The Antique Comb Collector Newsletter was produced by the Antique Comb Collector’s Club (AC3) and ran from 1985 to 2013.
Volume 12 discussed :
- gem and false stones in antique combs
- tortoise shell, the upper and lower plates, how they were imported from South East Asia to England in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and toirtoise shell workmanship
- the properties of tortoise shell
- how to photograph combs
- selling antique combs and collectibles
There is also an ‘Ode to a Comb’.
