All the Best Rubbish : The Classic Ode to Collecting

English

ISBN: 0061809896

EAN: 9780061809897

Category: Antiques & Collectibles / General

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Release Date: 11/30/2009

Synopsis: One persons trash is anothers treasure!In his newly revised classic, All the Best Rubbish, Ivor No?l Hume traces the fascinating history of collecting from its recorded beginnings and describes the remarkable detective work that goes into establishing the probable facts about uncovered and often underappreciated treasures. Now expanded with hints, tips, and helpful information about antique-hunting online, All the Best Rubbish is the ideal book for the antiquarian or amateur, the historian or professional collector-for anyone who knows that theres no such thing as just junk.No?l Hume, former head of the Department of Archaeology for Colonial Williamsburg, has pursued bottles, pottery, clocks, and coins through junk shops, street markets, attics, and cellars on two continents. Hes unearthed the most fascinating-and valuable-rubbish from the most unlikely places: the shores of the Thames in London; the lagoons of the Caribbean; the bottom of Martha Washingtons well. Hume knows everything thats worth knowing about collecting-why we do it, what we can find, where we can find it, and what we can learn from it.

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All the Best Rubbish : The Classic Ode to Collecting

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.9 inches

Width: 6.13 inches

Length: 9.13 inches

Weight: 12.84 oz

Pages: 336