Collecting Antique Hand Fashion Fans Christie's / Scarce Christie's Illust. Book

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Approximately one hundred fans are pictured in color and black-and-white in this early out-of-print book which discusses in-depth collectible vintage fans.
COLLECTING FANS
by Susan Mayor, Christie’s International Collectors Series, NY, 1980.
In this scarce book the author “traces the development of the fan itself, establishes its place in history and records some famous collectors – among them Elizabeth I who, on her death, left a fine collection of 27.  The major part of her book deals with all the important types of fans produced from the 17th until the early years of this century: painted and printed, European, Oriental and ethnographic, novelty and feather.  She concludes with an invaluable chapter on building a collection, a full bibliography, and, for further guidance, gives the Christie's auction price realized by fans illustrated in the text – of which there are 96.”  This book is an invaluable reference work for the collector, dealer, or historian of antique fans.
7.9” x 9.9” hardback with dust cover in very good condition.  120 pages.
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