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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2707782, member: 5833&quot;]I only watched the very beginning of the video, enough to learn he&#039;s specifically talking about price guides.&nbsp; They always had the drawbacks mentioned, over optimistic estimates &amp; out of date info, but served a purpose before the Internet offered so many years worth of past sales data.&nbsp; A price guide, even an out of date one, would still be useful if it is a good reference on a collecting area, e.g., Minton Parian Ware figurines, providing accurate descriptive &amp; identifying info that enables the collector or reseller to make effective use of the Internet for value info.&nbsp; Hanging out around here it seems to me that some of the most useful reference books are ones on porcelain makers&#039; marks.&nbsp; Books can be easier to search than web sites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guides are most useful for things that were mass produced, when your chances of having an example of something that is an exact match for one in a book are good.&nbsp; Value is only ever what someone is willing to pay for it today.&nbsp; When it comes to rare &amp; one of a kind items, value can swing wildly, depending who happens to see the item &amp; just how badly they want it.&nbsp; I have occasionally bid much more in an auction than I otherwise would have, just because the item fit in with a collecting interest particular to me.&nbsp; No price guide can predict that.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve been asked &amp; answered before: there is no guide to cameos I can recommend as the only book you&#039;ll ever need, &amp; most of the common ones are too full of misinformation to be trustworthy.&nbsp; Michele Rowan&#039;s book is by far the best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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