Twentyfive years ago he became interested in antique glass and soon gravitated to fruit jars, greatly due to the fact that fruit jars were very well documented by the prior work of alice creswick, founder of the red book. Many nice updates have been made with respect to the ball jar entries, including both updated listings and updated valuations. Join facebook to connect with douglas leybourne and others you may know. The jars are listed in alphabetical order and by catalog number for easy reference. The collectors guide to old fruit jars 9780965555869 by leybourne, douglas m and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The purpose of the red book is to identify, list, and provide pricing guidance for all known fruit jars, a continuous labor of love begun by alice creswick and continued by doug leybourne.
A hundred and fifty years ago, these jars meant survival, authenticity, repurposed, in a mason jar. This book is very handy and lists a large selection of fruit jars. Doug is the publisher of the redbook price guide series for antique and collectible fruit jars. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The author will be happy to sign all books ordered through him or this website. The collectors guide to old fruit jars by douglas m. An illustrated price guide to old fruit jars red book 12. The collectors guide to old fruit jars, an illustrated price guide red book no. Findlay bottle show findlay bottle club ohio antique bottles. Red book of fruit jarsno 7 october 1993 edition open. If you are a fruit jar collector this is the must have book. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.
Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. The collectors guide to old fruit jars leybourne, douglas m. Please let me know of any book revisions needed 2020 the red book of fruit jars designed by trey kanetrey kane. The purpose of the book has never changed, to list and describe. It has 460 pages and over 10,000 jars listed, many have sketches and there is a price guide for each jar too. Each listing contains a short description, which includes color, size and price. The collectors guide to old fruit jars douglas m leybourne on. If you want information and correct values this is the book the pros use. A native of michigan, doug has collected various things since he was very young. Original patents were researched by alice creswick who passed the reins to doug leybourne who has continued with the same meticulous technical investigation with an increase in the illustrations. The collectors guide to old fruit jars by douglas m leybourne isbn. Hundreds of additions and revisions expanded section on reproduction jars canadian, australian, and other foreign jars widely updated revised pricing based on many sources of reference were very sorry but we only able to.
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