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Curtis, Anthony
1001 ANTIQUES WORTH A FORTUNE (Which not a lot of people
know about!)
Author Anthony Curtis covers the complete gamut alphabetically from American Indianware to Yuan Vases. This book will help you sift through a surprising array of unexpectedly valuable antiques, many of which might be thrown away for lack of information. Each item is accompanied by a black and white photo, and a comprehensive index is included.
This is a very thick softcover book with pictorial cover in Good condition. It was copyrighted in 1992 and published by Perigee Books (Putnam). 5-1/2" x 8-1/2", 512 pages.
$6.95. Ins. Media Mail shipping $3.00. (3080)

Dunstedter-Warner, Dorothy
ADAPTING AMERICAN ANTIQUES
If you love antiques and are also a do-it-yourselfer, this is your book! In Adapting American Antiques - How To Find, Restore, Convert, And Use Antiques, you'll learn not only how to find them, but how to restore them and how to use them in imaginative ways that will make them more than dust-collectors to be admired. A mirror from an old horse collar. A dog bed from an antique fireplace grate. Decorating with old keys, hardware, and weapons. Restoring and using old china and glass, statuary, wooden figures, metalware, dairy and kitchen utensils, antique lamps, and a great deal more. Lots of photos and drawings, too.
This is a hardcover book with dust jacket, both in Very Good condition, with the dust jacket price-clipped. The useful book was published in 1971 by Bruce Publishing. Oversize at 8-1/4 x 11-1/4 inches, 164 pages.
$7.95. Ins. Media Mail shipping $3.50. (3369)

Kovel, Ralph and Terry
KNOW YOUR ANTIQUES

From the recognized Kovel team of antique experts, KNOW YOUR ANTIQUES shows you how to recognize and evaluate any antique, large or small, like an expert. Learn how to appraise pottery, silver, furniture, glass, prints, bottles, metalware, letters, books, and much, much more. The book also tells you how to care for antiques and how to recognize fakes, with lots of tips and illustrations, and a comprehensive index. A MUST for the collector!
This is a hardcover book with dust jacket, both in Good condition. A gift message is inked on the inside first page. 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches, 342 pages. This is the eighth printing, March 1972, by Crown Publishers.
$6.95. Ins. Media Mail shipping $3.50. (3255)

McClinton, Katharine Morrison
A HANDBOOK OF POPULAR ANTIQUES
The better informed you are, the more fun collecting will become, claims this former editor of THE MAGAZINE ANTIQUES. She provides serious information about 27 different groups of small antiques ranging from china through glass, stencilware, manuscripts, papier-mache and lithographs to snuff boxes, tea caddies, and buttons.

A truly fascinating book for the collector, with over 230 illustrations.

This is a hardcover book with dust jacket, both in Good condition, the book with a clipped page and some yellowing due to age, the dust jacket with three small edge tears. It was published in 1946 by Bonanza Books (Crown Publishers, Inc.). 7" x 10", 246 pages.

$8.50. $3.75 ins. Medi Mail shipping in the U.S. (3368)

TREASURE AT HOME - Contemporary Antiques
This book provides historical background, relative value, and possible locations of a special kind of antiques -- things of value for their historical and artistic qualities, but still accessible to the average collector. These include such things as carnival and art
glass, mechanical toys, lap desks, canes, music boxes, books, Civil War mementos, American art pottery, souvenir spoons, napkin rings, and nutcrackers, and much more.

The book is well illustrated with B/W photos. Another reference treasure!
This is a hardcover book with dust jacket, the book in Very Good condition, the dust jacket in Good condition, with minor edge tears and price-clipped. It was published in 1964 by A. S. Barnes & Co., Inc. 7-1/4" x 10-1/4", 268 pages.

$8.50. $3.75 ins. Media Mail shpping in the U.S. (3367)