Collectible Aluminum

by Everett Grist

Book Overview

An informative guide including over 430 photos featuring hand wrought, forged, cast, and hammered aluminum. Everything from ashtrays to smoking stands, jewelry to tables, and hundreds of serving... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0891455590
• ISBN13: 9780891455592
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Collector Books
• Length: 157 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Good general resource book on collectible aluminum ware

This book has pictures and descriptions of the many different pieces of aluminum giftware. Grist gives a history of the aluminum industry and development of the market for aluminum ware. A thumbnail sketch of major manufacturers and artisans is provided. The book includes a price guide with the photos, but I felt the author was NOT clear as to why some articles were more valuable than others. Hand drawn representations of the marks and indices of various makers were shown. Basic index included for researching. An excellent book for some one endeavoring to learn something about the history of aluminum ware as well the types of collecticles available with current prices. A good general reference work for antique dealers, generalists and aluminum collectors.