Mantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff

Mantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff

<div>For Benny, it's the taxidermy alligator head holding his TV remote. For Bill, it's a broom carved from a solid hickory branch. For Bob, it's a 1946 Wurlitzer Bubbler Jukebox. These are a few of the finds and heirlooms these collectors call their favorite 'mantique.' Like Benny tells his guests when they step into his 1,000-square-foot apartment packed with taxidermy and tobacciana: "This isn't Rooms to Go."<br><br><b>Mantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff</b> takes you inside these collections and more as it humorously surveys the weird and wonderful vintage stuff dudes like best, through more than 400 full-color photographs, while documenting the rise of mantiques as big business all over the world. Each chapter features today's hottest mantiques with complete descriptions and recent auction values.<br><br>Topics range from how a gentleman should wear an authentic, vintage Aloha Shirt to how to pick your first Patek Philippe to why first-gen Apple computers now bring more than $600,000 at auction. Chapters include Tools, Barware, Surfing Memorabilia, Hunting & Fishing, Oddities, Movie Memorabilia, Racy Pulps & Novelties, Men's Fashion & Watches, Guns & Knives, Rock & Roll, and more.</div>