Antiques Across America (The Confident Collector) [Paperback]

Nancy McCarthy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997 | Series: The Confident Collector

Collects insider information about how and where professional dealers acquire antiques, listing more than one hundred of the best shops, shows, flea markets, and auctions and offering tips on making bargains, spotting fakes, and fixing values.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Avon Books (P) (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380786931
• ISBN-13: 978-0380786930
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,317,934 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I have dozens of different collections. I've bought from thrift stores, flea markets, yard sales, and antiques malls. Ms. McCarthy still offered me some insight into buying and selling collectibles and furniture. She covers buying antiques on the internet, making easy repairs to items you purchase, cashing in your collections, dealer's habitats, bidding and winning at auctions, and ways to tell if an item is genuine or "fake". There is also a listing of several antiques shops that are given according to general area of the U.S. The author includes helpful publications and resources in the back of her book. I recommend this reading to novice dealers and collectors. It's an easy and fun book to read. Keep your highlighting pen handy!