Product Description

Here are accurate prices for more than 16,000 vintage and obscure toys from the late 1880s to today. Includes bonus lists of related museums, auctioneers, collectors, and dealers, and more. color section. 3,500 b&w photos.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1970563 in Books
• Published on: 1999-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 699 pages

About the Author
Dan Stearns is a developmental editor with Krause Publications and has been collecting toys for 20 years. He has edited several antiques and collectibles books, including Toys A to Z, Toys & Prices, 10th Edition, Standard Catalog of[registered] Farm Toys, Standard Catalog of[registered] Die-Cast Vehicles, and The Collectible '70s

Customer Reviews

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.

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.

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.