This is a list of books we considered important for every bird collector to have as reference material.  

Reference: 

Author:    Mike Schneider 

Book Title:    Stangl and Pennsbury Birds;Identification & Price Guide 

Publisher:    Schiffer Publishing, 77 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, PA 19310   (1994) 

    This book is the definitive pictorial "bird book".   Although the pricing is very outdated (1994), the information is critical and the pictures are excellent.  This book is a must have for any serious collector of birds. 

Author:    Harvey Duke 

Book Title:    Stangl Pottery 

Publisher:    Wallace-Homestead Book Company, Radnor, PA, 19089    (1993) 

    This book is also a must have for those who collect birds.   Harvey Duke covers all items made by Stangl Pottery in this book, but the bird information is excellent.  There are pictures of birds that are not in other books and there are birds that there are only one or two of known to exist.  Again, the pricing is outdated, but the information, pictures and background is extremely relevant to any collector. 

Author:    Joan Dworkin and Martha Horman 

Book Title:    A Guide to Stangl Pottery Birds 

Publisher:    Willow Pond Books, Inc., POB 385, Lynbrook, NY 11563    (1977) 

    This is the third "must have" for serious collectors.  This book is a beautiful pictorial of the Stangl Bird series and does have some limited information in the beginning of the publication.  This is a "must have" because there are again some birds identified with pictures that are not in other books and it is a must have for the rarity of this publication. 

Pricing Publications: 

In addition to these Stangl books, we recommend that you obtain some type of recent antique pricing guide book.  We recommend: 

Author:    Edited by Sharon & Bob Huxford

Book Title:    Schroeder's Antiques Price Guide 2000

Publisher:    Collector Books   POB 3009, Paducah, KY 42002-3009

Another pricing guide book which we recommend is: 

Author:    Harvey Duke 

Book Title:    Official Price Guide to Pottery and Porcelain 8th Edition 

Publisher:    Random House, 201 E.50th St., NY, NY 10022    (1995) 

    The pricing in this book is outdated, but it has pricing for every bird.  It is an interesting reference from only 4 years ago. 

Nice to have, but not necessary books: 

Author:    Norma Rehl 

Book Title:    Stangl Pottery, Parts I and II 

Publisher:    unavailable at this time 
 

 

    Part 1, Part 2 and the pricing supplement are shown here. These books cover all Stangl Pottery and do include information on birds. 

This site does not intend for this list to be all inclusive of everything that has been written about Stangl Pottery Birds.  This page is designed to guide new and old collectors about reference material that is available on Birds. 

This is the appropriate spot to thank each and every one of these authors for their contributions to the collecting of Stangl Birds.  The founding members of this site recognize and appreciate all these people have done to research and further the history of these wonderful creatures.  A big thanks to all of you !!!! 

In addition to our thanks, by way of this statement we are crediting all of these authors and books as a reference for our site -- when we didn't know something, these are the books we turned to.