Kovels' Guide to Selling, Buying, and Fixing Your Antiques and Collectibles
by Ralph Kovel ; Terry Kovel
ISBN: 0517883139
ISBN-13: 9780517883136
Format: Paperback
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Summary
Hard-to-find information, sources, and addresses for collectors needing to repair and care for their antiques and collectibles. Part One lists more than 100 categories of antiques and collectibles and hundreds of price books, clubs, and publications. Part Two provides information about and sources for current reference materials in book, computer, and video form. Included are more than 1000 clubs, auction houses, and appraisal groups; 1200 associations, sources for restoration and preservation parts and suppliers, conservators, and restorers; and 2000 matching services for glassware, china, and silverware.
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Random House Inc
Published date: 1995
Size: 7.25 x 8.75 inches
Weight: 1.35 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The hard-to-find information, sources, and addresses that collectors need for repairing, caring for, and finding buyers for antiques and collectibles are all in this book. To gather the information for this book, Ralph and Terry Kovel contacted more than 3,000 suppliers, clubs, auctions, services, and other industry sources around the country, making this the most up-to-date and complete reference of its kind.
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Kovels' Guide to Selling, Buying, and Fixing Your Antiques and Collectibles
Kovel, Ralph M.; Kovel, Terry H
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Crown Publishers, 1995 First printing. Library marks at endpapers, cover wear, bright and clean interior. Binding is very good, cove laminated for durability.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good-. Ex-Library. ( more information)
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Kovels' Guide to Selling, Buying, and Fixing Your Antiques and Collectibles
Kovel, Ralph M.; Kovel, Terry H
New York, New York, U.S.A.: CROWN PUBLISHERS, 1995 C-0042; BOX C-0073; ATB;324 PAGES; INDEX; ILLUSTRATIONS; A GUIDE TO SELLING, BUYING, AND FIXING YOUR ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES. NOT SIGNED. STATED FIRST. PAPERBACK. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by X. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Private Press. ( more information)
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