From the beloved host of "Collector Inspector" on HGTV comes the ultimate insider's view of the engaging world of collectibles. 30 color illustrations.
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Price guides? Who needs price guides when you have Harry Rinker?
In HOW TO THINK LIKE A COLLECTOR, Harry answers the important questions like: • Is it antique, collectible or junk? • What is the right price? • How many are too many? • Are collectibles your mistress? • And so much more
About the Author
Harry L. Rinker hosts Collector Inspector on Home & Garden Television (HGTV) and can be seen on Discovery Channel’s Pop Nation: America’s Coolest Stuff. He is the author of numerous books on antiques and collectibles, including The Official Guide to Flea Market Prices and more than two dozen Warman’s price guides. He is also the host of Whatcha Got?, a radio show heard in several markets and on the internet. Harry lives in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A fun, informative guide,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Think Like a Collector (Paperback)
Author Harry Rinker has built his reputation as the Collector Inspector who helps collectors learn what is value and what is not: now hi how to think like a collector furthers the education, going beyond the usual price guide to tell amateurs how to learn what WILL become collectible in the future, how to judge an item's value, and how to collect today's bargains with their collectible future potential in mind. Rinker's forty-plus years of collecting and assessing values results in a large knowledge base and a fun take on the hobby of collecting which guides novices through the confusing world of the collector's mind. A fun, informative guide.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Tells it like it is...,
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...or at least like he thinks it is. Harry Rinker doesn't hold punches and looks at the collectibles field without the prerequisite rose-colored glasses. He can be abrasive and hard, but he is often hardest on himself. He could easily be dismissed as a loving curmudgeon, but that would not do his book justice. His suggestions are no nonsense, but right on the mark. He even provides some common sense etiquette for collectors (who us?) While this book may seem perfect for the beginning collector, there are some true gems for those of us who've been around the block. He takes no crap and has no patience and I love his book so much the better for it.
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"What is an antique?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lectibles field, collecting category, collectibles trade, collecting categories, collecting gene, candle value, collectibles business, collecting trends, prospective collector, fantasy items, price guide prices, collectibles market, collectibles dealers, young collectors, collectors dream, true collector, most collectors, antiques malls, few collectors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Collector Inspector, Hopalong Cassidy, Author's Note, Rinker Enterprises, Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy, Buffalo Pottery's Deldare, Colonial Williamsburg, New England, Art Nouveau, Dana Morykan, Garden Television, House of Collectibles, Martha Stewart, North Carolina, Rinker's Rule of Ten, Rinker's Thirty Year Rule, West Coast, Beanie Babies, Beanie Baby, Des Moines, Lehigh University New!
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"What is an antique?" Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
lectibles field, collecting category, collectibles trade, collecting categories, collecting gene, candle value, collectibles business, collecting trends, prospective collector, fantasy items, price guide prices, collectibles market, collectibles dealers, young collectors, collectors dream, true collector, most collectors, antiques malls, few collectors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Collector Inspector, Hopalong Cassidy, Author's Note, Rinker Enterprises, Pearl Harbor, President Kennedy, Buffalo Pottery's Deldare, Colonial Williamsburg, New England, Art Nouveau, Dana Morykan, Garden Television, House of Collectibles, Martha Stewart, North Carolina, Rinker's Rule of Ten, Rinker's Thirty Year Rule, West Coast, Beanie Babies, Beanie Baby, Des Moines, Lehigh University New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Yellow Submarine by The Beatles on page 207
- Confusing Collectibles: A Guide to the Identification of Contemporary Objects by Dorothy M. Hammond on page 133
- Walt Disney (First Books Series) by Maxine P. Fisher on page 207
- Peter Pan (Ladybird Children's Classics) by Ladybird Series on page 75
- Antique Furniture by Rh Value Publishing on page 133
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