Modern Fiesta™: 1986-Present

This book offers a lot of historical background of the artists involved in the re-emergence of Fiestaware. I wish there had been more talk of colors, but maybe if it comes out in a new edition, the colors of post-1986 Fiesta will be fully represented. I

I collect Fiestaware, so this was a must have. Even if you don't collect it, interesting reading on the origin of Fiestaware.

The color in the photos in this book is so bad that I almost returned it, but it has useful information on Post 86 Fiesta so I kept it. Every time I look at the photos, however, it hurts. I don't know how they could publish a book for collectors with such a bad representation of the colors of Fiestaware which is what makes the line so unique.

I'm a new collector of fiesta ware and this book is very informative. Decent price and arrived in great time.

Worked great and I would be happy to buy from them again

Very informative.

I found the book to be insightful and full of a plethora of information that experienced and new collectors could use. It is a worth while edition to any fiesta library. I also was thrilled to see the paintings of artist Philip Carroll in the book and on the back cover of paintings using fiesta. What a wonderful concept!

I find Schiffer collector books in general to be amateurish and of poor quality and this one is no exception. Many of the photos suffer from unprofessional lighting, rendering the supposed colors unrecognizable. There are also numerous typos, and the writing style is more of a personal narrative than a factual account. Some people might find this chatty style appealing but I find it distracting. I also don't think we need so much coverage of the "artistry of John Parry," especially of his jewelry. I'm sure he was a very nice man, but I think this info would have been better put at the end of the book as an appendix rather than in the front. Most people buy collector books in order to readily identify and price their items--the biographical information, and the stuff about "morgue" items is interesting, but shouldn't take up so much space. I recommend the next edition go more in-depth on the officially licensed go-along items, as these are more likely to be encountered by the average collector than some of the more obscure decaled lines that have pages written about them.