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With over 300 illustrations.... Thimbles exist in stone, wood, horn, glass, bone, tortoiseshell, leather bronze, porcelain, gold, silver, pewter, lead, ivory, and a hundred other materials: given the additional variables of nationality, period, and design or manufacturing style, it is obvious that without careful guidance the new, and even the more established, collector will have serious problems in building and shaping a sensibly organized, and thus more valuable, collection. A COLLECTOR'S GUIDE TO THIMBLES has been devised by one of the world's foremost thimble authorities to provide exactly the sort of professional advice and expertise that will allow collectors to feel their way certainly through the confusing morass of existing information, and to focus their energy and efforts on acquiring precisely the pieces they need to establish a collection that has breadth, unity, substance, beauty and value. In addition the GUIDE supplies practical tips on cataloguing, maintenance, and display that will help any collection to be preserved and presented at its finest, and hard information on dealers, auctions, and buying and selling -- including price guidance -- that will allow even b

Who reads A Collector's Guide to Thimbles?

Author

McConnel, Bridget

Publisher

Wellfleet Press

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555215422

Category

reference

Subjects

Home & Lifestyle, History, Lifestyle

Rating

4.1 / 5 (32 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14