Price It Yourself!: The Definitive, Down-To-Earth Guide to Appraising Antiques and Collectibles in Your Home, at Auctions, Estate Sales, S
ISBN: 9780060096847 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discover the tools used by professional appraisers to evaluate your own antiques and make educated decisions in the antiques market.
Now the information once held by a select group of professional appraisers is available for all levels of collectors. With great wit and wisdom, Joe L. Rosson and Helaine Fendelman -- hosts of the popular television show Treasures in Your AtticTM, seen on PBS stations nationwide -- will help you identify, understand, and determine the potential value of any type of antique or collectible. Price It Yourself not only explores all... Discover the tools used by professional appraisers to evaluate your own antiques and make educated decisions in the antiques market.<...
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95,18 zł |
Double Your Money in Antiques in 60 Days: Turn Your Collecting Hobby Into a Profitable Weekend Sideline or Full-Time Business
ISBN: 9780385195157 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Popular antiques expert George Grotz reveals how to make real money in the antiques trade--must reading for every collector, auction-goer, and flea-market fanatic.
Popular antiques expert George Grotz reveals how to make real money in the antiques trade--must reading for every collector, auction-goer, and flea-ma...
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65,05 zł |
The Collector's Dilemma: Where Do Collections End Up? What Happens to Collectors? Possibilities
ISBN: 9780595381845 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Collecting has become a national pastime, but what happens to collectors and their collections is a topic that is rarely discussed. If collectors are savvy, fate can be very kind; if not, they and their heirs will be disappointed. "The Collector's Dilemma" is for collectors who are undecided about the destination of their collection. Author and appraiser Jeanne Siegel discusses reasons to keep a collection intact and the procedures that new collectors should follow. She also offers expert advice on the following topics: Deals with selling options Compiling an inventory Auction advice... Collecting has become a national pastime, but what happens to collectors and their collections is a topic that is rarely discussed. If collectors a... |
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56,15 zł |
Estate Sale Riches: A Manual for Making Money at Estate Sales
ISBN: 9780595393008 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why would hundreds of people get up at 5 am on a Saturday morning, drive 35 miles through a blizzard and wait for hours in front of a dilapidated old house-and be excited about being there? The answer is an estate sale-it is the thrill and excitement of going to an estate sale to search an old house for valuable antiques. And some estate sales are just packed with valuable antiques waiting to be discovered-old vases, old paintings, valuable coins, the list is endless. Estate sales are always fun and exciting to attend but more important estate sales can be very profitable. This book will show...
Why would hundreds of people get up at 5 am on a Saturday morning, drive 35 miles through a blizzard and wait for hours in front of a dilapidated old ...
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51,82 zł |
Penny Banks Around the World
ISBN: 9780764300196 / Angielski / Twarda / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 1,600 cleverly designed and meticulously made enchanting penny banks are identified and displayed here in clear color photographs. The banks are organized by type and by material. These vintage banks, which once helped children learn to save their money, now attract adults who find their variety, beauty, and sense of thrift very appealing. They have become very popular as collectibles.
Over 1,600 cleverly designed and meticulously made enchanting penny banks are identified and displayed here in clear color photographs. The banks are ...
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251,11 zł |
Holiday Plastic Novelties: The Styrene Toys: The Styrene Toys
ISBN: 9780764307812 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Styrene novelties were the toy of choice during the late thirties and forties in the United States. Even World War II did not dampen the American public's love affair with these inexpensive colorful objects. The war ended but the romance continued, with all sorts of styrene plastics--candy containers, banks, party favors, holiday decorations, baby toys, stocking stuffers, partyware, and kitchen decorations. The list marches on. This fun book is about those plastic novelties that flourished at the end of the Art Deco era. Charlene Pinkerton gives collectors and dealers plenty to see, in a...
Styrene novelties were the toy of choice during the late thirties and forties in the United States. Even World War II did not dampen the American publ...
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125,53 zł |
The Cream of Strawberry Shortcake(tm) Collectibles: An Unauthorized Handbook and Price Guide
ISBN: 9780764308123 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Strawberry Shortcake is an ideal, a philosophy of life that may be looked down upon smugly by collectors of supposedly more "sophisticated" dolls. But Strawberry's charm is in her very lack of sophistication, her refusal to be forced into the grown-up shoes of somebody else's idea of fashion and desirability. Here are hundreds of items that spread the wonderful outlook of one of the "berry" sweetest dolls ever into the hearts and homes of little girls through the 1980s. As they grow up, many girls have continued to treasure this memorabilia that celebrates friendship, kindness, and goodwill,...
Strawberry Shortcake is an ideal, a philosophy of life that may be looked down upon smugly by collectors of supposedly more "sophisticated" dolls. But...
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87,31 zł |
The Unauthorized Collector's Guide to Garfield(r) and the Gang
ISBN: 9780764311178 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. He is grumpy, yet lovable, and would claw his way through an Italian restaurant for a plateful of steaming lasagna. Who else but Garfield(R), the famous cartoon/comic cat, could command this much attention? Created by cartoonist Jim Davis, this orange tabby with a mind of his own hit comic strips in 1978 and now appears in thousands of newspapers worldwide. Scores of Garfield collectibles have surfaced--and their value is rising every day as more and more people jump on Garfield's black and yellow bandwagon. With 472 color photos illustrating more than 900 Garfield items, this essential guide...
He is grumpy, yet lovable, and would claw his way through an Italian restaurant for a plateful of steaming lasagna. Who else but Garfield(R), the famo...
