Collecting Antique Metalware by Evan Perry

Collecting American 19th century silver by Katherine Morrison McClinton. New York: Bonanza Books, 1968. Hardcover with dust jacket, 280 pp. A survey of 19th century American silver...

Sotheby’s fine English furniture decorations and carpets including property of the Late Perry Ellis, New York, June 1987. 234 lots in color and b & w. NPT Books a division of N.P. Tr...

Little by Little by Nina Fletcher Little. Published by Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1998. An inspiring account of the superb collection of New England cou...

Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 by James Stourton. Publisher; Scala Books, London, 2008. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. "Great Collectors of Our Time" is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's "Great Private Collections," published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in Europe, North America and the Far East, and follows their tastes - whether in the Old Masters or the avant garde - from the 20th century into the 21st. In 1945, Paris was still the cultural capital of the world, but its culture was being increasingly challenged by America. American collecting was soon to pull up its European anchor and move across the Atlantic, in growing acceptance of America's own art, the decline in the domination of three European schools of art - Italian Renaissance, English 18th century and French 19th...

Alchemy: The Art of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne written by gallerist Evan Lobel, reveals for the first time the astonishing breadth and depth of Philip and Kelvin LaVerne's artistic pr...

Collecting Chinese Art Book by Sam Bernstein. Much of what we know about early Chinese art is undergoing change in light of recent archaeological dis...

Collecting Clarice Cliff Book by Howard Watson. The bold, bright hand-painted designs and extraordinary shapes of Clarice Cliff ceramics have attracted collectors for decades. Now, there is a convenient handbook with pricing, pattern identification, and a detailed history of Clarice Cliff and her work, a unique find in the small selection of books on the popular pottery. Readers will find over 500 price listings for teaware, plates, pots, vases, novelties and more. Nearly 200 detailed, full-color photos of the most common pattern styles, along with a convenient shape guide, aid in identification. Clarice Cliff remains one of the most revered and respected ceramic artists of the 20th century. Clarice Cliff comprehensively records her life and work, celebrating it with excellently reproduced images of her major pieces from her collections all around the world. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Physical description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subjects: Cliff, Clarice 1899-1972. Bizarre ware. Art deco England. Pottery Design. Genre: Decorative arts. Language: English. Title: Collecting Clarice Cliff. Publisher: London : Kevin Francis...

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this truly sublime, finest quality, hand made in England by T&J Orme of Manchester Est 1848 Snooker scoreboa...