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No doubt about it, our experts are extremely knowledgeable. But they also have a secret weapon — a backstage library of reference materials covering an abundance of topics from all areas of the antiques and collectibles world. In case you'd like to get your hands on some of these tools of the trade, we've created a full listing organized by category.
Book Categories:
art
art deco
ceramics
clocks
collectibles
furniture
general
glass
instruments
jewelry
metalwork
silver
textiles
ART
The Dictionary of Sea Painters of Europe and America
E. H. H. Archibald
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 1
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 2
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 3
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 4
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 5
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 6
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 7
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 8
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 9
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 10
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 11
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 12
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 13
E. Benezit
Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs Vol. 15
E. Benezit
Regional Arts of the Early South
John Bivins
American Artists: Signature & Monograms 1800-1989
John Castagno
Artists' Monograms & Incredible Signatures
John Castagno
Currier and Ives Prints
Frederic Conningham
The Signature File
Gerard David
Modernism: Modernist Design 1880-1940
Alastair Duncan
Who Was Who in American Art
Peter Falk
Miniatures Dictionary & Guide
Daphnee Foskett
Dictionary of Scrimshaw Artists
Stuart Frank
Davenport Art Reference & Price Guide
Lawrence Gordon
Marks & Monograms: The Decorative Arts 1880-1960
Malcolm Haslam
Index to Artistic Biography Vol.1: A-H
Patricia Havlice
Index to Artistic Biography Vol.2: I-Z
Patricia Havlice
Marine Art & Antiques: Jack Tar, A Sailor's Life
J. Welles Henderson
Art & Design in Europe & America: 1800-1900
Duncan Hislop
Currier's Price Guide to Currier & Ives Prints; 3rd Edition
Robert Kipp
Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts
Nina Fletcher Little
Mayer A-F Volume I, 2000-2001
Mayer
Mayer G-M Volume II, 2000-2001
Mayer
Mayer N-Z Volume III, 2000-2001
Mayer
Dictionary of Scottish Art & Architecture
Peter McEwan
Dictionary of Russian & Soviet Artists
John Milner
The Illustrator in America
Walt Reed
Hidden Talents: A Dictionary of Neglected Artists Working 1880-1950
Jeremy Wood
Dictionary of British Art Vol.4: Victorian Painters I: The Text
Christopher Wood
ART DECO
Art Deco & Other Figures
Bryan Catley
Miller's Art Nouveau Antique Checklist
Eric Knowles
Miller's Art Deco Antique Checklist
Judith & Martin Miller
Miller's Art Nouveau & Art Deco Buyers Guide
Judith & Martin Miller
CERAMICS
Moorcroft
Peter Atterbury
Miller's Twentieth-Century Ceramics
Paul Atterbury
Battie's Guide to Understanding 19th & 20th Century British Porcelain
David Battie
Collector's Encyclopedia of California Pottery, 2nd Edition
Jack Chipman
Spode & Copeland Marks
Robert Copeland
Majolica Figures
Helen Cunningham
The Handbook of Marks on Chinese Ceramics
Gerald Davison
Red Wing Art Pottery
B.L. & R.L. Dollen
Susie Cooper Productions
Anne Eatwell
From Our Native Clay
Martin Eidelberg
19th Century Lustreware
Michael Gibson
Encyclopaedia of British Pottery & Porcelain Marks
Geoffrey Godden
18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain & Enamels
Joseph Handley
The Fulper Book
John Hibel
Denby Pottery 1809-1997
Irene & Gordon Hopwood
Porcelain From the Sevres Museum
Lund Humphries
Royal Doulton Series Ware Vol. 1
Louise Irvine
Royal Doulton Series Ware Vol. 2
Louise Irvine
Royal Doulton Series Ware Vol. 3
Louise Irvine
Royal Doulton Series Ware Vol. 4
Louise Irvine
American Art Tile: 1876-1941
Norman Karlson
Kovels' Dictionary of Marks: Pottery & Porcelain: 1650-1850
Ralph & Terry Kovel
Kovels' New Dictionary of Marks Pottery & Porcelain 1850-Present
Ralph & Terry Kovel
Kovels' American Art Pottery
Ralph & Terry Kovel
Miller's Pottery & Porcelain Marks
Gordon Lang
Miller's Pottery Antiques Checklist
Gordon Lang
Miller's Porcelain Antique Checklist
Judith & Martin Miller
Minton's Tiles: Selected Patterns of Enamelled Tiles
Mintons China Works Ltd.
