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Kyle Husfloen, Managing Editor, Antique Trader Weekly and Antique Traders Antiques & Collectibles Price Guide
Do you love to poke around estate sales and antique shops, but cant tell the difference between Queen Anne and Queen Victoria furniture? Do you dream of owning that old Oriental rug or Meissen figurine but worry that the dealer might gouge you on the price? Do you own pieces you think might be valuable but dont know where to go for a reliable appraisal? Relax. Antiquing For Dummies answers all your antiquing questionsand more.
Whether youre a beginner or youve already gotten your feet wet, this fun, friendly guide will give you the savvy you need to cruise, schmooze, bargain for, and care for antiques with confidence. In no time youll be able to:
Writing with humor and common sense, Ron Zoglin and Deborah Shouse demystify the highfaluting terminology of the antique world. And step-by-step they walk you through all the antiquing essential, including:
Antiquing For Dummies gets you up and running with what you need to know to find, research, and negotiate prices like a pro.
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by Ron Zoglin
Antiquing For Dummies
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Library of Congress Control Number: 99-61894
ISBN: 0-7645-5108-6
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Ron Zoglin: 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 Midwests largest collections of European antiques, Oriental furnishings, and Japanese woodblock prints.
Antiques dovetail into one of Rons 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 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.
Deborah Shouse: Deborah 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 Readers Digest, Newsweek, Family Circle, Womans 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 Womans 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 Ive Wanted, At Our Core, and Chicken Soup for the Mothers 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 shes been working on this book.)
Together, Ron and Deborah facilitate a variety of workshops that are both educational and entertaining.
This book is dedicated to our magnificent parents
Frank and Mollie Zoglin
Paul and Fran Barnett
who are trying their best to become legitimate antiques in their own right
And to our amazing baby brothers
Robert Zoglin
Daniel Barnett
And to two of the worlds greatest daughters
Hilee and Sarah Shouse
It takes a lot of smart people to write a ...For Dummies book.
The On and Beyond Club:
We had wonderful support and help from so many people in putting together this book.
Dennis Tesdell, antique dealer, appraiser, and writer, was a continuing source of information, ideas, and encouragement throughout the creation of the book.
Scott Bonnet, antique dealer and appraiser, shared generously of his time and expertise.
Kyle Husfloen, editor of Antique Trader, Tom OConnor, editor of Glass Collectors Digest, and Frank Dondadee, editor of The Collector generously advised us and helped us with information and resources. Shirley Northern, ISA CAPP, ASA, and president of the International Society of Appraisers and our esteemed technical editor, guided us to great resources and information. Others who gave extra time and energy and helped us get it right and get it interesting include these knowledgeable and generous folk: Pat Saultman, ISA CAPP, Butterfield & Butterfield; Jim Messineo, Boston, MA; David Lindquist, ASA, Chapel Hill, NC; Frank Levy, New York City; Gary E. Baker, Chrysler Museum, Norfolk,. VA; Gwendolyn L. Kelso, ASA, AAA.
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