CARTER'S GUIDES to Australian Antiques and
Collectables
Since 1985 Carter's annual Price Guides to Antiques in Australasia have been
keeping buyers, collectors and sellers up-to-date on current trends and
prices of antiques, collectables, retro and vintage items in Australia and New
Zealand. The books themselves are highly collectable and keenly sought-after,
with buyers and collectors adding new and missing editions to complete their set
of (currently) 25 editions.
My own collection of Carter's Guides
retro plus collectables publication. 416 pages virtually 4 000 goods with pictures plus descriptions from dealers throughout Australia plus New Zealand it's convenient to find why these books are thus popular. There is not any overlap or duplication of goods with all the Antiques Price Guides. This really is the must-have pricing guide for all collectors customers plus sellers. The cover of the milestone edition has been fashioned with a wood grain pattern with represent the conventional 5th anniversary signal of lumber. Celebrating five years of creation Everything Vintage continues to be Australasia'a just devoted post 1950 cost guide with collectables retro kitsch mid 20th century shape and more. This book plus Carter's Price Guidebook with Antiques inside Australasia 2010 are today accessible Free save with every cost guide. Following about within the achievement of last year's 25th Anniversary Price Guidebook save Carter's Publications has decided with create a new collectable save every year for both their Antiques plus Vintage Price Guides (a different shape for every book). Everyone that purchases either of the 2010 cost guides usually get a totally free click on
with the range of collecting regions. Drawing about his lengthy experience because among the specialists found on the Antiques Roadshow Eric offers all of the info the brand-new collector must exercise what with gather and just how to get going. Antiques is organised by genre plus subdivided according with time period or thematic topic because matches the information. Introducing every category's main stylistic eras Knowles informs we what with look out for plus describes the functions of main factories plus designers plus outlines the identifying characteristics of every period. Antiques allows the beginner to find the development of shape as well as the progress of production technques inside every collecting region. Throughout the book Eric Knowles involves feature boxes to aid the collector discover much more about a selected topic identifying the typical immortality is the Eric Knowles character jug yielded by Royal Doulton pottery. You can furthermore be interested inside The Antiques Roadshow A-Z of Antiques plus Collectables by Judith Miller click here Eric Knowles Antiques - A Beginner's Guidebook details
by decade the lavishly illustrated Vintage Shoes: Collecting plus Wearing Twentieth-Century Designer Footwear recounts over 100 years of shoe history from Andre Perugia's designs for society ladies inside the 1920s with the red-soled boots from Christian Louboutin favoured by celebrities now. Accompanied by archive pictures beautiful fashion photography plus specifically commissioned photos of uncommon period footwear the many collectible plus fabulous footwear designs are showcased. An invaluable reference and a graphic delight of instances past the book explores the key designers technical developments plus cultural affects which shaped shoe styles telling beautiful plus groundbreaking function from these luminaries because Salvatore Ferragamo Charles Jourdan Roger Vivier Beth Levine Vivienne Westwood plus Manolo Blahnik. Vintage Shoes is the best guide with the accompanying catwalk show at the Victoria plus Albert Museum London. Caroline lives inside London England. Vintage Fashion the companion book with Vintage Shoes is additionally accessible - click here Vintage Shoes by Caroline Cox more details.....
When the Carter family began publishing the Price Guide in 1985 they were
breaking new ground. They had nothing to model their guide on, as there had not
been anything like this guide published in Australia prior to this. No books or
guides that related to all aspects of antiques were available in Australia, and
any that did deal with some category of antique or collectable were usually out
of date or biased towards the UK market. How exciting it must have been for
buyers and sellers alike when the first Carters Price Guide was published! The
first edition was published on matt paper, with black and white photos.
Prospective buyers of a Carters 1985 Price Guide need to be aware that an
unauthorised print run of this edition was made in 2004. The reprinted copies
are on glossy paper and the illustrations and text are darker and not crisp like
the original. Always ask to see a photo (or the real thing!) of pages from the
first edition prior to buying to make sure it's not a pirate copy.
Some editions of the Price Guide are very rare and thus highly sought-after. The
1985 and 1987 guides are the rarest, and of more recent editions, the 2002 guide
is not freely available. Even the publishers have none in stock! Expect to pay
between AUD 250 - 400+ for a 1985 guide in good/very good condition, and up to
AUD 300 or more for a 1987 guide. A pretty good capital gain on the original RRP
of AUD 29.95! The 2002 guide doesn't command such lofty prices .... yet! Recent
sales on Ebay have been between AUD 70 - 95.
An interesting but very sad fact is that a few years ago the Carters lost their
entire stock and even their own personal collection of guides in an office fire.
The one set in pristine condition that they own cost AUD 5000 at auction. Taking
into account the smaller print runs of the earlier editions, and the loss of
stock in the office fire, it's no wonder the earlier editions fetch such amazing
prices.
Each year, the guide is produced 'from scratch'. No photo from a previous
edition is ever reused. Each edition is totally original. This year the
deadline for submission of photos and information is mid-May, which gives an
indication of the time and work involved in putting a guide together.
In 2005 John Furphy Pty Ltd took over management and in 2006 the Carter's Guide
was joined by a sister publication, Carter's Everything Vintage. This new
publication is the only Australian price guide dedicated to post 1950's items.
It's my personal favourite of all the Carter's guides - heaps of things I
remember from my childhood, and even a few that I still use today! Take a look in the 2007 Carter's Everything Vintage Guide for 3 beautiful red, gold and mint
green Ericofon phones from our own collection. We have other Retro Rotary Dial telephones and a few books in the 2008 and 2009 Guides.
I'm sure that this new publication will become as popular and collectable in
years to come as the Carter's Price Guides are now. So get in now and buy your
copy of Carter's Everything Vintage 1st Edition 2006 before their value
skyrockets as early editions of the Price Guides have done.
The Carter's Guide to Antiques now concentrates on items from before1950 and
right back to the dawn of time, so there is no overlap between the publications.
The format is similar across the 2 guides, so people familiar with the Antiques
Guides will find the Everything Vintage Guides very easy to use. Both guides are
beautifully presented, with full-colour photos, well set-out sections and easy
access to information and contributor contact details.
