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9781857325836
These best-selling guides to popular collecting subjects combine historical background with practical advice for the collector by focusing on items that are available and affordable. They also look at identifying and dating pieces, assessing condition, and recognizing maker's marks. Each item is given a dollar price range while Fact Boxes highlight key collecting areas.Whether you are buying at an auction house, an antiques shop, a flea market, or a garage sale, Miller's Antiques & Collectibles will lead you through the maze of subject areas, from furniture, rugs, and pottery to silver, rock and pop memorabilia, glass and militaria. The book also features hundreds of tips to help you authenticate, date and value antiques and collectables -- and spot the fakes. Don't leave home without it.Solis-Cohen, Lita is the author of 'Miller's Antiques & Collectibles The Facts at Your Fingertips', published 1994 under ISBN 9781857325836 and ISBN 1857325834.
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