Website design By BotEap.comGorgeous and useful, “Antique Coffee Grinders” by Michael L. White is a wonderful book for anyone wanting to create their vintage homeware collection, OR looking for the perfect coffee table book.

Website design By BotEap.comFor the coffee table book group, it would be hard to imagine a more perfect piece. The “vintage coffee grinders” weigh around 3 1/2 pounds and sport around 600 photographs (in color), so while it’s not difficult to handle, you’ll know you have something formidable in your hands when you pick it up, just holding on his lap he conveys the weight of the coffee-making story he recounts. Guests who enjoy their coffee (or who appreciate vintage, high-quality household items) are sure to enjoy flipping through this book.

Website design By BotEap.comBut as charming as this book is, its true value lies in what it offers the collector of old-fashioned (mostly vintage) coffee grinders and grinders. With a chronicle of more than 300 years of the history of the grinder, the devotee of antiques will find a wealth of information that will facilitate the search for new pieces.

Website design By BotEap.comMake no mistake: “Antique Coffee Grinders” doesn’t explain where to buy the real treasures. It depends on you. Online auctions, flea markets, yard sales, or actual antique stores are all possibilities, and hopefully searching is part of the fun you get from collecting vintage items. Enjoy it!

Website design By BotEap.comBut having found good sources for quality, vintage coffee grinders, one of the biggest challenges for any collector is differentiating between junk and treasure. That’s where this book shines – it provides hugely detailed information about the maker of any particular coffee grinder and how much a well-maintained coffee grinder might be worth to the serious antique collector. Some collectors like to put their gloves on anything old (and the older the better), but if you put these old pieces together to build a portfolio of marketable value, ‘who did it’, ‘when did it’, ‘where did ‘and’ how much could someone pay for it ‘are all critical bits of information. You will have a hard time finding a better resource than “Antique Coffee Grinders” to make sure you have those bits!

Website design By BotEap.comAll in all, I have to say without reservation: this is a good book. If you love good old fashioned coffee grinders, which is really old fashioned, adding this to your library is a “no loss” move.