Stephen Collector: Construction worker

Among the national treasures you'll find: The only known photographic image of baseball's first organized team, the New York Knickerbockers, circa 1846. Original copy of the first written rules of modern baseball. One of the earliest known color advertising posters promoting the very first set of baseball cards, released in ...more

During recent years, the Bakelite jewelry of the 1930s has become a trendy and popular fashion accessory and much-valued collectible. The authors have assembled here the greatest array ever seen of Bakelite jewelry. 160 illustrations, 150 in color. ...more

Iridescence! An ever-changing, shimmering play of color, a dancing rainbow of light this is the essence, and indeed, the art of Carnival Glass. This beautiful book begins at the very heart of Carnival, with a comprehensive analysis, full of fascinating insights, into how the glass was made, colored, iridized, and ...more

A noted paleontologist provides the text for this photographic study of eight different collections--from a collection of human artifacts belonging to Peter the Great to Agassy's fish collection--exploring what collections say about collectors. ...more

The curious items collected by a 17th-century English nobleman shed light on the origins and limitations of modern museum practices ...more

A pictorial produced by FHM. Women featured are: Willa Ford, Mayra Veronica, Brande Roderick, Roselyn Sanchez, Jeri Ryan, Adriana Lima, Molly Sims, Selma Blair, Rachel Ray, Gisele Bundchen, Tara Dakides, Naomi Watts, Tyra Banks, Jillian Barberie, Demi Moore, Rachel Leigh Cook, Gretchen Bleiler, Beth Ostrosky, Jamie Sale, Uma Thurman, Eva ...more

"By Native Hands" describes the history and context of Native American basketry with full-color photographs and scholarly text. The objects are brought to life in words and pictures, including such rare objects as a feathered Pomo blazing sun basket that took three years to create. This book presents baskets from ...more

More than a decade ago, Stephen Collector began photographing brand inspectors throughout the West. This simple curiosity gradually became an obsession, resulting in Law of the Range, runner-up as the best Art Book in the Rocky Mountain region. Collector's goal was to achieve the portrait as landscape, and to know ...more