Books written by Michael Polak

  • Bottles: Identification and Price Guide

    Do you need help in finding that elusive and rare antique bottle? How about some clues on where to locate the best digging spots? Do you wonder how old your...

  • The Official Price Guide to American Patriotic Memorabilia

    Completely unique to the marketplace, this price guide offers comprehensive histories and prices for American flags, milk bottles, posters, postcards, Uncle Sam items, and many other American collectibles. 140 illustrations.

  • Warman's Bottles Field Guide

    New Bern North Carolina Museum 256 Middle Street New Bern, NC 28560 (252) 636-5898 www.pepsistore.com Located in the original location where Caleb Bradham invented Pepsi-Cola in his pharmacy in 1898, the museum offers exhibits with ...

  • Antique Trader Bottles Identification and Price Guide

    ... SC 29501 (803) 669-6515 South Carolina Bottle Club 1091 Daralynn Drive Lexington, SC 29073 (803) 957-4807 ... TN 37184 Painted Soda Bottle Collectors Association (PSBCA) 1966 King Springs Road Johnson City, TN 37601 State of ...

  • Picker's Pocket Guide to Bottles: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro

    John Tutton for the great milk bottle illustrations and overall support. National Bottle Museum for support and contributions to the hobby of bottle collecting, and valuable input on the history of mineral and soda water bottle glass ...

  • Antique Trader Bottles Identification & Price Guide

    As the only full-color bottle book on the market, the guide is loaded with more than 5,000 listings and 700 photographs covering more than 50 bottle categories from the 19th and 20th centuries.

  • Warman's Bottles Field Guide

    The take-it-with-you collecting resource?&break;&break;America's favorite pocket-sized guide helps you identify, value, buy and sell bottles like a pro. &break;&break; All new photos and listings, plus five new chapters:&break; Crocks and ...

  • Antique Trader Bottles: Identification and Price Guide

    It is the definitive guide to one of the oldest, largest, and most organised segments of the antiques field (more than 100,000 active collectors).

  • Antique Trader Bottles: Identification and Price Guide

    This updated edition of "the bottle bible" provides more than 1,000 detailed listings of pre-1900 and post-1900 bottles, with pricing, size, color of glass, and years of production.

  • Bottles: How to Pick Antiques Like a Pro

    Despite the availability of bottles, condition, age, type and much more all play a factor in their collectability and value. All of these factors can be highly nuanced and this book aims to show how to understand what collectors look for.