Kovels' Know Your Collectibles (Paperback)

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• Publisher: Random House Inc
• ISBN: 0517588404
• WAPI (Tower ID): 100769363
• Release Date: June 1, 1992
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A collector's guide to tomorrow's antiques, Kovels' Know Your Collectibles focuses on objects that, while not old enough to be officially called "antiques", are nonetheless rapidly increasing in value.

Ralph and Terry Kovel, America's foremost antiques experts, have written a book with a difference about our most popular pastime--collecting. Whether it is a shelf lined with old toys or a houseful of Art Deco furni-ture, everyone has a favorite collection. Kovels' Know Your Collectibles is the ulti-mate guide to "young antiques"--collec-tibles less than one hundred years old.With hundreds of photographs and line drawings, in-depth text, several glossaries, and an extensive subject-by-subject bibliography, this book provides important information you can't find anywhere else. Each chapter of Kovels' Know Your Collectibles begins with general advice on how to locate, preserve, and protect your collectibles. The chapters cover a wide variety of objects, including ceramics, dinnerware and art pottery, furniture, glass, jewelry, metal, lamps, clocks, toys, paper, tins, advertising ma-terial, and old store collectibles.The Kovels tell you how to recognize the value and improve the condition of your collectibles. They provide a wealth of information about individual manu-facturers and designers, patterns, styles, artists' marks, and historic curiosities. Whether they are talking about com-mon household objects or rare pieces of recognized value, the Kovels tell both beginning and experienced collectors what they want to know about their most cherished collectibles.

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