Collector's Guide to Ashtrays: Identification & Values Paperback - 1999

From the publisher

Due to the popularity of Nancy Wanvig's first edition and the demand for ashtrays on the collectibles market, we are pleased to produce this new, expanded edition. This second edition of Wanvig's Collector's Guide to Ashtrays now showcases over 2,000 pieces in full color. This excellent reference guide is again presented in its easy-to-use, colorful format. Categorized by type for easy identification and reference, the ashtrays are carefully described, including size and value. Almost 300 color photographs illustrate all sorts of ashtrays -- china, glass, metal, plastic, wood, and more. All prices have been updated to reflect the ever-changing, growing market for these highly collectible containers. A brief history of smoking and ashtrays accompanies the various sections on functional, advertising, and novelty ashtrays. Over 300 new advertising ashtrays and over 200 smokers and nodders are included in the expanded novelty and advertising sections of the book. Readers will view specific styles of ashtrays, such as Victorian, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, and those made by specific companies like Pickard, Schafer, and Vater. There are even European ashtrays from the turn of the century, fun and functional advertising items, and hundreds of other ashtrays in this colorful collector's guide.