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Summary: Needs Pictures
Review: Enjoyed the book but found it kind of hard to visualize what the objects looked liked. Simple drawings or photos would have been nice.
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Summary: Required Reading for ebayers & amazonian sellers!
Review: It doesn't matter what you're selling, if you deal with any "objects of desire", this book is worth the read! Although it deals with the world of antique furniture, the principles apply equally as well to art, memorabilia, rare books, and you-name-it! The writer takes what at first appears to be a dry subject, and imbues it with the life and personality and drama that is normally lost in the translation to the printed page. Reads like a Steinbeck novel where the base motives, practiced deceptions, and blatant materialism are showcased side-by-side with the aesthetic beauty and artistic appreciation of a cultured society, to form a microcosm of the world of "objects of desire"!
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Summary: A Wonderful, Entertaining and Informative Book
Review: It doesn't matter what you're selling, if you deal with any "objects of desire", this book is worth the read! Although it deals with the world of antique furniture, the principles apply equally as well to art, memorabilia, rare books, and you-name-it! The writer takes what at first appears to be a dry subject, and imbues it with the life and personality and drama that is normally lost in the translation to the printed page. Reads like a Steinbeck novel where the base motives, practiced deceptions, and blatant materialism are showcased side-by-side with the aesthetic beauty and artistic appreciation of a cultured society, to form a microcosm of the world of "objects of desire"!
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Summary: A "Midnight in the Garden" for Antiques Lovers
Review: Now that it's summer and the Antiques Roadshow is in reruns, loyal viewers might need a change of pace. This is the perfect book to take along with you to the Brimfield Flea Market, or on vacation (with the requisite antique shop stops, of course). Why? Because this book gives you the inside scoop on many of your favorite appraisers on the Roadshow, and gives you a great insight into the behind-the-podium world of antiques dealers.Some of the best bits have to do with the Keno brothers, Leslie and Leigh. They began their career in the antiques trade at age 7 (!) when they started selling stoneware they dug up around their house. At age 13 they went to Brimfield, where Leigh had a hizzy fit after a stoneware jug he asked the dealer to hold for him was sold. You can also find out more about Barbara Deisroth (you know, the lady who never, ever, pays attention to a Tiffany signature). Other Roadshow Regulars appear as well, and you will never be able to look at any of the appraisers in the same way again. If you like the Roadshow and antiquing, you will enjoy this book a great deal. Highly recommended for summertime (or any time!) reading.
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Summary: A Wonderful, Entertaining and Informative Book
Review: This book is delightful--I've bought 7 copies over the years for friends and family. With its readable style, brilliant characterizations of the eccentric people involved and its nonfiction "plot," it SHOULD have been the next MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVIL. I suppose its relative lack of success is due to factors in the industry, but it's certainly through no fault of the book's. I heartily recommend it to anyone and everyone, even persons uninterested in antiques--for, while it IS about antiques, it's mostly (as the subtitle suggests) about PEOPLE.
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Summary: Good, but who no photo of the Willing
Review: This is a very good read, which I enjoyed as a woodworker/furniture maker rather than an antique collector/dealer. What befuddles in the extreme is why there was no photo of the Willing card table, I'd have loved to see the carving, as well as the rest of it. So I have to go to the library and dig up a couple of magazine articles (from the New York Times Magazine 1/16/94, for example) just to see it. Pam
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Summary: "Objects of Desire" Provides Thorough Insight
Review: What an interesting and thorough insight into Americana Week in NY! One gets not only the insight into the furniture that is exhibited, but the quirks of the collectors, dealers, and the furniture makers themselves. Though I'm familiar with a few of the furniture pieces mentioned in this book, the lack of photographs inhibits the less informed. This book is excellent for anyone who collects furniture or desires to collect furniture, or who just has a passion for antiques!
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