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Summary: There are many books on collecting blue and white china; in this free video guide to antique & collectible plates, an antique expert gives you great resources for your china collecting.
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About the Expert
Sue Shea Sue Shea has been dealing in antiques since 1979, and has her own shop, Shea Antiques, located in Shelburne Falls, MA. Her passion is early American 18th & 19... read more
So when talking about collecting historical blue resources for this type of tableware I would suggest that you will try to acquire some books or search out some books that's specific about historical blue. Some books that I just have here this Country American price guide is a really nice examples of it inside of historical blue, a little brief history on what time period and talking about price ranges. But it doesn't give you a lot of pictures to look at so I would suggest that you, another book here that you could it's a general book Schroeder's is a book that has general basic small little bits and pieces about it. So if you're starting and it's inexpensive book it's a great book to start with then you can get into more specific books that are written just for historical blue I don't have a historical blue book here, but one of the examples of a good book to buy that's specific to what you're collecting. This flow blue same period but different type of porcelain. If you're going out you can find a specifically historical book to collect so that would be another reference for books. Your library is a good source for historical blue you might have to ask them to search out the books for you, buying on the internet is another great source for resources for books. I would highly recommend if you're going to collect this type of tableware that you do a little bit of reading and some homework and try to get a good grasp for what's available out there and the price range. Because this particular kind of tableware can be very expensive.