Collecting Lladro: Price & Identification Guide

I do not collect anything. (Except maybe paid electric bills, and family pictures.) I have nothing against those who do, I just never have. This book was referred to me by an acquaintance. And you know what, this is really interesting! This book is surprisingly easy to read, informative and actually enjoyable. It shows a whole world, revealing in the most beautiful manner subtle aspects of an art which would easily escape those, like I, without a trained eye. It's obvious the author's experienced. I'd like another book by her. That's a lot for a non-collector!

At last!! A book that gives great details on LLADRO. Not only the primary market but the secondary as well. Hats off to Peggy for finally getting "THE HAMMER" some recognition. We have been collecting LLADRO for over 15 years, have visited Valencia twice, and have over 600 pieces - including every clown and amost every harleguin. Most have been purchased on the secondary market. Janet Hammer is the best. I'm glad to see LLADRO has put their stamp of approval on this book, along with some of the premier collectors, by providing pictures and data. A great gift for Christmas. Hopefully this is just the first of many. Getting any kind of old info on LLADRO is difficult at best.

A great Lladro reference book! With lots of pictures. The author is very knowledgeble of Lladro or Nao when is only very little to go by. WELL DONE, PEGGY!!!!!

Peggy Whiteneck is a respected authority on Lladro. She reorganized and totally updated the Lladro listings in Collector's Mart's Price Guide to Limited Edition Collectibles and has been a constant contributor to it for four years. She's also had feature articles on Lladro and Nao published in Collector's Mart magazine. Her new book, Collecting Lladro: Identification and Price Guide, is one of the best Lladro resources I've used to date, with information and photographs available in no other resource. It's one of the first books I turn to with questions regarding Lladro.

I received this book the first day it was published and finished it that night. I have since looked back on it a couple of dozen times. The pictures are wonderfully done and in color which is a very nice change from the black and white of the official price guide. The author has a love for Lladros that shows throughout the book. I learned a great deal from this book. The section on fakes was incredibly enlightening and will prove to be helpful if I ever run across one. The section about if a restoration is worth while was certainly a eye opener. There are pictures of all the marks Lladro has used over the years and when they used them. It was very interesting to find out that my collection consists of only two different artists' work. That was an aspect of collecting Lladro's I had never thought of before but certainly found my collection reflects it. I did not find it to be an advertisement for dealers in any way. There are several listed at the end of the book but I didn't see them throughout the book at all. In fact I found the sections on buying from retailers, brokers or auctions to be very unbiased and in no way leaning toward any certain dealer or broker. If anything I walked away from the book knowing that I would not buy from a broker unless I had a specific need that would make the added expense worthwhile for me. Well, to each their own I suppose but I cannot imagine someone who truly read this book coming away with the comments below. I found the book well worth the price and expect to refer to it again and again for many year.