The Ceramics of William H. Grueby
Susan Montgomery
Scandinavia Ceramics & Glass in the Twentieth Century
Jennifer Opie
A-Z of Staffordshire Dogs: A Potted History
Clive Pope
Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Era
Gordon Pugh
American Art Pottery
David Rago
Wedgwood: The New Illustrated Dictionary
Robin Reilly
The Book of Meissen
Robert E. Rontgen
Marks on German, Bohemian and Austrian Porcelain 1710-Present
Robert Röntgen
Fascinating Flow Blue With Values
Jeffrey B. Snyder
Miller's Ceramics Buyer's Guide
Christopher Spencer
Golden Years of Fabergé
CLOCKS
Antiques Roadshow Clocks & Watches
Simon Bull
Watch & Clock Encyclopedia
Donald de Carle
American Clocks: A Guide to Identification and Prices
Tran Duy Ly
American Clocks: Vol. 2
Tran Duy Ly
Scientific Instruments: 1600-1900
Gerard L'E. Turner
Miller's Clocks Antiques
John Mighell
Pocket Watches: 19th & 20th Century
Alan Shenton
Collectable Clocks: 1840-1940 Reference & Price Guide
Alan & Rita Shenton
Western Astrolabes
Roderick & Marjorie Webster
COLLECTIBLES
Nautical Antiques & Collectibles
Jon Baddeley
Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900
Edwin Banfield
"A Century of Toys" Sale
Bill Bertoia Auctions
Bill Bertoia Auctions: Stanley P. Sax Collection
Bill Bertoia Auctions
Fly-Fishing Tackle
A.J. Campbell
Cane Curiosa
Catherine Dike
Canes in the United States
Catherine Dike
Future Toys
Antoni Emchowicz
Miller's Golf Memorabilia
Sarah Fabian-Baddiel
Antique Golf Collectibles
Chuck Furjanic
Corkscrews of the 18th Century
Bertrand Giulian
British Planemakers From 1700
W.L. Goodman
Firefighting Collectibles: 1996 Prices
Andrew Gorka
Vintage Luggage
Helenka Gulshan
Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys
Ted Hake
Toy Premiums
Theodore L. Hakes
British Commemoratives Royalty, Politics, War & Sport
Lincoln Hallinan
Marklin 1895-1914
Giles Herve
Schroeder's Collectible Toys Antique to Modern Price Guide, 3rd Edition
Sharon & Bob Huxford
The Great Book of Hollow-Cast Figures
Norman Joplin
Compo Dolls: 1928-1955
Polly & Pam Judd
Christmas: Antiques, Decorations and Traditions
Constance King
Fountain Pens Vintage & Modern
Andreas Lambrou
Ship Models
Brain Lavery
Treen for the Table: Wooden Objects Related to Eating and Drinking
Jonathan Levi
Old Fishing Lures & Tackle
Carl F. Luckey
Miller's Toys & Games Antique Checklist
Hugo Marsh
Golf Implements and Memorabilia
Kevin Mcgimpsey
Miller's Antique Checklist Dolls & Teddy Bears
J. & M. Miller
Opie's Pocket Price Guide to Britains Hollowcast Toy Soldiers
New Cavendish Books
The Great Book of Britains
James Opie
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide 27th Edition
Robert Overstreet
Firehouse Memorabilia
James Piatti
A Guide to American Wooden Planes & Their Makers
Emil & Marty Pollack
Pressland's Great Book of Tin Toys
David Pressland
The Hornby Companion Series: Dinky Toys and Modelled Miniatures
Mike & Sue Richardson
Diecast Toy Aircraft
Sue Richardson
Dinky Toys and Modelled Miniatures
Mike & Sue Richardson
Paper Soldiers
Edward Ryan
Cigarette Lighters
Stuart Schneider
Patsy Doll Family Encyclopedia, Vol. 1
Patricia N. Schoonmaker
The Great Book of Corgi
Marcel Van Cleemput
The Great Book of Corgi 1956-1983 Pocket Book
Marcel R. Van Cleemput
Miller's Chinese & Japanese Antiques
Peter Wain
Antique & Collectable Stanley Tools
John Walter
Fishing Tackle: Antiques & Collectibles (Vol. I-III)
Karl T. White
FURNITURE
British Antique Furniture: Price Guide & Reasons for Values
John Andrews
Victorian & Edwardian Furniture Price Guide
John Andrews
Pictorial Dictionary of British: 18th Century Furniture Design
Antique Collector's Club
Pictorial Dictionary of British: 19th Century Furniture Design
Antique Collector's Club
Folk Art
Mitchell Beazley
American Furniture: 1999
Luke Beckerdite
American Furniture: 1997
Luke Beckerdite
American Furniture
Luke Beckerdite
The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style
Christian Becksvoort
The Cabinetmakers of America
Ethel Bjerkoe
