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Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022-2023

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Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022-2023 is an essential and trusted resource for anyone involved in the antiques market. Compiled by world-renowned expert Judith Miller, it provides detailed information and valuations for over 8,000 antiques. The guide includes comprehensive coverage of ceramics, Asian antiques, furniture, glass, silver and metalwares, jewellery and objets de vertu, clocks and watches, books, textiles, toys, decorative arts, and modern classics.

Special features explain valuation techniques and provide guidance on how to assess the worth of an item. Biographies of designers and factories offer valuable context for dating and valuing objects, while 'Judith Picks' highlight particularly interesting or unusual pieces with in-depth background and valuation details.
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Miller's Antiques Handbook & Price Guide 2022-2023 remains the essential and trusted guide to the antiques market. It has earned the reputation of being the book no dealer, collector, or auctioneer should be without. Compiled by Judith Miller, a world-renowned antiques expert and co-founder of the book, the guide features more than 8,000 antiques.

Comprehensive sections cover Ceramics, Asian Antiques, Furniture, Glass, Silver and Metalwares, Jewellery and objets de vertu, Clocks and Watches, Books, Textiles, Toys, Decorative Arts, and Modern Classics. Special features explain why one piece is worth more than another, show how to value an item, and teach you to be your own valuer. Biographies of designers and factories provide the background information you need to help date and value objects, while special 'Judith Picks' sections offer fascinating background and valuation details for particularly interesting or unusual objects.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784727376

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 07 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Mitchell Beazley

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 40.0mm

Width: 202.0mm

Height: 266.0mm

Weight: 1960g

Pages: 600

About the Author

Judith Miller was one of the world's leading antiques experts. She first began collecting in the 1960s while a student at Edinburgh University, and continued to extend and reinforce her knowledge of antiques through international research. In 1979 she co-founded the international best-seller Miller's Antiques Price Guide and went on to write more than 100 books which are held in high regard by collectors and dealers.

Judith appeared regularly on TV and radio. She was an expert on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow and co-hosted the popular BBC series The House Detectives, ITV's Antiques Trail, and Discovery's It's Your Bid. She appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and CNN. Judith lectured extensively, including at the V&A in London and the Smithsonian in Washington, and contributed to numerous newspapers and magazines, including the Financial Times, the Daily Telegraph, BBC Homes & Antiques and House & Garden.

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