Acknowledgements Foreword
Administering Your Collection Record Keeping Caring for Your Collection Safeguarding Your Collection
Estate Planning Include Your Family in Your Plans Division of Assets Tax Options for Estate Planning
Evaluating Your Collection Third Party Authentication and Grading of Coins Having Your Collection Appraised
Disposing of Your Collection Selling Your Collection Through Outright Sale Selling Your Collection Through an Agent Selling Your Collection at Auction Etiquette & Tips
Appendices Numismatic Fraternal Organizations Insurance Companies Offering Collectible & Numismatic Coverage Third Party Grading Services Selected Publications for Collectors HA.com Resources → About the Authors

APPENDIX D

Selected Publications for Collectors

Artwork & Paper Collectibles

How to Care for Works of Art on Paper
by Francis W. Dolloff, Roy L. Perkinson

Conservation Concerns: A Guide for Collectors and Curators
by Konstanze Bachmann, Dianne Pilgrim

Caring for Your Art
by Jill Snyder, Joseph Montague, Maria Reidelbach

Baseball Cards The Official Price Guide to Baseball Cards
by James Beckett

Books & Manuscripts

Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American
(ABAA.org) posts links to member published books and articles on collecting Rare Books and Manuscripts

How to Identify and Collect American First Editions
Arco Publishing
New York (1976) — (No longer in print— ironically, you will probably have to find a rare copy)

We also recommend: ABEBooks.com as a source of books on the Internet

Coins

The New York Times Guide to Coin Collecting: Do's, Don'ts, Facts, Myths, and a Wealth of History
by Ed Reiter

How to Grade U.S. Coins
by James L. Halperin

A Guide Book of United States Coins
by R. S. Yeoman

The Standard Catalog of World Coins
by Chester Krause & Clifford Mishler

Comics

The Official Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide (Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide)
by Robert M. Overstreet — available digitally at HeritageComics.com

Furniture

The Bulfinch Anatomy of Antique Furniture:
An Illustrated Guide to Identifying Period, Detail, and Design
by Tim Forrest, Paul Atterbury

American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs, Vol. 1
by Jr. Edgar G. Miller

Miller's Collecting Furniture: Facts at Your Fingertips
by Christopher Payne

Guns

The Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values: For Modern Arms Made from 1900 to Present (Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values, 11th Ed)
by Ken Ramage

Antique Guns: The Collector's Guide
by John E. Traister

1998 Standard Catalog of Firearms: The Collector's Price & Reference Guide (8th Ed)
by Ned Schwing

Jewelry

Signed Beauties of Costume Jewelry:
Identification & Values
by Marcia Sparkles Brown

Vintage Jewelry: A Price and Identification Guide, 1920 to 1940s
by Leigh Leshner

Antique Trader Jewelry Price Guide
by Kyle Husfloen, Marion Cohen

Paintings and Sculpture

AskART.com (United States artists only)

ArtNet.com (International artists)

Toys

Official Hake's Price Guide to Character Toys
By Ted Hake

Cartoon Toys & Collectibles Identification and Value Guide
by David Longest

All Collectibles and Fine Arts

Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles Resource Directory
By David J. Maloney, Jr.

For Additional Resources in all Collector categories, please visit our Resources list at:

HA.com, where we will also invite you to take our Collector survey to qualify for free auction catalogs and a drawing to win valuable prizes.