Miller's: Antiques & Collectibles: The Facts At Your Fingertips [Paperback]

Mitchell Beazley Editorial Gr (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 9, 1994

These best-selling guides to popular collecting subjects combine historical background with practical advice for the collector by focusing on items that are available and affordable. They also look at identifying and dating pieces, assessing condition, and recognizing maker's marks. Each item is given a dollar price range while Fact Boxes highlight key collecting areas.

Whether you are buying at an auction house, an antiques shop, a flea market, or a garage sale, Miller's Antiques & Collectibles will lead you through the maze of subject areas, from furniture, rugs, and pottery to silver, rock and pop memorabilia, glass and militaria. The book also features hundreds of tips to help you authenticate, date and value antiques and collectables -- and spot the fakes. Don't leave home without it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Mitchell Beazley (January 9, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857325834
• ISBN-13: 978-1857325836
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,667,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Judith Miller began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University in Scotland. She has since extended and reinforced her knowledge of antiques and design through international research, becoming one of the world's leading experts in the field. In 1979 she co-founded the international bestseller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and has since written more than 100 books, which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers. Judith Miller appears regularly on TV and radio. She is an expert on the BBC's "Antiques Roadshow" and co-hosts the popular BBC TV series "The House Detectives," "ITV's "Antiques Trail," and Discovery's "It's Your Bid." She has appeared on "The Martha Stewart Show" and CNN. She is a regular lecturer and contributor to numerous newspapers and magazines, including Financial Times, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden. She has lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington.