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Instant Expert: Collecting Art Deco (Instant Expert (Random House))

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Collecting Art Deco is a great, accessible, and useful guide to collectibles and decorative art from the Art Deco period, appropriate for any level of collector. It contains a multitude of resources within the field of collecting, as well as a complete guide to what to collect and how to identify Art Deco. Collectors will find complete in-depth information, simplified in one book that is user-friendly and compact. Collecting Art Deco covers furniture, sculpture, metalware, prints and graphics - all different types of collectibles and decorative art that fall under the category of Art Deco.

The book is divided into easy-to-use chapters, with helpful sections on recognizing Art Deco, understanding today's market, identifying fakes, and understanding a collectible's value. There are chapters that focus on furnishings, sculpture, glass, prints, industrial design and more, with lots of black and white pictures throughout the book. In the back, there are invaluable resources such as a directory of art deco dealers, art deco societies, a bibliography and the Instant Expert Quiz, which tests how much you have learned from the book.

All in all, if you are looking for introductory information about Art Deco that is in-depth and comprehensive, look no further than Collecting Art Deco; as the tagline says, it will help you to "Think like an Expert."