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Killer Stuff and Tons of Money

Author : Maureen Stanton
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101516054
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Killer Stuff and Tons of Money written by Maureen Stanton and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-06-09 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One dealer's journey from the populist mayhem of flea markets to the rarefied realm of auctions reveals the rich, often outrageous subculture of antiques and collectibles. Millions of Americans are drawn to antiques and flea-market culture, whether as participants or as viewers of the perennially popular Antiques Roadshow or the recent hit American Pickers. This world has the air of a lottery: a $20 purchase might net you four, five, or six figures. Master dealer Curt Avery, the unlikely star of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money, plays that lottery every day, and he wins it more than most. Occasionally he gets lucky, but more often, he draws on a deep knowledge of America's past and the odd, fascinating, and beautiful objects that have survived it. Week in, week out, Avery trawls the flea and antiques circuit-buying, selling, and advising other dealers in his many areas of expertise, from furniture to glass to stoneware, and more. On the surface, he's an improbable candidate for an antiques dealer. He wrestled in high school and still retains the pugilistic build; he is gruff, funny, and profane; he favors shorts and sneakers, even in November; and he is remarkably generous toward both competitors and customers who want a break. But as he struggles for a spot in a high-end Boston show, he must step up his game and, perhaps more challenging, fit in with a white-shoe crowd. Through his ascent, we see the flea-osphere for what it truly is-less a lottery than a contact sport with few rules and many pitfalls. This rich and sometimes hilarious subculture rewards peculiar interests and outright obsessions-one dealer specializes in shrunken heads; another wants all the postal memorabilia he can get. So Avery must be a guerrilla historian and use his hard-earned knowledge of America's past to live by and off his wits. Only the smartest survive in one of America's most ruthless meritocracies. Killer Stuff and Tons of Money is many things: an insider's look at a subculture replete with arcane traditions and high drama, an inspiring account of a self-made man making his way in a cutthroat field, a treasure trove of tips for those who seek out old things themselves, and a thoroughly fresh, vibrant view of history as blood sport.

The Road to Happy Days

Author : Stephanie Sadagursky
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781440104541
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Happy Days written by Stephanie Sadagursky and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1971, my family of four left the bustle of the city for the suburbs of Long Island where we discovered the world of garage sales and flea markets. Before long we were a part of the action, creating "Happy Days," a 30-year family business entailing the buying and selling of antique and collectible toys. We never thought that our middle class suburban family would traverse the United States and the globe encountering humorous and surprising situations wherever we went. After all, who would suspect that something as innocent as selling children's playthings would lead to dealing with mobsters, actors, dreamers, schemers and at least one murderer?!

Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds

Author : Nancy Moses
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442274441
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds written by Nancy Moses and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating read about fakes, forgeries, and frauds. What’s real? What’s fake? Why do we care? In this time of false news and fake science, these questions are more important than ever. Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds goes beyond the headlines, tweets, and blogs to explore the true nature of authenticity and why it means so much today. This book delivers nine fascinating true stories that introduce the fakers, forgers, art authenticators, and others that populate this dark world. Examples include: Shakespeare—How an enterprising teenager in the 1790s faked Shakespeare and duped Literary London. Rembrandt—How art history, connoisseurship, and science are re-shaping our view of what Rembrandt painted and how the canvas changed over time. Relics—Was Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music, a real Roman teenager who was martyred 1,800 years ago in the same place where her church stands today? Jackson Pollock—How do experts pick out the real Pollocks from the thousands of fakes? Nuremberg—How repeated reconstructions of medieval Nuremburg—including one by Adolf Hitler—show how historic preservation became a tool for propaganda. Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds also raises provocative questions about the meaning of reality. What happens when spiritual truth conflicts with historic fact? Can an object retain its essence when most of it was replaced? Why did some art patrons value an excellent copy more than the original? Why do we find fakes so eternally fascinating, and forgers such appealing con artists? Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds is a full-color book with 30 color photos. It shows that reality, exemplified by discrete physical objects, is actually mutable, unsettling, and plainly weird. Readers discover things that are less than meets the eye—and might even reconsider what’s real, what’s fake, and why they should care.

Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers

Author : Tamara Plakins Thornton
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469626942
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers written by Tamara Plakins Thornton and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a man Thomas Jefferson once called a "meteor in the hemisphere." Bowditch was a mathematician, astronomer, navigator, seafarer, and business executive whose Enlightenment-inspired perspectives shaped nineteenth-century capitalism while transforming American life more broadly. Enthralled with the precision and certainty of numbers and the unerring regularity of the physical universe, Bowditch operated and represented some of New England's most powerful institutions—from financial corporations to Harvard College—as clockwork mechanisms. By examining Bowditch's pathbreaking approaches to institutions, as well as the political and social controversies they provoked, Thornton's biography sheds new light on the rise of capitalism, American science, and social elites in the early republic. Fleshing out the multiple careers of Nathaniel Bowditch, this book is at once a lively biography, a window into the birth of bureaucracy, and a portrait of patrician life, giving us a broader, more-nuanced understanding of how powerful capitalists operated during this era and how the emerging quantitative sciences shaped the modern experience.

The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc

Author : Early American Industries Association
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association, Inc written by Early American Industries Association and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Down East

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Down East written by and published by . This book was released on 2005-04 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Art for the Middle Classes

Author : Cynthia Lee Patterson
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1604737379
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Art for the Middle Classes written by Cynthia Lee Patterson and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the average American learn about art in the mid-nineteenth century? With public art museums still in their infancy, and few cities and towns large enough to support art galleries or print shops, Americans relied on mass-circulated illustrated magazines. One group of magazines in particular, known collectively as the Philadelphia pictorials, circulated fine art engravings of paintings, some produced exclusively for circulation in these monthlies, to an eager middle-class reading audience. These magazines achieved print circulations far exceeding those of other print media (such as illustrated gift books or catalogs from art-union membership organizations). Godey's, Graham's, Peterson's, Miss Leslie's, and Sartain's Union Magazine included two to three fine art engravings monthly, “tipped in” to the fronts of the magazines, and designed for pull-out and display. Featuring the work of a fledgling group of American artists who chose American rather than European themes for their paintings, these magazines were crucial to the distribution of American art beyond the purview of the East Coast elite to a widespread middle-class audience. Contributions to these magazines enabled many American artists and engravers to earn, for the first time in the young nation's history, a modest living through art. Author Cynthia Lee Patterson examines the economics of artistic production, innovative engraving techniques, regional imitators, the textual “illustrations” accompanying engravings, and the principal artists and engravers contributing to these magazines.

Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812

Author : Ralph E Eshelman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625845243
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Chesapeake Legends and Lore from the War of 1812 written by Ralph E Eshelman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the two hundred years following the War of 1812, the Chesapeake Campaign became romanticized in tall tales and local legends. St. Michael's on the Eastern Shore of Maryland was famously cast as the town that fooled the British, and in Baltimore, the defenders of Fort McHenry were reputably rallied by a remarkably patriotic pet rooster. In Virginia, the only casualty in a raid on Cape Henry was reportedly the lighthouse keeper's smokehouse larder, while Admiral Cockburn was said to have supped by the light of the burning Federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Newspaper stories, ordinary citizens and even military personnel embellished events, and two hundred years later, those embellishments have become regional lore. Join historians Ralph E. Eshelman and Scott S. Sheads as they search for the history behind the legends of the War of 1812 in the Chesapeake.

Art & Industry in Early America

Author : Patricia E. Kane
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300217846
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Art & Industry in Early America written by Patricia E. Kane and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.

American Furniture 2002

Author : Luke Beckerdite
Publisher : American Furniture Annual
ISBN 13 : 9781584650577
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book American Furniture 2002 written by Luke Beckerdite and published by American Furniture Annual. This book was released on 2002-12 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features articles on the Lloyd family's furniture legacy, furniture fakes from the Chipstone collection, Pennsylvania clouded limestone, joiner's trade in seventeenth-century America, the Claypoole family joiners of Phiadelphia, the politics of the caned chair, tradition and exclusion in American furniture scholarship, and seventeenth-century cupbo

American Furniture 1996

Author : Luke Beckerdite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book American Furniture 1996 written by Luke Beckerdite and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.

