Double Your Money in Antiques in 60 Days: And Other Secrets of the Antiques Business
Popular antiques expert George Grotz reveals how to make real money in the antiques trade--must reading for every collector, auction-goer, and flea-market fanatic.
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Popular antiques expert George Grotz reveals how to make real money in the antiques trade—must reading for every collector, auction-goer, and flea-market fanatic.
Preface: The Dumb and the RichxiPart IHow the Antiques Business WorksMy Wife and the Harvard School of Business Administration3Where the Antiques Come From8Where Anyone Can Buy at Wholesale14How to Buy at Auctions23The Great Regional Auction Houses29Some People Are So Deceitful34How to Sell the Things You Buy36How to Pay for Your Winter Vacation in Florida Buying and Selling Antiques42The Canadian Connection46Fakes to Watch Out For51Price Guides57Anybody Want to Buy a Stuffed Chicken?61How to Stock a Parlor Shop63Selling Through Ads in the Trade Press66Selling at Antique Shows68Where to Buy Good Stuff Cheap70The Truth About Refinishing74Regional Sellers77How to Sell Antiques to Dealers80Buying Antiques for a Retirement Nest Egg82Part IIThe 45 Fastest-selling Antiques that You Can Buy and Sell for a Quick ProfitAdvertising and ephemera87Andirons and fire tools88Art pottery and chinaware90Banks, cast-iron93Barbershop things95Baskets--splint and wicker96Bedside tables99Blue plates100Brass beds102Candlestands102Chinese jars104Copper and brass buckets106Decorated boxes107Desks, ladies'108Dolls109Duck decoys111False graining--chests113Fancy chairs116Folk art118Furniture, country121Game boards124Horses, horses, horses126Leaded glass127Mission furniture129Oil paintings131Photographs135Picture books and blocks137Portraits, country138Quilts140Signs141Statuettes, metal144Stoneware145Store things147Stoves, small iron149Teddy bears151Tin toys152U.S. stamps154Wagons and sleighs156Weathervanes157Part III24 Things Not to BuyGravestones163Hearses163Stained glass164Potty chairs164Children's chairs164Hanging lamps164Empire furniture164Fiddles165Chipped china165Glass domes165Birds165Fish165Religious things165Pattern glass, etc.166Encyclopedias166Fancy brass166Scrimshaw166Samplers166Spittoons166Tools167Collector plates167Silver bowls167Clocks167Victrolas168AppendixReferences171Price Guides171Trade Papers172Books173
