- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Boxtree Ltd; Television tie-in edition edition (22 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752217917
- ISBN-13: 978-0752217918
- Product Dimensions: 28.2 x 22.6 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 936,776 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A companion to the BBC1 series. Divided by subjects and with contributions from all the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW experts. Provides a guide through the hazards of antique buying. Illustrated with over 300 pictures enabling the specialists to point out the details of antiques that mark their true age and value.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
The biggest problem with this book is that it simply lacks focus. It tries to cover som many different types of antiques and collectables that the information given on each item leaves a great deal to be desired.
Still it is entertaining in its own way, and may be a nice introduction to collecting.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The book mentions the Jingdezhen potteries in China which have been in operation, with certain interruptions,for many hundred years. They make among other things reproductions of period pieces. According to The Far Eastern Economic Review, published in Hong Kong, of 1998-03-19 a pottery salesman is quoted as saying "I tell the customer they are copies, but what he tells his customer I don't know". "They're technically very, very expert.The potting is very good and a lot of the decorating is also very good" says Julian thompson of Sotheby's. The book does not mention the Ming Village pottery in Singapore who publish beautifully illustrated catalogues and who reproduce museum and period pieces, some with the appropriate reign marks. Their latest catalogue states "... when you see the hundreds of replicas on display ... you'll know that each of them possesses a finish that has been acknowledged by experts to even more superb than the original."
Is recognising a fake as easy as Lars Tharp states?
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