The Bottle Bible!
Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide is know as "The Bottle Bible" for good reason. With its detailed descriptions, current market values, and key identifying characteristics, the book has been a reliable and trusted reference and the definitive bottle-collecting guide for 20 years.
As the only full-color bottle book on the market, the reference is packed with thousands of listings and 1,300 color photographs of 40 distinct bottle-collecting categories from the 19th and 20th centuries. You'll discover top collectible bottles including beer, figurals, flasks, Hawaiian, ink, medicine, pot lids, sarsaparilla, target balls, and whiskey, as well as history, trademarks, resources, and insider tips for finding, identifying, valuing, buying and selling bottles--all from an author with more than four decades of digging bottles.
Michael Polak is known as the Bottle King for good reason. With 40 years I the hobby and with a personal collection of more than 3,000 bottles, Polak is among the most respected authorities on bottle collecting in the United States. He has written more than 10 books on bottle collecting and has contributed numerous magazine and newspaper articles on the subject. He is a member of the Los Angeles Historical Bottle Club, San Diego Antique Bottle Club, Las Vegas Bottle Club and the Federation of Historical Bottle Collectors.