Antiques Roadshow Small & Decorative Furniture
John Bly
Regency Furniture
Frances Collard
American Furniture
Helen Comstock
The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body & Design
Galen Cranz
Miller's Furniture Antiques Checklist
Richard Davidson
Paris Salons 1895-1914 Vol. III: Furniture
Allastair Duncan
American Windsor Furniture: Specialized Forms
Nancy Goyne Evans
American Windsor Chairs
Nancy Goyne Evans
The Pennsylvania Berman Collection
Beatrice B. Garvan
Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Guilded Age
Katherine S. Howe
Southern Furniture 1680-1830
Ronald L. Hurst
Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania
Jack L. Lindsey
Miller's Pine & Country Furniture Buyers Guide
Judith & Martin Miller
History of Furniture
John Morley
American Folk Marquetry: Masterpieces in Wood
Richard Muhlberger
19th Century European Furniture
Christopher Payne
Fifties Furniture With Values
Leslie Pina
Classic Herman Miller
Leslie Pina
French Furniture Makers
Alexandre Pradere
New England Furniture at Winterthur
Nancy & Nancy Goyne Richards & Evans
Mission Furniture
Paul Royka
A Complex Fate: Gustav Stickley and the Craftsman Movement
Barry Sanders
American Painted Furniture
Cynthia V. A. Schaffner
Mallet Millennium
Lanto Synge
Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
GENERAL
Miller's Victoriana Antiques Checklist
Eric Knowles
Miller's Collectibles Price Guide 2000-20001
Madeleine Marsh
Miller's Antiques Fact File
Judith & Martin Miller
Miller's Dictionary of Antiques
Judith & Martin Miller
Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia
Judith Miller
Dictionary of Art — A to Anckerman
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Ancona to Azzolino
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — B to Biard
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Biardeau to Brüggemann
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Brugghen to Casson
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Cassone to China
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — China to Cossa
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Cossiers to Diotti
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Diploma Work to Egypt Ancient
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Egypt Ancient (cont.) to Ferrant
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Ferrara to Gainsborough
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Gairard to Goodhue
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Goodnough to Habsburg
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Habsburg (cont.) to Hungary
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Hungary (cont.) to Iran Ancient
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Iraq to Janousek
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Jansen to Ketel
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Kettle to Leathart
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Leather to Macho
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Mächtig to Medal
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Medallion to Montalbani
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Montald to Neifforge
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Neuhuys to Pandit Seu
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Pandolfini to Pitti
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Pittoni to Raphael
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Raphon to Rome
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Rome Ancient to Savot
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Savoy to Soderini
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Södermark to Summerson
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Summonte to Tinne
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Tinoco to Varna
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Varnish to Wavere
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Wax to Zyvele / Appendices
Jane Turner
Dictionary of Art — Index
