Chase Complete: Deco Specialties of the Chase Brass & Copper Co. (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

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Summary: Finally!
Review: "Chase Complete" more than lives up to its title; it is a comprehensive reference for the Chase collector and for anyone interested in the consumer products manufactured by Chase Brass in the 1930's and early 1940's. It is a meticulously researched book, richly illustrated by professional photographs of almost uniformly top quality examples. It is well written with wit and humor. No self-serving author-collector rhetoric here. Five stars for sure!

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Summary: Great Book
Review: As a collector of Art Deco, I really enjoyed this book. Very good photogaphy and very well written. The author did a lot of homework in preparing this. A great book for Art Deco collectors.

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Summary: Finally!
Review: EXCELLANT! THE most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book on the Chase Brass & Copper Company available. Wonderful information on the history of the company and the industrial designers responsible for the innovative & modern designs. Also included are reproductions of original Chase sales brochures and the retail sales sites. High quality photography along with detailed identifications make this book extremely helpful to collectors. Looking forward to seeing the follow up book on Chase lamps.

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Summary: HUGE BENEFIT TO COLLECTORS
Review: EXCELLANT! THE most comprehensive and thoroughly researched book on the Chase Brass & Copper Company available. Wonderful information on the history of the company and the industrial designers responsible for the innovative & modern designs. Also included are reproductions of original Chase sales brochures and the retail sales sites. High quality photography along with detailed identifications make this book extremely helpful to collectors. Looking forward to seeing the follow up book on Chase lamps.

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Summary: Good pictures and technical information but poorly written .
Review: The concept behind this book was badly needed. Chase has become a a hot collectible but few people know much about it. For those who don't, this book should shed a lot of light on the subject. Most of the pictures(taken by individual collectors)is good. However, the text is poorly written-too informal(we're not talking beanie babies here) and exclamation points are thrown all over the place.The overview on the Art Deco movement is weak. There is not much information here one would not find in previous books on Chase-books written far better. Incidently, there is no information here on Chase lamps.

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Summary: Great Book
Review: This is a marvelously written book. As an Antique Dealer, I am extemely pleased with the work and research that the author has put into it.He is to be commended highly. Wonderful photographs. Hope the author writes more books on other subjects. He has a good command of what collectors need to know about the subject. Cannot thank the author enough for putting together such an informative and interesting book.