The Resource Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America, Maureen Stanton
Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America, Maureen Stanton
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 326 p.
- Contents
-
- Prologue. Treasure hunters : the reality
- Opium bottles and knuckleheads
- One man's trash
- Boot camp
- An antique dealer is made
- That good, good thing
- Everything rich and strange
- Ovoid nuts and southern belles
- All sad things are just like this
- Hot potato
- Tea for two
- Crowded house
- Two heads are better than one
- Stump the dealer
- Shop victoriously
- Gold is where you find it
- Roadshow rage
- Wilmington, a.k.a. the John Malkovich show
- Living the pilgrim century life
- Red carpet affair
- Captain antiques
- Life with principle
- Coda. A thousand years
- Isbn
- 9781594202933
- Label
- Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America
- Title
- Killer stuff and tons of money
- Title remainder
- seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America
- Statement of responsibility
- Maureen Stanton
- Title variation
- Seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America
- Language
- eng
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- Title
- Killer stuff and tons of money
- Summary
- Traces the efforts of master antiques dealer Curt Avery to discover valuable and historically relevant items at flea markets, discussing flea market culture and some of Avery's unlikely successes. Includes numerous observations about major east-coast antique venues such as Brimfield as well as thoughts about the PBS television program "Antiques Roadshow". Author protects the identity of the main character and many other dealers with extensive use of pseudonyms (p. 279)
- Award
- Massachusetts Book Awards, Nonfiction Award, 2012.
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- 10009803
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 381/.1920973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NK1133.28
- LC item number
- .S73 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Target audience
- adult
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- Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America, Maureen Stanton
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents
- Prologue. Treasure hunters : the reality -- Opium bottles and knuckleheads -- One man's trash -- Boot camp -- An antique dealer is made -- That good, good thing -- Everything rich and strange -- Ovoid nuts and southern belles -- All sad things are just like this -- Hot potato -- Tea for two -- Crowded house -- Two heads are better than one -- Stump the dealer -- Shop victoriously -- Gold is where you find it -- Roadshow rage -- Wilmington, a.k.a. the John Malkovich show -- Living the pilgrim century life -- Red carpet affair -- Captain antiques -- Life with principle -- Coda. A thousand years
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- ocn681488349
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
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- Extent
- x, 326 p.
- Isbn
- 9781594202933
- Lccn
- 2010053099
Awards
Awards of Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America, Maureen Stanton- Award
- Massachusetts Book Awards, Nonfiction Award, 2012.
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