Antiques & Collectibles Canadiana
Antiques
An Illustrated Guide for the Canadian Collector
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 1990
- Category
- Canadiana, Consumer Guides, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550020786
- Publish Date
- Oct 1990
- List Price
- $17.75
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Description
An introductory handbook on collecting antiques in Canada, loosely based on articles written by the author for the Toronto Star and various periodicals. Chapters on collecting antiques, buying and selling antiques, auctions, fakes, insurance and appraisal, antiques and the government and conservation and restoration. Also covers specific types of antiques such as furniture, jewellery, ceramics, glass, textiles, folk art, photographs, etc. Most chapters include a bibliography and a list of other information sources such as associations, dealers, etc. Well-illustrated with black and white photographs.
About the author
Hyla Wults Fox is a successful freelance writer, specializing in Antiques, collectibles, Canadian moveable culture and history, writing columns in both the Toronto Star and the the Globe & Mail.