Motor Car Mascots and Badges
By (Author) Peter W. Card
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Shire Publications
1st April 2005
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
629.2222
Paperback
56
Width 149mm, Height 210mm
153g
This book surveys the variety of types of motor vehicle mascots and badges, introduces the designers, outlines the manufacturers and discusses forgeries and reproductions.
"Describes the wide variety of types of motor vehicle mascots/badges and designers/manufacturers, and discusses forgeries and reproductions. Nicely illustrated, mostly color. Bibliography, list of museums, Index." --The Flying Lady (March/April 2009)
Working in the collectors' auction market for over twenty years, Peter W. Card ha first-hand experience of handling a significant number of mascots and badges. He enjoys primary research relating to early transport and has contributed to a number of books on early transport subjects, including the Shire Album 'Early Vehicle Lighting'. Peter W. Card is a museum director and auctioneer and a member of the Advisory Council of the National Motor Museum.