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Antiques Detective: Tips and tricks to make you the expert

Antiques Detective: Tips and tricks to make you the expert

by JudithMiller (Author)

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    Paperback 2009

    $3.47
Synopsis

Judith Miller team up to provide a comprehensive guide to antiques and collectables, giving you the skills to evaluate the worth of antique glass, antique ceramics, and antique furniture. Find out about the use of genuine antique marks. Spot signs that indicate an antique has been restored. Discover makers and styles to look out for, and whether an object should be kept, or not. Includes expert advice on makers, questions to ask, tips for identifying the best examples in furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, dolls, teddy bears, textiles, and more. With hundreds of photographs that reveal every detail of each piece and every period from baroque and rococo to art deco and modernism, you'll soon know exactly what to look for. Antiques Detective will give you the skills to buy, sell, and collect antiques of all kinds, and in all kinds of places.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 240
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: DK
Published: 01 Jun 2009
ISBN 10: 1405341963
ISBN 13: 9781405341967

Media Reviews
'Everything you need to know about identifying antiques in one handy volume.' Daily Express 'A great and useful book.' Antiques and Collectables
Author Bio
Judith Miller began as a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines, including BBC Homes and Antiques and Financial Times. Her TV work includes The House Detectives, The Antiques Trail, The Martha Stewart Show, and BBC's long-running Antiques Roadshow. With more than 100 books to her name, other DK titles by Judith include Furniture and Buy, Keep or Sell. She has also lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington. She lives in London.