Emyl Jenkins takes you through your home and teaches you how to identify, assess, record, and preserve your personal treasures. She also gives step-by-step advice on how to evaluate, insure, and sell your property; make photographic inventories; file claims for damage; and settle an estate.
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"Indispensable" and "valuable" are the words that best describe this updated version of Jenkins's earlier Why You're Richer Than You Think ( LJ 1/1/82). Jenkins has once again given an honest account of what inflation has done to the appraised value of antiques and other collectibles, providing information on insurance, estates, gifts, taxes, divorce, theft, and fire. He also includes a guide to making personal inventories and appraisals, as well as stating where to find additional information on appraising. Required reading for all home- and property-owners. Recommended for public libraries.
- Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Stephen Allan Patrick, East Tennessee State Univ. Lib., Johnson City
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Emyl Jenkins takes you through your home and teaches you how to identify, assess, record, and preserve your personal treasures. She also gives step-by-step advice on how to evaluate, insure, and sell your property; make photographic inventories; file claims for damage; and settle an estate.
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As an antiques appraiser, I began writing non-fiction to help people properly identify and value their possessions. But antiques are more than just things. Long ago I learned that, just like the clothes we wear, the things we choose to have around us tell much about us. These days I've turned to fiction with the Sterling Glass mystery series. I write these books because I love antiques, people, and stories. Like my protagonist, Sterling Glass, I live in Virginia, where, at every turn, there's a story waiting to be told.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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More process than directory,
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This review is from: Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book: Identifying, Understanding, and Valuing Your Treasures (Paperback)
This book was a lot like "Fake, Fraud or Genuine" in terms of identification content. I was hoping for a book that would help me find out where some of the odd old things I have came from.This book tells the reader how to recognize pieces that are truly old, and explains the differences between truly old furniture, new furniture made from pieces of old furniture, reproductions, and other categories of collectible pieces. It also has vast sections on cataloging and documenting for insurance and other valuation purposes, and working with appraisers.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Junk or Junque?,
By A Customer
This review is from: Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book: Identifying, Understanding, and Valuing Your Treasures (Paperback)
Emyl Jenkins "Appraisal Book" is written for any level of antiques collector.
She defines what antiques are, categorizes many periods, styles and different types of antiques,
as well as collectibles, and helps the reader understand how to begin the process of valuing an antique. She uses humor and a down-to-earth approach to make her points, and makes the entire process of "antiquing" approachable even to a novice collector.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Precise and informative look about all your "treasures",
By A Customer
This review is from: Emyl Jenkins' Appraisal Book: Identifying, Understanding, and Valuing Your Treasures (Paperback)
This book does just what the title says. An excellent reference book for just about everything a person might come across in garage sales, collectible stores, auctions, and attics. Fun to read and indexed very well. Learned a great deal from it.
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