Antiquing Secrets: Fastest Way To Discover Antique History & Learn How To Collect Antiques Like A Seasoned Veteran

I learned a lot about how to judge the antiques, to help me decide what I want to collect, for myself. It all boils down to why you want to collect them. For profit, or pleasure. If you are going for profit,or as an investment, this book can help you with making the right decision. If it is for pleasure, collect what you love. Searching for certain objects, or styles, or makers, and eras, this book can help you judge if it is real, or not, and save you a lot of angst, from being passed unworthy pieces. A good book for beginners, with plenty of great advice. Enjoy, the book, before you decide die to step into the ring, with experts, and cons.

My grandma has given me tons of antiques and I love collecting them, but I didn't have much knowledge about the history or anything about antiques really! So I found this book extremely helpful!!It's well written and has tons of information. I've never been good at bargaining a price, and really took note of all the helpful tips and tricks of barging, and the benefits of shopping around before purchasing. I also thought the `Tools of the Trade' was very helpful.This book talks you through so many different aspects of Antiquing, from the history to learning to spot out the fakes! The author really explained the different types of pottery, and furniture in a way I could actually understand! To me antiquing is more than a hobby; it's a love I can share with my grandmother. I feel like I've learned a lot from this great book! I would highly recommend it!

This book gave me some important new information in my quest for as much knowledge as I can get in my pursuit to be successful in the antique and collectibles business. I specialize in vintage jewelry, but I learned from this book things I need to know to become successful in the selling part of the business.

I rated this book based on the average readers ease of reading. It is interesting, but maybe more in depth than expected. I was hoping for a list of general things to look for when scouring an estate sale. And this book has that, but you have to read through a lot of history to gather it. Good information.

I understand this is a short book on tips, but I would have loved to see a pic of any type piece that was described. The most helpful for me was the black light. I do have one to check for vaseline glass, but didn't know about checking for fixes. I am very confused now lol, but don't know that I'm any worse than I was.

mostly common sense to someone that has been collecting a while...good facts about how to spot reproductions and fakes and repairs

Maybe the fastest way but still not easy. Good information and an excellent resource to refer back to. 4 stars.

Very good reference book

Very good book, excellent tips

Disappointed with this book, not much information as I thought it may have.

To be honest, I wish I hadn't wasted my money. Very disappointing. No illustrations to go with the descriptions. The entire layout is to make the book appear larger and the title is misleading.

Good read

Good