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152,83 zł |
The Unauthorized Guide to Olympic Pins & Memorabilia
ISBN: 9780764314919 / Angielski / Miękka / 159 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, the Olympics have grown to be among the most anticipated and watched events of any type in world. Today, almost 200 nations send athletes to participate in the Games and over a billion people watch on television. Just as the Olympics have grown, so has the collecting of Olympic memorabilia. Quite possibly the most international and fastest growing of sports hobbies, the exciting world of Olympic memorabilia includes pins, badges, medals, torches, posters, tickets, programs, books, souvenir items, and so much more. Included here are items from...
Since the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896, the Olympics have grown to be among the most anticipated and watched events of any type in world. Toda...
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152,83 zł |
Telephones: Antique to Modern
ISBN: 9780764321351 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The telephone you stashed away in your attic years ago is likely to be a magnificent treasure today
Enjoy this wonderful revised 3rd edition of innovative telephones in over 500 color photographs tracing the development of the telephone from Bells first experimental equipment. The book pictures exquisite examples of wooden box phones, vanities, upright "candlesticks," and desk stand or "cradle" phones, including some Canadian and European models. This volume has become an important reference for the novice and avid telephone collector alike, with full descriptions of the numerous telephone... The telephone you stashed away in your attic years ago is likely to be a magnificent treasure today
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152,83 zł |
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Early 1930s: Early 1930s
ISBN: 9780764326158 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Sears Catalog series continues with this latest look at the early 1930s fashion trends. Hundreds of photos show the popular dress styles for men, women, and children. Everything from fur, gowns, dresses, and suits; work clothes, shoes, and even the undergarments are covered in this volume Glorious hats, smart and chic gloves, and other accessories can be found here as well. The slim silhouette was the "look" for women during this time. These styles focused on feminine curves by way of figure-hugging gowns, dresses, skirts, and sweaters. Fur, whether a coat, wrap, or stole, was a...
The Sears Catalog series continues with this latest look at the early 1930s fashion trends. Hundreds of photos show the popular dress styles for men, ...
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141,86 zł |
Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalogs: Mid 1930s
ISBN: 9780764327346 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mid-1930s clothing for men, women, and children are presented in 300 color photographs from the Sears catalogs. See the popular styles of dresses, suits, coats, and sleepwear; as well as hats, shoes, and undergarments. Printed and solid fabrics are shown with customary accessories and in the latest styles available. Today's fashion designers will find the pages inspiring, and vintage clothing collectors will enjoy authentic designs.
Mid-1930s clothing for men, women, and children are presented in 300 color photographs from the Sears catalogs. See the popular styles of dresses, su...
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152,83 zł |
Early Logging Tools
ISBN: 9780764327407 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over 330 clear color photos display the wide array of equipment once used to log high timber that are now eminently collectible, including axes, saws, filing tools, springboards, oil bottles, undercutters, wedges, marlin spikes, drag saws, and venerable chainsaws. Historical photos display towering giants of old growth forests where loggers toiled decades ago. An informative text provides useful information on cleaning and preserving the antique logging tools, descriptions of them, values, and a bibliography. This book will be treasured by all who share a fascination for logging as it was...
Over 330 clear color photos display the wide array of equipment once used to log high timber that are now eminently collectible, including axes, saws,...
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152,83 zł |
Confessions of a Literary Archaeoligist: Memoirs
ISBN: 9780811211307 / Angielski / Twarda Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about French artists, composers, and writers.
The author recounts his experiences in building collections of rare books and manuscripts of French literature, and reveals little-known facts about F...
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70,93 zł |
Rockbridge County Artists and Artisans
ISBN: 9780813916385 / Angielski / Twarda / 254 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Rockbridge County Artists & Artisans, Barbara Crawford and Royster Lyle, Jr., trace the development of many artisans' activities in Rockbridge County - in fine arts, textiles, furniture, tall clocks, rifles, ironwork, and pottery - from 1750 through the post Civil War years. Some of the artifacts documented were created by renowned American artists such as Frederic Church and Edward Hicks; most were produced by the county's Scotch-Irish or German immigrants and their descendants. The result of more than a decade of research, Rockbridge County Artists & Artisans provides... In Rockbridge County Artists & Artisans, Barbara Crawford and Royster Lyle, Jr., trace the development of many artisans' activities in Rock... |
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522,34 zł |
Issues in the Conservation of Paintings
ISBN: 9780892367801 / Angielski / Twarda / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little known when first published, in retrospect reflect important themes and issues in the history of the field. Many appear here in English for the first time, including translations of D. Vicente Polero y Toledo's 1855 essay Arte de la Restauracion (The Art of Restoration), and Victor Bauer-Bolton's treatise from 1914, Sollen fehlende Stellen bei Gemalden erganzt werden? (Should Missing Areas of...
This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and hig...
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300,30 zł |
Issues in the Conservation of Paintings
ISBN: 9780892367818 / Angielski / Miękka / 600 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and highly influential writings; others, although little known when first published, in retrospect reflect important themes and issues in the history of the field. Many appear here in English for the first time. Divided into six sections: An Historical Miscellany, History of the Profession, Study of Artists' Materials and Techniques, Structural Interventions, Philosophical and Practical Approaches to Cleaning and Restoration, and Cleaning...
This volume on paintings conservation includes more than seventy texts ranging from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some are classic and hig...
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218,40 zł |
Diana an Illustrated Collection and Price Guide: Porcelain Plates
ISBN: 9781410744463 / Angielski / Miękka / 85 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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77,14 zł |
Nail Pullers
ISBN: 9781420874525 / Angielski / Miękka / 419 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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198,63 zł |
Stereoviews, Their Realized Prices
ISBN: 9781425901349 / Angielski / Miękka / 198 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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92,63 zł |