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Antiques Price Guide 2005 (Antiques Price Guide)
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Features
Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: DK ADULT October 4, 2004
Language: English
ISBN-10: 075660432X
ISBN-13: 978-0756604325
Product Dimensions:
9.6 x 7.4 x 1.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
With its color photographs of everything from acajou wood boxes to Zsolny-Pecs ceramic figurines, Miller's whopper of a guide resembles a Sotheby's catalog, except it lists prices. The hefty book will be of use to collectors and buyers in need of a general pricing guide and is divided into categories such as "porcelain," "furniture," "toys and dolls," "film," "decorative arts," "lighting" and "American painting." Miller's prices are "ballpark figures" (for example, a Baccarat ruby cameo crystal vase may fetch anywhere from $1,000 to $1,300) and are based on actual prices checked by consultants. In addition to the many photographed entries, Miller (A Closer Look at Antiques) has included directories of auctioneers and specialists. This phonebook-like volume of over 8,500 antiques may be too general for collectors primarily interested American stoneware, Staffordshire dogs, or other specific kinds of antiques, and the full-page advertisements for auction houses may turn off some readers. Still, this comprehensive guide might be the perfect introduction amateur antiques enthusiasts need.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
Book Description
Assessing the value of antiques has never been easier or more enjoyable. Featuring the expert advice of internationally acclaimed antiques specialist Judith Miller, this guide contains the latest prices, market trends, and tips on where and how to buy and sell everything from furniture, glass, textiles, and jewelry, to pottery, porcelain, silver, and tribal art. With profiles of over 8,500 antiques and specially commissioned full-color photographs, Antiques Price Guide 2005 is an easy-to-use, practical guide for buyers, sellers, and collectors.
Reader Reviews
This is a comprehensive, well illustrated guide. Like all guides of this sort, it can't cover everything. If you have a particular interest in a specific field then this book will not work for you (e.g. if you collect Silver E.P. from the 30's this book covers off on one manufacturer well). If you want a general price guide, can draw inferences from items of a similar age, quality, style and market this book helps. In both style and content it is similar to Miller's: Antiques Price Guide 2005 by Elizabeth Norfolk. I think Norfolk's book has a definate edge; although it is a little more expensive. Neither book is a "how to appraise" guide - they don't claim to be. Neither are they completely comprehensive - they couldn't be. They are illustrative guides of current market prices. If you are buying for this purpose you wont be dissapointed with either.
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