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Overview

The author of the New York Times bestseller Antiques Roadshow Primer presents a breakthrough concept in buying guides

An appraiser and former antiques dealer, Carol Prisant wrote the popular 'Good, Better, Best' column for House Beautiful for several years. Bringing this concept to an even broader audience, she now shares her insider tips for developing an eagle eye in a wide range of collectibles markets.

Entertaining and accessible, Good, Better, Best coaches antiques novices and devotees in choosing the highest quality items, featuring three photographs depicting a good, better, and best example of hundreds of ...

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Overview

The author of the New York Times bestseller Antiques Roadshow Primer presents a breakthrough concept in buying guides

An appraiser and former antiques dealer, Carol Prisant wrote the popular 'Good, Better, Best' column for House Beautiful for several years. Bringing this concept to an even broader audience, she now shares her insider tips for developing an eagle eye in a wide range of collectibles markets.

Entertaining and accessible, Good, Better, Best coaches antiques novices and devotees in choosing the highest quality items, featuring three photographs depicting a good, better, and best example of hundreds of antiques to distinguish the treasure from the less desirable version. Packed with more than two hundred full-color photographs and illustrations, this ingenious handbook is also broad in scope, covering everything from brass doorstops and porcelain plates to silver napkin rings and furniture from America and Europe.

Sharing tips for deciphering a manufacturer's initials, spotting a fake, and much more, Good, Better, Best makes it easy to learn what to look for and what to avoid. With Prisant's wise words in hand, every flea market apprentice can now buy like a pro.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780142005279
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
  • Publication date: 10/29/2009
  • Edition description: Original
  • Pages: 176
  • Sales rank: 1,159,960
  • Product dimensions: 7.50 (w) x 9.28 (h) x 0.42 (d)

Meet the Author

Carol Prisant is the author of Antiques Roadshow Primer and Antiques Roadshow Collectibles. The American editor of The World of Interiors, she also wrote an enormously popular antiques column for House Beautiful and has been featured extensively in the media.

Table of Contents

Introduction XI

1 Nineteenth-Century Enameled Glass 2

2 Midcentury Dining Chairs 4

3 Oriental Rugs 6

4 Cat Paintings 8

5 American Tea Tables 10

6 Silver Cream Pitchers 12

7 Doorstops 14

8 American Neoclassical (Empire) Center Tables 16

9 Parian 18

10 American Pilgrim Chests 20

11 Nineteenth-Century American Dolls 22

12 Globes 24

13 Audubon Prints 26

14 Sterling Napkin Rings 28

15 Windsor Chairs 30

16 Twentieth-Century American Hand-Painted Porcelain 32

17 Nakashima Coffee Tables 34

18 Cocktail Shakers 36

19 Silhouettes 38

20 Blue Glass 40

21 Eighteenth-Century English Porcelain Figures 42

22 English Tea Tables 44

23 Rose Medallion Punch Bowls 46

24 Antique Silver Plate 48

25 Teddy Bears 50

26 American Longcase Clocks 52

27 Art Deco Jewelry 54

28 Nineteenth-Century English Porcelain Figures 56

29 Garden Seats 58

30 American Classical Card Tables 60

31 Blankets 62

32 Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century European Dolls 64

33 Candlesticks 66

34 Klismos Chairs 68

35 Dollhouses 70

36 American Plates 72

37 Clear Glass Compotes 74

38 Midcentury Coffee Tables 76

39 Figural Napkin Holders 78

40 Twentieth-Century American Shirley Temple Dolls 80

41 American Shelf Clocks 82

42 Chinese Chippendale 84

43 Aluminum 86

44 Dog Paintings 88

45 Nineteenth-Century Continental Porcelain 90

46 Decroative Longcase Clocks 92

47 Suzanis 94

48 Art Glass Compotes 96

49 English Regency Card Tables 98

50 Midcentury Lamps 100

51 Pilgrim Chairs 102

52 Twentieth-Century American Porcelain 104

53 Toast Racks 106

54 Cameo Glass 108

55 Twentieth-Century Silver Plate 110

56 Eighteenth-Century European Dolls 112

57Continental Empire Tables 114

58 Teapots 116

59 Weather Vanes 118

60 Four-poster Beds 120

61 Sunburst Mirrors 122

62 Midcentury Dining Tables 124

63 Travel Posters 126

64 Eighteenth-Century Continental Porcelain Figures 128

65 Wineglasses 130

Acknowledgments 133

Resources 135

Credits 137

Index 141

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