Book Description
Antiquing for Dummies
Is hunting for hidden treasures at garage sales, flea markets, estate sales, auctions, and antique shops your idea of a good time? If you love to poke around these places but don't know the difference between something that is just plain old or something that is a bona fide antique, then you might want to make Antiquing For Dummies your next purchase. Written in Dummies-style plain English, this book is not your average highfalutin, highbrow book on antique collecting. Instead of getting a lot of attitude, you get loads of down-to-earth advice about talking the talk with antique dealers, participating in auctions, and using win-win bargaining strategies.
Authors Ron Zoglin and Deborah Shouse can help you develop a plan of attack before you begin your hunt. Even if you are already a dedicated collector, Antiquing For Dummies has plenty of sound advice and information to help you brush up on your collecting skills and broaden your knowledge. And whether you enjoy collecting furniture, glass, ceramics, or silver, you find sections in the book dedicated to each collectible that tell you how and where to buy them. Plus, after you've found that beautiful antique, you find decorating ideas and suggestions for integrating it into your household. Antiquing For Dummies is guaranteed to show you the pleasure and art of antique collecting.
From the Back Cover
"This is a fun and painless way to give yourself a firm grounding in the wide wonderful world of antiques and collectibles." — Kyle Husfloen, Managing Editor, Antique Trader Weekly and Antique Trader's Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide "Whether you consider yourself a beginner… or a dedicated collector, you will find chapters in this easy-to-read book…designed to enhance your material needs." — Milton L. Talbert, Jr., 1st Vice President, National Association of Dealers in Antiques
Includes Tips on Spotting Fakes!
Do you love to poke around at estate sales and antique shops — but can't really tell the difference between Queen Anne and Queen Victoria? Do you dream of owning that old Oriental rug or Meissen figurine — but worry that the dealer might gouge you on the price? Relax. Writing with humor and common sense, Ron Zoglin and Deborah Shouse demystify the highfalutin terminology of the antique world — and show you step-by-step how to find, bargain for, buy, and decorate with antiques.
Inside, find helpful advice on how to:
Distinguish between real antiques and stuff that's just plain old
Develop a plan of attack before you begin your hunt
Select antiques based on the five key points of the Radar Test
Accessorize your home or office with antique European, Oriental, and American glass and porcelain
Clean and care for your precious finds
Work an auction — real time and online
About the Author
Being in the antique business is a daily blend of surprises, discoveries, interesting people, and fascinating objects. For nearly 30 years, Ron Zoglin has immersed himself in the world of antiques. He has studied them, bought them, sold them, appraised them, displayed them, and taught about them in colleges and universities. He has traveled the world searching out antiques that are beautiful and unusual and inspiring. As a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers, Ron has developed a large network of specialists with whom he consults regularly. His shop, Brookside Antiques in Kansas City, has one of the Midwest's largest collections of European antiques, Oriental furnishings, and Japanese woodblock prints.
Antiques dovetail into one of Ron's other passions: storytelling. As a professional storyteller, Ron has performed for businesses, universities, and national and international conferences. Ron feels that stories and antiques add a warmth and meaning that compliment and enhance life in this technological age. He loves to surround himself with a comfortable mixture of the latest in technology and an eclectic blend of lots of antiques. Writing Antiquing For Dummies® is a way for Ron to take his passion for antiques and share it with others.
Ron is an Accredited Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers, a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America, an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers, and a member of the National Association of Dealers in Antiques.
Together, Ron and co-author Deborah Shouse facilitate a variety of workshops that are both educational and entertaining.
; Deborah Shouse is a writer, speaker, facilitator, and creativity coach. She loves to take dry, stilted material and make it exciting and readable. She loves to bring people together and invite in their creative skills. Her writing has appeared in periodicals such as Reader's Digest, Newsweek, Family Circle, Woman's Day, Redbook, Family Life, Christian Science Monitor, Healthy Living, and MS. She is a PEN winner and a Pushcart nominee. Her books include Breaking The Ice, Making Your Mark and Name Tags Plus. She co-authored Working Woman's Communications Survival Guide (Prentice Hall), which is in its fifth printing. Deborah has been included in more than a dozen anthologies, including I Am Becoming the Woman I've Wanted, At Our Core, and Chicken Soup for the Mother's Soul.
Deborah has given workshops and creative expression seminars for businesses, colleges, and organizations. She provides creativity coaching services for authors, business professionals, and other visionary souls. Deborah loves to surround herself with a mishmash of antiques and thrift store things. (The antiques are starting to take over, since she's been working on this book.)
Together, Deborah and co-author Ron Zoglin facilitate a variety of workshops that are both educational and entertaining.
