Price it yourself! : the definitive, down-to-earth guide to appraising antiques and collectibles in your home, at auctions, estate sales, shops, and yard sales
by Rosson, Joe.
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Summary
Aides collectors in identifying antiques and determining their value, covering such items as furniture, glass, pottery, silver, and household collectibles. Full description
Table of Contents:
- The mechanics of evaluation
- Connoisseurship: what you need to know to be in the know
- Getting to know all about it: the appraisal process
- Reality check: factors that add and subtract value
- Opinions and the marketplace: why an item has more than one price
- Sleuthing: doing the research
- Practice appraisals
- Lot 1: furniture
- Lot 2: glass
- Lot 3: pottery and porcelain
- Lot 4: silver and other metals
- Lot 5: miscellaneous
- Resource guide: building a library
- Furniture
- Ceramics: pottery and porcelain
- Glass
- Silver and other metals
- Miscellaneous
- Autographs
- Baskets
- Clocks and watches
- Dolls
- Kitchen collectibles
- Sports
- Textiles, fashion, and related items
- Toys
- Other
- Important periodicals and magazines.