The Art Of American Game Calls by lewis E. russell (2005, Hardcover)

This is a very informative book, and although I wish there had been more examples of the more common/lower priced calls, the knowledge I've gained about call collecting and pricing on them made the purchase well worthwhile.

This book is a very valuable piece of research/reference material that I would highly recommend as a must have for the novice call buyer/collector like myself.

Don't buy it if you want to know true collectible values, not even as a guide. Prices were off in both directions, too high or too low. The pictures are good, and most of the information is in the ball park, but it is of the most general sort, seemed researched in a hurry, and borrowed from or relying on second hand sources, perhaps expert, perhaps not.

This is a must have for anyone interested in learning about game calls or for the expert that wants to know a little more info about the calls and modern values. As a collector of calls with over 300 in my collection, I was still able to gain knowledge from this guidebook.

The Art of American Game calls is a great book for beginners in showing what is out there for collectors. I would liked to have seen more information about carved or painted calls. This book gave me names to start looking at and where to search. I bought this book because of its looks as well as the valueable information it contained. this book displays as well as the game calls.