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Love Vintage
Sourcing, Collecting & Selling Vintage & Decorative Antiques
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If you're already an avid collector of flea market finds, eager to start a vintage business, or you simply enjoy the beauty of time-worn objects, Michelle Mason's hands-on approach to collecting will help inspire your finds. It offers ideas on how to showcase your keepsakes and equips you with insider knowledge to get you to the markets and start building your collection.
With a focus on popular vintage items and decorative antiques, Love Vintage contains sections on favourite places to source stock in the UK and France. It provides guidance on how to curate your collection, along with assistance for setting up a vintage business and purchasing tricks and tips from experts in their field.
"Shop Talk" shares insights from eight dealers in the UK and France. Combined with recommendations on what to look out for and who to follow, this book will arm you with everything you need to get started and more.
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Love Vintage by Michelle Mason receives praise for its stunning imagery and wealth of practical advice on starting a vintage business. Reviews highlight its guidance on collecting, sourcing, and displaying vintage items, with insights into the best places to find treasures in the UK and France. It's noted as an inspiring resource for both novice and experienced collectors.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781914902062
Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 25 May 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Pimpernel Press Ltd
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 190.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 144
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About the Author
Michelle Mason is a designer, shopkeeper and stylist and has worked for a number of clients including Sir John Soane's Museum shop, the British Library, the National Gallery and the Southbank Centre. She is also co-founder of east London vintage shop Mason & Painter in Columbia Road, home to the weekly Sunday Flower Market. Her first book was Flower Market (Pimpernel, 2019).
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