Books published by publisher House of Collectibles

Sell, Keep, or Toss is a unique guide to dealing with personal property during life's transitions. Whether downsizing to a smaller home or dispersing the contents of a loved one’s estate, collectibles expert and professional appraiser Harry Rinker helps to simplify the complicated personal, familial, and financial decisions involved in clearing out a house. With practical, down-to-earth advice, Rinker shows how to determine what to Sell, Keep or Toss, and guides you through the intricacies of how to do it, including how to:• Pass treasured mementos to future generations• Recognize valuable collections• Find reputable appraisers and auctioneers• Get a tax benefit from donating unwanted items• Maximize the profit on items sold

Joe Montana is one of the greatest quarterbacks the world has ever known. And Beckett Great Sports Heroes: Joe Montana pays fitting tribute to this athlete with the rapid-fire moves and the arm of steel. From his early days with Notre Dame where he showed the dedication, persistence, and courage that would earn him the title "the Comeback Kid" to his selection by the San Francisco 49ers in the 1979 NFL draft... From his rise to stardom in four Superbowls to the heart-stopping rally in Superbowl XXIII now known simply as The Drive...From his 1986 back surgery to the elbow injury that forced him to miss two full seasons to his triumphant return to the top of his game with the Kansas City Chiefs, and his retirement in 1995... Lavishly illustrated in full color, each Beckett Great Sports Heroes volume features distinguished sports authorities assessing the career of one of the greatest athletes of our time. Each book is a piece of history, a celebration of a sports legend....BECKETT GREAT SPORTS HEROESCollect the series--your own personal Hall of Fame.

THE FIRST GUIDE TO ANCIENT AFFORDABLE ARTIFACTS--EACH OF THE 2,000 OBJECTS PRICED UNDER $300!Imagine holding a Neanderthal stone tool or a lamp that lit the darkness of Ancient Rome. Few people realize that a juglet from the time of Isaiah or a bead necklace from the age of the pharaohs can be bought for less than $300. The Official Guide to Artifacts of Ancient Civilizations is the only book of its kind, listing an array of inexpensive antiquities that were made in Europe and Western Asia before the fall of Rome in A.D. 476 or in pre-Columbian America.* COMPREHENSIVE. Each of the two hundred artifacts is priced and described in detail. The objects originate in the following periods: Early Man, Western Asiatic (Iranian, Phoenician, Judaic), Central Asiatic, Egyptian, Greek (Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, Etruscan), Roman, and Pre-Columbian (Aztec, Mayan, Peruvian).* FEATURING ANCIENT SPECIALTY COLLECTIBLES. Rare items are covered in great detail, from Mesopotamian stamp and cylinder seals to Egyptian scarabs, ancient lamps, glass, and vessels to Greek and Roman cameos and intaglios.* INVALUABLE ADVICE. Learn the tricks of the trade, including how to start a collection and where to find particular items, plus a grading guide and a thorough explanation of values. * WRITTEN BY A PROFESSIONAL. A dealer in ancient and medieval art for almost thirty years, Alex G. Malloy has conducted more than forty-five auctions--all including ancient art--and has produced twenty-four specialized catalogs on ancient and medieval art and antiquities. Major museums around the world have purchased items from him.* FULLY ILLUSTRATED. Plus invaluable time charts and clear line drawings for quick reference and easy identification.* Includes a GLOSSARY, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND INDEX.

Signed, Limited, Numbered edition.Signed by Jack Ketchum, Douglas E. Winter, and artist Neal McPheeters.Sealed in an acid-free book cover, then sealed again for archival protection.This novel appears for the first time in its original unexpurgated of the authors vision. The original publisher refused to publish it in this version in 1980. Now available in this edition with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter.They had Hunted every animal but there was no flesh like mans . . . Welcome to Jack Ketchums ferocious and unforgettable first novel, Off Season. Originally published in 1981, Off Season was a defining moment of contemporary horror fiction, an instant classic whose impact on the writing and reading of horror continues today... ...when I read Off Season, I knew that its writer was different; that he was working from that raw and risky perspective known as personal vision, and that he had written a novel that was his own, and not what a publisher wanted or expected. Stocked in the shadows of bestsellers and a blur of Stephen King wannabes, Off Season was issued as a paperback original by Ballantine -- a publisher who has never shown much enthusiasm for the fiction of fear. The cover was a minimalist triumph, its title embossed in black on black, stained with a red thread of blood. The authors name -- a pseudonym -- was reported in white block capital letters, and the top of the cover announced:"THE ULTIMATE HORROR NOVEL." The hyperbole was deserved. Off Season was the genuine article, its horror insistent, visceral, and disturbing.-- From the Introduction to Off Season: Unexpurgated by Douglas E. Winter