Kategoria BISAC: Antiques & Collectibles >> Reference - General

NEW Second Revised Edition This Kindle best seller is bigger and better than ever In one concise volume, you'll learn how to appraise and sell antiques, collectibles and heirlooms using the same tools the pros use.

What is it? What's it Worth? How do you Sell it? Secrets to using the internet to help you identify, appraise and sell twelve new pages on pricing, merchandising and marketing to sell more in your store or online.

Inside: How to sell on eBay and Craigslist, how to use PayPal, how to smart search, selling silver for scrap, silver marks, appraising fine art, steering...

Do you love to poke around estate sales and antique shops, but can't tell the difference between Queen Anne and Queen Victoria furniture? Do you dream of owning that old Oriental rug or Meissen figurine -- but worry that the dealer might gouge you on the price? Do you own pieces you think might be valuable -- but don't know where to go...

Whether you want to find the best bargains when buying antiques and collectables as a hobby, or whether you want to turn your interest in antiques into an extra income stream or full-time career, this book will help you make better deals and maximise your profits. You'll discover: - what to buy and sell - where to buy and how to get bigger discounts - where and how to sell - using the internet for both buying and selling Antiques expert, Fiona Shoop, highlights the tricks of the trade to help you avoid making common but costly mistakes - and ensure that you get the best out of the antiques...

From Antiques Roadshow UK specialist Marc Allum comes a new annual almanac that keeps you up-to-date with the stories, facts, and often-amusing idiosyncrasies of the ever-changing global art and antiques market.

Allum's Antiques Almanac 2015 reveals such fascinating nuggets as:

• What Lee Harvey Oswald's wedding ring sold for
• How much the world's most expensive printed book cost per word
• The Victorian dolls' house which joined the soaring property market, sold by the owner with some very odd pre-conditions
• Why someone was prepared to pay over $4...

From rare books, valuable sculpture and paintings, the relics of saints, and porcelain and other precious items, through stamps, textiles, military ribbons, and shells, to baseball cards, teddy bears, and mugs, an amazing variety of objects have engaged and even obsessed collectors through the ages. With this captivating book the psychoanalyst Werner Muensterberger provides the first extensive psychological examination of the emotional sources of the never-ending longing for yet another collectible. Muensterberger's roster of driven acquisition-hunters includes the dedicated, the serious,...