I have been collecting pottery for many decades even spent a few years making my living buying and selling it , have owned a wide verity of price guides and reference books this is by far the best one for educating oneself on the different pottery marks of the us . this is a replacement purchase
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This is a wonderful book for those times when you find a nice piece of pottery with a mysterous (to you) maker's mark. We have used it repeatedly since we bought it. Ms. Lehner also includes fascinating historical information about the manufacturers. The main drawbacks to this book are that it has not been updated (only goes through 1987) and that it is sometimes difficult to find a particular mark when the manufacturer used multiple ones. Nevertheless, this belongs on your shelf.
What i DISLIKED about this book was that if you were trying to IDENTIFY a piece, it wasn't very oprganized. THis book was arranged to where you need to know the name of the piece BEFORE you look it up.. Very close ranged, and hard to use. I sell on ebay..i need something simple, quick and accurate. This book has NO AMERICAN INDIAN pottery in it at all...that's one of the reasons i bought it..thought it might... you can, however, learn more about the pottery you already know the name to. if i had the chance to redo this sale..i would NOT of bought this book.
I spend a lot of time in line trying to recognize maker marks on things. This is going to be a great tool!!
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