Price It Yourself!: The Definitive, Down-To-Earth Guide to Appraising Antiques and Collectibles in Your Home, at Auctions, Estate Sales, S

Discover the tools used by professional appraisers to evaluate your own antiques and make educated decisions in the antiques market.

Now the information once held by a select group of professional appraisers is available for all levels of collectors. With great wit and wisdom, Joe L. Rosson and Helaine Fendelman -- hosts of the popular television show Treasures in Your AtticTM, seen on PBS stations nationwide -- will help you identify, understand, and determine the potential value of any type of antique or collectible. Price It Yourself not only explores all the basic concepts and skills that you must know in order to value an antique ACCURATELY, it is also filled with practice appraisals to help you develop an eye for value.

Price It Yourself is truly the most comprehensive antiques appraisal and research guide available, covering furniture, glass, pottery and porcelain, silver and other metals, household collectibles, and much more.

Author: Joe L. Rosson, Helaine Fendelman
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/18/2003
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.42lbs
Size: 9.32h x 7.38w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780060096847

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/01/2003 pg. 1365
Booklist 12/15/2003 pg. 717

About the Author
Rosson, Joe L.: - Joe L. Rosson and Helaine Fendelman are the host of the popular television show seen on PBS stations nationwide Treasures in the Attic. Helaine writes the What is it? What is it worth? column for Country Living magazine and Joe is the antiques columnist for the Knoxville News-Sentinel. They both write Scripts Howard weekly newspaper column Treasures in the attic.