American Furniture 1997

Author : Luke Beckerdite
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book American Furniture 1997 written by Luke Beckerdite and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this volume were presented at "A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade in the Early South" -- a symposium co-sponsored by the Chipstone Foundation and the Williamsburg Institute in November 1997.

Inspired Innovations

Author : M. Stephen Miller
Publisher : UPNE
ISBN 13 : 1584658509
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Inspired Innovations written by M. Stephen Miller and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the Shakers' innovative spirit that informed their legendary craftsmanship and led to a broad array of creations

Democracy's Medici

Author : Mary Anne Goley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538145383
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Democracy's Medici written by Mary Anne Goley and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-10-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Democracy’s Medici: The Federal Reserve and the Art of Collecting is a profile of the central bank seen from the perspective of the author’s unorthodox art-historical career as founding Director of the Fine Arts Program of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. This is an insider’s view by an art historian about the Federal Reserve culture, larger-than-life personalities, and the fine arts function set against the broader backdrop, both of the Fed’s banking and regulatory mission, and the economic, political, and social context. During her 31-year tenure, Goley organized over 110 exhibitions on a range of subjects from New York Graffiti artists to the first U.S. exhibit of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Adding a diplomatic mission to her portfolio, beginning in 1988, Goley worked with central banks and museums in Austria, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and The Netherlands to bring exhibits to the Federal Reserve. Scholarly contributions included the exhibitions: The Hague School and Its American Legacy, The Paintings of Eduard J. Steichen, AustrianBiedermeier, and Polish Constructivism, among others. Two exhibitions resulted in foreign decorations from The Netherlands and Luxembourg. In 2006 Goley organized The Face of Contemporary Art in China, the first of its kind in Washington, DC, for the Federal Reserve Board. She was twice knighted, in 1982 by Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands and in 1988 by the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. With little guidance, she built a remarkable art collection where there was none. J. Carter Brown, Director of the National Gallery of Art, wrote of the Fed’s program, "It is a model for others in our field to see someone take a challenge and make so much of it." You can find an interview with the author herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m40d0sTQEec.

Ship, Sea & Sky

Author : Richard B. Grassby
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Ship, Sea & Sky written by Richard B. Grassby and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the nineteenth-century American artist's marine paintings

Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages, 2005 Edition

Author : Joe Kraynak
Publisher : Que Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780789732521
Total Pages : 1156 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages, 2005 Edition written by Joe Kraynak and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you have to make a phone call and you don't know the telephone number, what do you pull out? The yellow pages. When you have to look up something on the Internet and you don't know the Website address, what should you pull out? Que's Official Internet Yellow Pages, 2005 Edition . The only Internet directory to incorporate a rating system into its listing, it provides specific traits and features for each website listed. Informational blurbs with each link describe exactly what you'll find and a foreword entitled "The Secrets to Successful Searching" provides you with background information, tips and techniques on safe searching for children and effective searching techniques. This is the ultimate guide for finding out whats what on the Internet.

Apple Parers

Author : Don Thornton
Publisher : Thornton House
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Apple Parers written by Don Thornton and published by Thornton House. This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During colonial days and through the 19th century, apples were a critical winter staple, and to be preserved, they had to be picked, pared, cored, cut into slices, strung on strong linen thread and hung to dry. The drudgery of paring and slicing each apple was monumental... until the problem was met head-on with Yankee ingenuity and the birth of apple paring machines. Apple Parers is an entertaining and definitive guide to the vast variety of ingenious machines and devices that were a vital part of early America. Apple Parers serves up a true slice of American history beginning with the primitive wood and iron devices fashioned in barns and workshops. It takes the reader through the heady days of cast-iron parer manufacturing, when every rural home had a parer and the competition was intense. It also looks at commercial models and related devices such as slicers, corers, and segmenters.