{"product_id":"mantiques-a-manly-guide-to-cool-stuff","title":"Mantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMantiques: A Manly Guide to Cool Stuff 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTopics 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 \u0026amp; Fishing, Oddities, Movie Memorabilia, Racy Pulps \u0026amp; Novelties, Men's Fashion \u0026amp; Watches, Guns \u0026amp; Knives, Rock \u0026amp; Roll, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46842013417639,"sku":"9781440239861","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9781440239861.jpg?v=1749939767","url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/products\/mantiques-a-manly-guide-to-cool-stuff","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}