. Lists corked bottles, bottles with screw tops, internal thread, both glass and ceramic. In addition there are jugs, demijohns and stoneware used for storing liquids.
Published 2006. Identification and valuations, 80pp, laminated cover, A4,… |
$25.00
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Cast Iron
Cast Iron - Crown Series
Cast iron objects were very important to the operation of households, in so many ways such as fire grates, meat mincers, weighing scales, rope making machines, grinders, kettles and griddles. In this book photos and valuations are provided.
52pp, laminated cover, A5
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Collector's Companion
Collector's Companion - Crown Series
A very useful guide for anyone interested in collecting. The varieties of collecting are scoped – tins, ceramics, china, old bottles and jars, tins, locks and padlocks, metal serving trays and the like – over 100 collecting categories.
160pp, indexed, perfect bound, laminated cover, colour plu… |
$20.00
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Australian Depression Glass (2007 Edition)
Australian Depression Glass (2007 Edition) - Ken Arnold
This titles covers most Depression glass including the versions not available through department stores of the time. An update and revision of Ken Arnold's 2004 imprint. Includes identification and valuation guide, with some colour reproductions.
80pp, A4, laminated cover
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Farmyard Relics
Farmyard Relics - Ken Arnold
Just the kind of book to give to a retired farmer!
Shows advertisements for all manner of farm equipment running to mid-1950s - similar to the book 'Agricultural Relics'. Includes windmills, stock chemicals and feeds, wagons, shearing gear, tractors and implements.
80pp, A4, laminated cover, B&W
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Garagenalia
Got a garage? Know where there's an old garage or mechanic's workshop? It's sure to be full of odds and ends.
Items such as enamel fuel company signs, glass oil bottles, timber fuel boxes, petrol pumps, vulcanising clamps, automobile club badges, early car wheel hubs and the like are valued.
60pp, B&W photos, laminated cover,… |
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The Household
The Household - Ken Arnold
Valuations are suggested for many household items from bygone times – such as electric radios, can openers, clocks, pianos and pianolas, prams, carpet sweepers, cast iron stoves, electric heaters, toiletware and other common household necessities.
64pp, laminated cover, perfect bound, A4
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Into Everything
Into Everything – Jean Taylor
If you thought that salt & pepper shakers is a mundane topic this book could well change your mind.
There are literally hundreds of styles which are collectable. Novelty shakers include cartoon characters, animals and celebrities. The book also lists egg cups of all types.
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Kitchenalia
Kitchenalia
Get an insight into how our forebears lived by looking at the kitchen of the time.
Main topics are labelled glasses, teapots and strainers, pots and lids, jugs, preserving jars, food covers, glassware, tins, rolling pins, water filters, openers & nutcrackers, Willow Ware, smoothing irons, cast iron, utensils, pie vents and g… |
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More Australian Tins
More Australian Tins – Jean Taylor
Even more tins! Is there anything which was not sold in a tin at one time?
Gramophone needles, soaps, cocoa, milk powder, tobaccos, ointments, shoe polish and cleansers are just a few shown in the dozens of colour and B&W photos.
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Needlework and Associated Collectables
Needlework and Associated Collectables - Ken Arnold
Sewing aids, embroidery, sewing machines, thimbles, buttons, threads, doilies, netting and a broad sweep of stitching techniques of many kinds are illustrated.
144pp, laminated cover, perfect bound, A4
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A Nick in Time
John Layburn has prepared this book specialising in barber shop and shaving memorabilia and tobacco related items. While this might seem a limited range, by the time one sees all the razor blades, strops, soaps, stones, cut-throats, mirrors, shaving kits, hair brushes, wigs and so on it becomes clear that this is indeed a collectables discipline.
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$5.00
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Old China
Old China
Reviews china types of items from 1900 until recent times. Covers the introductory or cheaper collectables – for example egg cups and salt & pepper shakers right through to more obscure items such as china shoes. Main sections are: Carlton ware, Royal Winton, Willow Ware and similar known brands. Stoneware jugs, pie vents, elec… |
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Old Signs
Old Signs - Ken Arnold
Remember those big enamel signs on the walls of shops? They are listed in this book, along with a guide to values. Enamel signs, tin signs, groceries signs, also the statues, friezes and other gimmicks used to advertise goods. Some mirror signs included. Valuation guide. Eleven pages full colour.
Published 2006, 8… |
$30.00
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