Antiques Investigator: Tips and Tricks to Help You Find the Real Deal

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ANTIQUES INVESTIGATOR TIPS AND TRICKS TO HELP YOU FIND THE REAL DEAL

J U DIT H MI L L E R

ANTIQUE S INVESTIGATOR

ANTIQUES INVESTIGATOR JUDITH MILLER

LONDON, NEW YORK, MELBOURNE, MUNICH, and DELHI A joint production from DK and THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY

First American Edition 2007 First paperback edition 2009

DORLING KINDERSLEY LIMITED

Published in the United States by DK Publishing 375 Hudson Street New York, New York 10014

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THE PRICE GUIDE COMPANY LIMITED Publishing Manager Julie Brooke Assistant editors Jessica Bishop, Sara Sturgess Editorial assistants Carolyn Malarkey, Louisa Wheeler

CONTRIBUTORS Jill Bace Mark Hill Alycen Mitchell Anna Southgate John Wainwright The Price Guide Company (UK) Ltd [email protected]

09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 TD222—June 2009 Copyright © 2007 Judith Miller and Dorling Kindersley Limited All rights reserved Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. Published in Great Britain by Dorling Kindersley Limited A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN: 978-0-7566-5097-1 (paperback) DK books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk for sales promotions, premiums, fund-raising, or educational use. For details, contact: DK Publishing Special Markets, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014 or [email protected] Color reproduction by Colourscan, Singapore and DK, India Printed and bound in China by Hung Hing Offset Printing Company Limited

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