books about: hagen-renaker (figurines wildlife charlton)

books about: hagen-renaker

books:

Hagen-Renaker (2nd edition) : The Charlton Standard Catalogue

5 reviews
Gayle Roller

Charlton Pr, 1999

Review Excerpt from The Hobby Horse News Aug/Sept. 2000
Charlton Press, a noted publisher of collector's guides, uses authors who are also collectors, as the company feels this provides important insights needed in a collector's guide. From what I've seen, book height and format are consistent between guides. Each book starts with a blurb about the collectible, such as information on the company or the modeling artists. Item listings come next. ...

One Lucky Kid
Maxine Hagen Renaker

Paige Press, Claremont California, 2008

A memoir of Maxine Hagen Renaker; a series of short essays on her childhood in North Dakota and Montana in the 1920's. She considered her childhood wonderful and herself, One Lucky Kid.

Horse, Bird, And Wildlife Figures of Maureen Love: Hagen-renaker And Beyond (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Nancy Kelly

Schiffer Publishing, 2002

Best known as one of the wildlife designers for the Hagen-Renaker Pottery Company of California, Maureen Love began her professional career as an artist by painting beautiful portraits of Thoroughbred and Arabian horses for their owners. She quickly moved into the realm of sculpture, creating realistic models that captured the spirit and beauty of her subjects. Her ability to draw earned her a position in 1951 with Hagen-Renaker as a decorator. ...

Hagen-Renaker Pottery : Horses and Other Figurines

3 reviews
Nancy Kelly

Schiffer Publishing, 1999

I love this book!
Hagen-Renakers have been a passion of mine since I saw my first "Forever Amber" in the early 1970s. Later, I was driven to collect information on H-R and that drive resulted in the H-R Handbook in 1989 and the Charlton Guide in 1999. To me, Nancy's book transcends the mere information-gathering and tells the Hagen-Renaker story - the whys and wherefores of this bunch of people expressing ...

Hagen-Renaker: A Charlton Standard Catalogue, Third Edition

2 reviews
Gayle Roller

Charlton International Inc., 2003

Hagen-Renaker Standard Catalogue
Very helpful. Not as complete as I was hoping for, but definitely quite useful.

Hagen-Renaker through the Years

1 review
Nancy Kelly

Schiffer+publishing Ltd, 2001

Great supplement to first book!!
This book, Hagen-Renaker Through the Years, continues where the first book left off, with over 450 completly different photos. This book has a great section on how to identify Hagen-Renakers, how to date them, and how to recognize imitations. In addition, there are wonderful photos of one-of-a-kind and test pieces that have never been seen in public before. Also, several large color photos ...