Miller's Antiques Price Guide 2004, 25th Anniversary Edition, hardcover, illustrated, 814 pages, 17.4 cms x 28 cms x 5 cms, condition; as new.
25 years of authority, accessibility, and expertise with 10,000 items, new each year, priced and now in full colour. Millers Antiques Price Guide 2004 covers traditional antiques such as furniture, pottery, porcelain, glass, and silver, as well as the decorative arts, textiles, posters, kitchenware, and much more - over 60 subject categories in all. Items date from the Antique to the latest in contemporary design. This years special features cover Militaria, Campaign furniture, Meissen porcelain, Lustreware, Chinese ceramics, Commemorative silver, Boxes, Embroidery & needlework, Cameras, Rock & Pop, and Modern Design of the 1970s and 80s. Packed with sidebars on the market and price trends, makers, and historical detail.
· The "bible" of professional auctioneers, dealers and collectors.
· All 10,000 items are shown in full colour for the first time.
· Over 20 named experts from the USA, UK and elsewhere, contribute their knowledge and expertise to the guide.
· A minimum of 60 subject categories.
· c.10,000 items priced and sourced from more than 420 auctioneers and dealers from 20 different countries.
· Includes Special Features taking a closer look at particular categories. These are chosen with previous editions in mind so readers can build up a comprehensive reference library on antiques.
· Includes Millers Compares features where two apparently similar items are analysed to explain why one achieved a higher price than another.
· Consistently rated the # 1 bestselling antique book on Amazon.
· Special features for 25th Anniversary edition: reviews on the state of the market over the past 25 years; charts chronicling price trends over past 25 years; special silver cover.
· Each section of the art and antiques marketplace has a different momentum reflected in the huge variety of things pictured and priced in Miller's International Antiques Price Guide. That is why Gayle Skluszacek recommends Miller's first to her students in the Appraisal Studio Program at New York University. Miller's editors take the pulse of the international antiques market.
