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I was here when eBay was the only game in town (1999). Still here, mostly selling collectibles. My listings come from personal collections, estates, auctions and occasionally Goodwill. I appreciate your visits & your patronage.
Location: United StatesMember since: May 18, 1999

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Great ebayer. Item better than described. Lightning fast shipping. Hope to do business with you again!
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What a great seller. Wonderful communication. fast shipping! Thanks!!!
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Jan 13, 2012
Beautiful photos, good history, limited value as a price guide.
In the author's Introduction, Dick Sigafoose explains that this book is limited to his personal collection and was written to preserve information about American art pottery and to correct inaccuracies in the collectors' world. Sigafoose covers the most prominent American potteries including Brush-McCoy, Fulper, Niloak, Pauline, Rookwood, Roseville, Uhl, Weller and Van Briggle. Fifty-five potteries in all are represented. His historical information and photographic examples are satisfying. Sigafoose took all but one of the photos, and should be congratulated on a job well done. The sample works are beautiful and sometimes breath-taking. Unfortunately, many of the pottery marks are too small or too indistinct to serve a useful identification purpose. A significant portion of this guide is devoted to American tile companies, which definitely produced works of art. But as a beginning collector, this is not my interest area and I was disappointed to find so many pages devoted to this medium. Most of these pages include reproductions of advertisements and catalog pages with just a few photos of actual samples. The values given for the different pieces are on the high end and are not realistic in today's marketplace, especially with online auctions. Altogether, this serves as a good but limited historical resource on American art pottery. But it has limited value as a price guide.
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Foam Wrap Roll 12" wide x 50' ft 3/32" Thickness perforated every 12"
Feb 15, 2017
Great For Vinyl Records
The thickness and the 12" width is perfect for vinyl records, which is my primary use. It also holds up well when folded into smaller portions for other items. Only complaint is that the foam has a tendency to shred if not pulled from the perforation at exactly the right angle.
Sep 04, 2013
This is a design nightmare. Don't pay more than $10 for it.
The poor design does not do justice to the beautiful glass, ceramics and enamelware assembled within the book. It stands as yet another collector-turned-publisher/writer publishing venture with little regard for artistry, clarity, organization or writing. Collectors look for clear marks and designs to identify their vintage piece. This is the most disappointing aspect of Pina’s book. There are ample photos, obtained from a variety of sources. But there is no consistency in size, set-up or background. There are murky black-and-white photos, gigantic enlargements and poor reproductions. To add to this lack of clarity, photos are presented randomly with no regard to pattern or year. The result is a confusing hodge podge that will likely irritate many a reader looking for a quick reference. The most offensive design fault is with the Appendix of Georges Briard patterns – page after page of smudged line art that bear little resemblence to the designer’s intricate and beautiful work. Pina’s writing is passable and shows some research on the subjects. But there are also irrelevant anecdotal passages and vaguaries that have no value. The accuracy of some of Pina's information has been disputed by at least one expert in the area of vintage glass, specifically Blenko (Damon Crain). Visually, the small font size and truncated blocks of text detract from ease of reading and show the result of amateur layout and design. Altogether, this is a design nightmare. If it can be purchased for under $10, then Pina’s book can act as a second or third resource for the collector.
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