"Christmas Rarities", a pictorial reference book on rare, antique, German Glass Christmas Ornaments by the author, John Lightner
As of Nov 12, 2024 there are only 3 books left to be sold by me the Publisher. If you are interested in a book the cost is currently $225. You can contact me by email at jlightner1@gmail.com John Lightner's "Christmas Rarities" Book was published in 2007. There are 256 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