- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Collector Books (October 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1574322559
- ISBN-13: 978-1574322552
This book features glass, pot metal or iron, brass, bronze, and pewter paperweights of all shapes and sizes. Major companies are represented, including Abrams Paper Weight Co., Barnes & Abrams Co., Samuel Ward Co., Mid-West Ad. Co., The Donker & Williams Co., Metropolitan Glass Co., and more. Included with each photo is the name of the paperweight (advertiser), collector value, and comments on appearance. AUTHORBIO: For years, Richard Holiner worked for a CBS affiliate television station in Henderson, Kentucky, where he helped start a fishing show which today is the popular "Fishin' Hole" on the ESPN network.He has authored books on antique locks, barber bottles, antique purses, and paperweights. He now lives near Nashville, Tennessee, where he buys antiques for two restaurant chains, Cracker Barrel and T.G.I.Friday's. AUTHORBIO: Stuart Cameraman is a member of the international Paperweight Collectors Association, Inc., and has written articles about American glass advertising paperweights, both for that organization's annual bulletin and for the newsletter of the Antique Advertising Association of America. REVIEW: This book provides a history of paperweights, along with beautiful, large full-color photos accompanied by companies and current collector values. A comprehensive history of American glass advertising paperweights is provided, as well as quick and interesting facts about the items.
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