A Hard to Find-All-in-One Guide!

Patent dates, rates of inflation, registry dates, periods of furniture, jewelry construction, dinnerware terms, and more valuable clues to the age of your antique.

This is the kind of information used by expert appraisers to date and identity antiques and collectibles. Kovels’ Numbers You Need to Know is the best resource for you to find important dates, facts and clues to the age of your antiques and collectibles. The information in this 32-page special report will help you understand your collectibles and assess its true value.

• English Registry Marks

• U.S. Patent Design and Trademark Date Identifier

• U.S., English and Canadian Patent Numbers

• Inflation Value Chart

• American, English and French Furniture Periods

• Japanese and Korean Historical Periods

• Dates of Presidents, Emperors, Kings

• Chinese Emperor Marks Old and New Spelling

• U.S. Government Labeling Regulations that Indicate Age

• Silver Price Chart

• Dinnerware Shapes and Sizes

• Jewelry and Silver Vocabulary

• Major Wars

• World's Fairs and Expositions

• Famous Firsts, and much more...