Killer stuff and tons of money
Subtitle: seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America
By: Maureen Stanton
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Thorndike Press large print nonfiction; Thorndike Press large print nonfiction series
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit [Mich.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 627
ISBN-13: 9781410441249
Subjects: Large type books; Flea markets; Antiques business; Antiques; Large print books
Description: Millions of Americans are drawn to antiques and flea market culture. This world has the air of a lottery, where a $20 purchase could net you six figures. Master dealer Curt Avery, the unlikely star of Killer Stuff and Tons of Money, plays that lottery every day, and he wins it more than most. Occasionally he gets lucky, but more often he draws on a deep knowledge of America's past and the odd, fascinating and beautiful objects that have survived it.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-624).
Table of contents: title: Prologue : Treasure hunters : The reality; title: Opium bottles and knuckleheads; title: One man's trash; title: Boot camp; title: An antiques dealer is made; title: That good, good thing; title: Everything rich and strange; title: Ovoid nuts and southern belles; title: All sad things are just like this; title: Hot potato; title: Tea for two; title: Crowded house; title: Two heads are better than one; title: Stump the dealer; title: Shop victoriously; title: Gold is where you find it; title: Roadshow rage; title: Wilmington, aka the John Malkovich show; title: Living the pilgrim-century life; title: Red carpet affair; title: Captain Antiques; title: Life with principles; title: A thousand years.