Ancient Indian Artifacts by Jim Bennett (2008, Hardcover, Illustrated)

This book is the first in a series intended to assist collectors of all levels of artifact collecting. As an introductory book, it's focus is on the basics of artifact collecting. Artifact typology, grades and values, and building a collection are just a few of the areas covered. Best of all, the pictures are first rate! As we all know, many of the past books on the subject (some of the best ones) have really bad pictures. Black and White pictures that could never capture the beauty of high grade materials, shadows, and poor focus left a great deal to desire. The pictures are what really sealed the deal for me.