Kovels's Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2020

Kovels's Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide 2020

Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel

Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
2019
ISBN: 978-0762468560
Call #: ANTIQUES REF 708.05 KOVELS 2020

Do you enjoy watching Antiques Roadshow? Do you want to determine if something you have in your attic is worth something or worthless? Before you take your allegedly valuable antique to a professional appraiser or antiques dealer, avail yourself of Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles! Now in its 52nd edition, Kovels' is one of the more reputable price guides for antiques in the antiques world.  Sure, you could try searching the e-auction giant eBay, but you might not get professional information. Kovels' is great for collectors because it indicates the values of an object as actually appraised or sold for in galleries and auction houses. 

This edition contains 16,000 listings and prices for items in 750 categories, 2,500 color photographs, and 500 marks that can help you identify and date your items. The categories range from glass to pottery to toys to advertisements. This year’s edition also contains a section that highlights antique furniture. While this book may not be for you if you are trying to identify fine art paintings, antiquities, stamps, coins, and most types of books, do not fret, dear reader! We may have other books on those subjects or can direct you to a non-book source.

Kovels’ also includes a few anecdotes about certain objects. For instance, did you know that when the designer of the Pringles potato chips container died, part of his ashes were buried in a Pringles can? Learn something new every day! The book also contains a few common-sense tips to protect your house against burglary as well, as potentially useful tips on how to restore or preserve a variety of antiques.

Do your research so you get the best value for your collectible! Visit our Antiques Reference collection on the 3^rd floor of the Main Library to find Kovels' and other books on antiques. We have a few older copies of Kovels’ in our circulating 708.5 section that you are welcome to borrow.