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300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles
by Linda Campbell Franklin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Krause Publications (2003-04)
ISBN: 0873493656
EAN: 9780873493659
UPC: 046081003653
Dewey Decimal #: 683
Binding/Media: Paperback - 896 pages
Edition: 5
SKU: KN - B 128
Condition: New
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Linda Campbell Franklin’s long-awaited new edition cooks up three centuries of the most avidly collected domestic tools of the trade. Collectors will find more than 7,000 antique items that dice, measure, filter, or whir in the kitchen arranged by function from preparation and cooking to housekeeping and gardening. Franklin also offers healthy servings of classic recipes, helpful hints, and fascinating tidbits from 18th, 19th, and 20th century trade catalogs and advertisements. Features updated pricing, information on collecting, buying and selling on the Internet, and more than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including a new 16-page color section. • More than 7,000 listings and prices for collectible kitchen items • More than 1,600 photographs and illustrations, including an all-new color section • Author has established herself as THE expert in this collectibles field
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Customer Reviews
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This book is missing pages.
Rating  (2)
Date: 2007-01-22
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Just received my second copy (replacement copy) of "300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles" and it also is missing pages 401-432 and has duplicate pages 433-464. That makes two books missing the same pages.
Otherwise the book has a lot of information.
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most comprehensive book on kitchen collectibles
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-09-17
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I bought this book about a year ago, I saw a lady using it at an auction bidding on kitchen items. The next day I ordered this book and it has been my guide ever since, with so many kitchen items out there, fakes and repros, it's good to have a helper to guide you thru a maze of online auctions and fleamarket finds.
The description are accurate, there are plenty of pictures, the index and glossaries are very well organized, it also gives marks, how the items have changed over the years, who made them, where when and how they were used. I love it.
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A Packrat's Delight!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-01-11
12 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is packrat Linda Campbell Franklin's fifth edition...for many good reasons!
What first seems like a hodgepodge of items to a beginner-collector or student, has a certain logic or shorthand to those in the know, and to those getting acquainted with kitchen collectibles, it's an eye opening education! All sorts of pointers, reproduction alerts and historical notes are placed throughout the book, to avoid being duped by many fakes.
Yes as one reviewer noted, there is scant information on items less than 75 years old, and that's just fine with me..these 890 pages are going to keep me interested and learning for quite a while! The little color section isn't terribly helpful...more smaller photos of items could have been placed in these expensive pages. Still for most of these mechanical items, color is not the key in identification. I'm just tickled to be able to recognize what a peculiar gadget is/was used for! So if someone realistically wants more black and white pictures/drawings, bring them on..and yes there could be sharper photos of some blurry items taken for better clarity in a future edition-it's not a problem for me!
She lists many references for those seeking more information, and addresses to contact specialized collectors or clubs. Well worth the price of admission, alone!
This is a delightful "must have" for the "kitchen curious" and beginning collectors!
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I liked it so much I gave it away
Rating (5)
Date: 2002-06-06
15 out of 17 customers found this reveiw helpful
Seldom is a reference book an entertaining read. Seldom is a good read easy to reference and find information quickly. This book does an excellent job of bridging both worlds. For the casual auction hound or dealer this book is invaluable.I liked the book so much I was wondering what to give my mother for mother's day. She's one of those people who either has everything she needs or goes and gets what she needs when she wants it. The idea of giving her this book struck me as a good one. Reluctantly I gave her my copy. She clearly has enjoyed it, she allows me to look at it when I'm visiting. She hasn't been willing to loan to me though.
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Not worth the price.
Rating (2)
Date: 2002-04-17
10 out of 13 customers found this reveiw helpful
The 300 years of Kitchen Collectibles is sorely lacking in information about the last 75 years of kitchen collectibles. The majority of the book covers what I would call primitive kitchen items. The photos are grainy and lack detail. If you have a kitchen item that you need to identify..this book might prove useful.
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