Jane Turner
Artifact: User's Guide For Personal Library Software
GLASS
The Art of Glass
Victor Arwas
English Cameo Glass
Ray & Lee Crover
Venini Glass
Franco Deboni
Orrefors Glass
Allastair Duncan
British Glass 1800-1914
Charles Hajdamach
Glasmarken Lexikon
Carolus Hartmann
20th Century Murano Glass
Marc Heiremans
Dino Martens
Marc Heiremans
Glass
Reino Liefkes
Miller's Art Glass
Luise Luther
Glass for the Table
Puccio Migliaccio
Glass in Early America
Arlene Palmer
The American Cut Glass industry
Jane Shadel Spillman
Antique Glass Bottles
Lilly Van Den Bossche
Miller's Glass Antique Checklist
Mark West
INSTRUMENTS
Universal Dictionary of Violin Bow Makers
William Henley
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Vol. 1 (A-F)
Stanley Sadie
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Vol. 2 (G-O)
Stanley Sadie
The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Vol. 3 (P-Z)
Stanley Sadie
The New Langwill Index: A Dictionary of Musical Wind-Instrument Makers
William Waterhouse
Violin Makers of the United States
Thomas J. Wenberg
JEWELRY
Hairwork Jewelry
Jeanenne Bell
Old Jewelry 1840-1950 4th Edition
Jeanenne Bell
Jewellery: The International Era 1789-1910 Vol. I 1789-1861
Shirley Bury
Jewellery: The International Era 1789-1910 Vol. II 1862-1910
Shirley Bury
The Jewels of Miriam Haskell
Deanna Cera
Amazing Gems
Deanna Farneti Cera
Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 Vol. 1
John Culme
Directory of Gold & Silversmiths Jewellers & Allied Traders 1838-1914 Vol. 2
John Culme
Paris Salons 1895-1914 Jewelry I: The Designers A-K
Allstair Duncan
Paris Salons 1895-1914 Jewelry II: The Designers L-Z
Allstair Duncan
Jewelry in America 1600-1900
Martha Fales
Art Nouveau Jewellery
Fritz Falk
American Jewelry Manufacturers
Dorothy Rainwater
Warman's Jewelry, 2nd Edition
Christie Romero
Jewellery in Britain 1066-1837
Diana Scarisbrick
METALWORK
Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork
Antique Collectors Club
The Paris Salons 1895-1914 Volume V: Objects of Art & Metalware
Alastair Duncan
Metalwork in Early America
Donald Fennimore
Domestic Metalwork 1640-1820
Rupert Gentle
Bronzes of the 19th Century Dictionary of Sculptures
Pierre Kjellberg
Dictionary of Sculptors in Bronze
James MacKay
Eight Centuries of European Knives, Forks & Spoons
Klaus Marquardt
Antiques From the Garden
Alastair Morris
SILVER
Collecting Silver: The Facts at Your Fingertips
Jill Bace
Miller's Silver & Sheffeild Plate Marks
John Bly
The Standard Encyclopedia of American Silverplate
Francis M. Bones
All About Antique Silver with International Hallmarks
Diana Sanders Cinamon
Georg Jensen: A Tradition of Splendid Silver
Janet Drucker
London Goldsmiths 1697-1837 Their Marks & Lives
Arthur Grimwade
Silverplated Flatware
Tere Hagan
The Huguenot Legacy, English Silver 1680-1760
Christopher Hartop
Understanding Antique Silver Plate
Stephen Helliwell
Tiffany Silver Flatware
William P. Hood Jr.
Kovels' American Silver Marks
Ralph & Terry Kovel
Mexican Silver 20th Century Handwrought Jewelry & Metalwork
Penny Morrill
Jackson's Silver & Gold Marks of England, Scotland & Ireland
Ian Pickford
Paktong
Keith Pinn
American Silverplate
Dorothy & Ivan Rainwater
Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufactures
Dorothy Rainwater
International Hallmarks on Silver Collected
Tardy
Price Guide to Antique Silver
Peter Waldron
Miller's Silver & Plate Antique Checklist
John Wilson
The Book of Old Silver
Seymour Wyler
TEXTILES
Oriental Rugs Vol. 2: Persian
Erich Aschenbrenner
Oriental Rugs Vol. 1: Caucasian
Ian Bennett
Anatolian Kilims
Cathryn Cootner
Oriental Rugs Vol. 5: Turkoman
Uwe Jourdan
Rugs & Carpets: Techniques, Traditions & Designs
Andrew Middleton
Tribal Rugs
James Opie
Between the Black Desert and the Red
Robert Pinner
Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America
Sarah B. Sherrill
Caucasian Carpets and Covers
Richard Wright
Oriental Rugs Vol. 4: Turkish
Kurt Zipper

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