Collecting Under the Radar
Collecting Under the Radar

Author: Michael Hogben

Publisher:

Published: 2010-03-16

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781933176307

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Last spring's outstanding new guide to tomorrow's antiques is now available in a classy paperback with flaps. This is the time to appreciate hidden value. Here, two experts clue us in to the stuff we have stashed in our basements or garages that may be worth more than you think. It's also indispensable to finding treasures in tag sales and secondhand shops. The well-organized reference brims with surprising prizes---from early snapshots or phone cards to bits of NASA booty---as well as important aesthetic and market pointers on every thing from Arts-and-Crafts tiles to Zulu telephone-wire baskets. Don't leave home for the flea market without it.

20th Century Antiques
20th Century Antiques

Author: Martin Miller

Publisher: Carlton Publishing Group

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781842229279

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Buying 'antiques of the future', collectables of less than 100 years old, is a growing trend. But how do you know what will last, what is a good investment and what has real value? 20th Century Antiques includes some of the best examples from all fields, from furniture to photographs, to guide you in your appreciation of tomorrow's antiques today. You can enjoy this book as a catalogue of beautiful, desirable objects or use it as a guide to making money on what you choose to collect, the choice is yours.

Buy, Keep Or Sell?
Buy, Keep Or Sell?

Author: Judith Miller

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9781405345149

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New edition of this insider's guide to identifying trash, treasure or tomorrow's antiques, from antiques guru Judith MillerEver wondered if your junk might be someone else's antique or treasure? From coins to kitchenware, fashion to football memorabilia, find out all you need to know to enjoy collecting and make a tidy profit. Pick up expert advice, top tips and tricks of the trade from antiques expert Judith Miller. She'll guide you through identifying tomorrow's red-hot collectables so you can make the right investment now; which items to hold onto while they increase in value; and what to sell to maximise your profits.Get more at www.antiques.dk.com with over 30,000 colour photos, descriptions and price guides. "Super-easy to use, may save or make you a bob or two." 5-star rating, Web User Magazine.

Art Glass Identification & Price Guide
Art Glass Identification & Price Guide

Author: John Shuman, III

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2011-02-28

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1440225125

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Daring designers such as Louis Comfort Tiffany and Reneacute Lalique are remembered for their intricate pattern creations with glass that pushed the evolution of design. These entrancingly beautiful masterpieces of yesterday are commanding high prices in today's antiques and collectibles marketplace. Author John Shuman Ill gives art glass collectors the helpful advice they need - from bidding techniques at auctions and detecting fakes and frauds, to protecting valuable. With the aid of this identification and price guide they'll obtain a collection they can be proud to display. Valuable information and current market prices are included for Baccarat, Custard Glass, Durand Art Glass, Fairy Lamps, Kimball Glass, Lalique, Loetz, Tiffany, and much more. Readers will confidently identify collectible pieces with more than 300 color images, illustrations, and vintage advertisements. They'll peruse original advertisements from sale catalogues and marvel at the progression of some of the most highly sought after art glass pieces from popular manufactures.