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Home  >  Find your subject  >  Arts  >  Collectors' corner

Collector's corner new and interesting

Here are some new additions to the library, of interest to the collector:

The Antiques Roadshow A-Z of antiques and collectables

by Judith Miller

An excellent reference book  wth 4-5 small illustrations on each page .  It covers people and places, styles and periods,craftsmen and women and their methods,  and influential people in the world of antiques.

Book cover for Curious collector. The curious collector: a lively little tour of 101 favorite collectibles

By Jessie Walker

An eclectic book of all sorts of collections from lockets to toys, china to textiles.  Slight American bias. 

 

 

Please click this cover for more infoAsian furniture: a directory and sourcebook

Edited by Peter Moss

Each of the eight countries covered here - China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Tibet and the Philippines - developed its own particular designs, creating pieces  as works of art. Today these diverse pieces are treasured by collectors worldwide, from Manhattan lofts to Parisian apartments, as well as in the countries they originated.

 

Scandinavian furniture: a sourcebook of classic designs for the 21st century

By Judith Gura

This book comprehensively surveys the history of Scandinavian design, and illustrates in full colour more than five hundred of the best current designs from over seventy producers. It also includes detailed product specifications and sources, biographies of important Nordic designers and a helpful bibliography. Here is is an invaluable reference for everyone who loves modern furniture, and an wonderful tool for interior designers, architects, collectors and students.

 

Book cover Miller's silver & Sheffield plate marks.

Miller's silver and Sheffield plate marks including a guide to makers and styles

By John Bly 

New edition in colour.

 

 

Book cover for What's in your attic. What's in your attic? Find the antiques and collectables in your home

By Jonty Hearnden

Good on jewellery, clothing, accessories, appliances that might be lying around the family home or be found in op shops.

 

Book cover Vintage furniture.

Vintage furniture: collecting and living with modern design classics

By Fay Sweet

Early, mid-, late and post- Modernism styles, Scandinavian, pop and new millenium designs. 

 

 

Book cover for Make a mint. Make a mint: the ultimate guide to buying and selling collectables

By Jamie Breese

Selling from home, on eBay or from car boot sales and similar.  What to collect and what it is worth.

 

 

 

 

 


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