Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Wallace-Homestead Book Company (August 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0870697609
ISBN-13: 978-0870697609
Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,526,363 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #208 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Clocks & Watches #1129 in Books > Reference > Consumer Guides #1553 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > Antiques & Collectibles > Antiques Care & Reference > Reference
As a fairly new clock collector I was looking for information to help me when purchasing clocks off of ebay. This was the first book I bought and I haven't looked at it since the day it came in the mail. I came across the Tran Duy Ly books shortly after this and purchased one, the one for Ingraham clocks and watches. I used this book constantly and have since purchased three more, (for Ansonia, Seth Thomas and New Haven). I pull them out every time I am interested in a clock. They are extremely thorough and accurate. Plus, you can get updates just for the prices, you don't have to buy a whole new book.This book is going to be one that stays on the bookshelf and will rarely, if ever, be referenced. Purchase the ones by Tran Duy Ly instead.
Price Guide to Antique Clocks by Robert and Harriett Swedberg contains information on the identification of American clocks from the mid-19th century until about 1940. There are more than 600 photographs with identifying information in this book. These are different photographs than were included in their 1989 book, "American Clocks and Clockmakers". While prices for the clocks were given, there was no information about whether these prices were retail or auction prices or how the prices were obtained.
the book was helpful in determining some of the information that i was looking for in some clocks that i had questions on. the book was in very good shape for a used book and was shipped quickly.
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