Warman's Fenton Glass by Mark Moran (2005, Paperback)

I bought this book to learn more about the Fenton Glass Company. This lovely booked contained 800 full-color photos as well as the current price for more than 1,000 pieces of fenton. This book will enable to bid properly on select pieces of fenton as it contains the history of fenton colors and designs. This colorful book begins in 1905 continuing through 2005. It also gives details about the Fenton Logo which I found quite interesting. Also included in the guide was an explanation for Fenton Seconds and Preferred Seconds and exactly how these were marked.

If given the opportunity, I will purchase another book by this author, Mr. Mark F. Moran.

This reference book fills in much needed areas many of our numerous Fenton reference books lack. There are photos large enough to see without a magnifying glass and information on several patterns we did not know about.We recommend this book as an addition to any reference library on Fenton glass.

WONDERFUL. JUST WHAT I WANTED. BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. I BOUGHT THIS BOOK BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FENTON GLASS FROM DIFFERENT PERIODS OF TIME. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEM SOME LISTINGS OF " OTHER COLORS " SOME OF THE GLASS ITEMS CAME IN. I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS BOOK. IT HAS BEEN PUT TOGETHER WONDERFULLY. I WOULD RECCOMMEND THE AUTHER TO CONTINUE, AND PURSUE MORE. THIS IS A GREAT BOOK.

Let me start by saying that while I admire glass, I don't collect it. As a trading assistant, I was approached by friends I made going to live auctions to help them begin to sell their collection. They're great guides to recognizing what is Fenton and what is not but naming and dating pieces are things I've had to learn on my own. I needed help. I searched the guides on this site and I acquired a few books. This book is one of those.

This is not the complete compendium and price book of everything Fenton ever made. That said, it is an excellent reference for the beginning collector or the neophyte Fenton eBay seller. In this book, Fenton production is broken down by period - blocks of years - to include a carnival glass period rather than by type of piece or color or item number. This is a heavy and high gloss paged book that contains many hundreds of full color photos of Fenton pieces. You will get a good idea of the styles and colors of items that were available in a particular period and their value on the collectibles market (bearing in mind that the book was printed in 2004 and pricing fluctuates rapidly).

The book does not cover pieces made by Fenton and marked Fenton that were actually for other companies (like Levay), and it only briefly addresses experimental pieces as far as shape/style. It does not even mention styles that were from regular production runs but in experimental colors (as I found out the hard way!). Finally, the index is totally useless for looking up a particular piece and its value unless you already know the name and/or the item number.

Get this book if you are in need of a detailed, full color pictorial reference as a guide for what is what. Don't get it if you need a quick method to determine age and/or value.

This is overall a very comprehensive book on Fenton Glass. It does not show the entire line of Fenton Glass but a good assortment of all Fenton lines. 255 pages packed full of beautiful pitures and information. Has a very complete price guide in the back. If you want one general book on Fenton Glass this would be it.

This is an excellent book with many pictures that I haven't seen in the other books I have on Fenton Glass. There is so much to learn about Fenton Glass and I think this is an excellent source for such valuable information on said subject. I will get many hours of enjoyment from studying this book.

The book was as described. I found items in the book that I didn't have information on. It was very helpful.

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I bought the book because i'm interested about fenton glassware. The book is impresive, i didn't know fenton made so many things. The book gave a brief description of each decade of glass.I thought it should of gave description of marks or something to tell if you have fenton or not.The book has beautiful pictures of items.I'd buy it again

this is a great book lots of pictures and information I highly recommend it. Have nothing negative to say its just a awsome book loved it. Thanks

Great reference for the serious collector of Fenton glass. Beautiful photos with values and mfg dates. Saves time and makes it easier to know how to purchase new pieces for your collection. A great guide to Fenton values!

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I find this book useful in identifying some Fenton Art Glass pieces. It's not as complete as the Whitmyer book, however I found pieces in this book that were not in the other one.

Love the book. If you collect you should collect this. This book give beautiful color photos and info.

The book was very informative and showed many examples of the different styles, colors and composition of Fenton Glass. I am a complete beginner to collectible glassware and this book was a very helpful guide that explained what to look for in easy to understand language.

I like this book because it has lots of pictures that I can use to identify Fenton glassware that I have now or have had in the past. Quite often glassware is unmarked and you can only make an educated guess about who made it and when. This book helps expand my education so that I am better able to identify glassware.

Fenton Glass has been on the market for over a hundred years. I recently became a convert, and very rapidly, a ravid collector. I needed help in determining authentic pieces. Mark F. Moran's "Fenton Glass", Identification and Price Guide, has been a wealth of information and help. I have to admit I love just looking at the pictures of all the beauriful pieces. It can be depressing however. The most beautiful pieces are often quite expensive, and that makes it hard on someone that is retired and living on a fixed income.

The photography was exceptional. It was helpful it was broken up into age groups, but I felt the index was very difficult to locate particular things. It might list 50 vases or 20 glass shoes, but if the particular one isn't in the book, it's not a lot of help in my opinion. I felt the book should have been more complete, as it is an identification guide.
I could be wrong, but from my understanding of the sections, they were in age groups with the newest colors of that age group. That is fine and good but that doesn't help with the already existing colored items from that time perior, again this is a reference book.
I do not know if there is a better one out there, for an identification book, if not this is adequate. But I probably would not recommend it without stating it's shortcomings.

This is an excellent reference book! It has several pieces that I have not been able to find in other guides. The pictures and descriptions are great. This book is a must have for Fenton collectors/glass dealers.