O'Brien's Collecting Toys

by Karen E. O'Brien

Book Overview

"Now, it's its 9th edition, "O'Brien's Collecting Toys" has become a necessary for any toy collector. This comprehensive price guide includes everything from turn-of-the-century mechanical banks to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873496523
• ISBN13: 9780873496520
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Krause Publications
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Informative

This book has a lot of information on antique and vintage toys. It's very descriptive and is a good price guide.

The Toy Collecctors "BIBLE"-a must-have!

I would rate this comprehensive guide to collecting toys as a basic necessity for the beginning toy collector as well as the veteran toy collector. Not only is this new reference exciting, but the information is extremely helpful, reader friendly, accurate, and up-to-date with contributions by many leading authorities in the toy-collecting field. If you are seriously interested in toy collecting, then this fine book is a MUST for your toy-reference library!

Over 50,000 items categorized for quick reference

Elizabeth Stephan's O'Brien's Collecting Toys, 10th Edition is a weighty price guide which could well be used as a price 'bible' for toy collectibles. Anticipate only a handful of color photos mid-book: the meat of the title lies in its black and white photos throughout and more particularly its over 50,000 items categorized for quick reference and provided with the latest values.

The Toy Collector's Bible

O'Brien's Collecting Toys covers an awful lot of ground and does it well. Whether you are a collector or a dealer you MUST have this book to be on the same page everyone else is when evaluating the values of most antique and vintage toys. While the book does cover many of the popular toys and manufacturers, it does have many ommissions, at least in the area of tin windups. In the future I'd like to see more toys added, and other manufacturers included..most notably Guntherman, Marklin, Martin, Arnold. A more intuitive listing of the toys would also help as it can sometimes be difficult to find the toy you're looking for.

The essential toy collectors identification & value guide

The 9th and latest edition of this invaluable guide for all toy collectors. Using a unique pricing/value system, the 700 page volume covers all types of toys from action figures to BB guns, Erector Sets, and dollhouses to tin wind-ups, trains, yo-yo's, etc., etc. There are over 49,000 current prices presented ! Features 3,500 black and white pictures as well as a 16 page color section. Toys from as early as the 1880s up to today are included. A very complete Table of Contents facilitates locating specific items. Provides a ton of items. Very useful.