"Christmas Rarities", a pictorial reference book on rare, antique, German Glass Christmas Ornaments by the author, John Lightner

Hi all,

I have some very good news to share. The Ebay seller (Tony Johnson of Charleston) who stole 8 of my books has returned them. These books are still in their original cellophane wrapper new and mint condition.

These are the last 5 books available.

The cost is $235 ea and shipping and insurance is included. These ship from Chicago IL.

Anyone interested contact me for details at jlightner1@gmail.com or SMS me on the FB group site.

Here are the specs and photos of the pages for ea category.

*Note you can also view individual photos on my Facebook group called, "Christmas Rarities Ornaments'. Link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1257041448695877

John Lightner's "Christmas Rarities" Book was published in 2007. Size is apprx 8.75 " x 11.25". There are 252 pages with over 1500 high quality photographs printed on archival glossy enamel paper with a hard cover and stitched binding.

This four year project took John to 40 major collectors in twelve states and European trips to German, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The front and back covers are a collage of some of the rarest ornaments in the world. Each ornament has a reference number, a description, a rarity scale and a value scale.

Each photo has been given a reference number, a description, a rarity scale and a value scale.

I used four numbers for the rarity scale:
"1" means that in all the collections I photographed I only saw one
"2" means that I saw three or fewer
"3" means that I saw six or fewer
"4" means that I saw more than six

There are 527 ornaments with a "1" rating, 612 with a "2" rating, 210 with a "3" rating and 114 with a "4" rating. Over 500 ornaments have never been published anywhere.

This is a must have reference book for any serious collector. There is no other book like it and probably never will be. It's the Bible of reference books for rare ornaments.

It has been shown on Good Morning America and dozens of articles have been published in many newspapers both in America and Europe including the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Currier Newspaper, The Daily Herald, The Maine Antique Digest and others.

In December of 2014 I was asked to do an exhibit in Hong Kong at one of the largest malls there. It was quite the event.

This book is still the only one of its kind ever published and is used by many auction houses and insurance companies as the go to reference book on rare antique ornaments.r.

The following photos are the first pages of each category.