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1	Antique Trader Guide to Fakes & Reproductions more books like this by Mark Chervenka add to wishlist It's gorgeous, and the price is right, but is it an original or a fabulous fake? With so many antique fakes and reproductions flooding the market, it really can be hard to tell. Mark Chervenka, America's top expert in the field, comes to the rescue with this updated edition of his best-selling guide. Featuring nearly 1,000 close-up photos of fakes ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Homicide in Hardcover more books like this by Kate Carlisle add to wishlist San Francisco rare book expert Brooklyn Wainwright suddenly finds herself accused of murder after her mentor is discovered dead on the eve of a celebration for his latest book restoration. Now Brooklyn must read the clues he left behind if she is going to restore justice. First in a new series. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary more books like this by Milo M Naeve add to wishlist This work surveys four centuries of American domestic furniture styles. It is aimed at curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture and the arts - as well as those just learning the stylistic trends in furniture. Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Seeing Through Paintings: Physical Examination in Art Historical Studies more books like this by Andrea Kirsh, Mr. Rustin S Levenson add to wishlist This clear and accessible handbook introduces the nonspecialist to the physical examination of easel paintings and the historical and critical implications of such study. It takes the reader through the various layers of paintings, from support to varnish, and looks at information that might be attached to a painting's reverse, as well as the ... see all copies from $28.85! new only from $30.00!
5	Buy, Keep or Sell? more books like this by Judith Miller, Mark Hill add to wishlist Whether the reader is a new collector, wants to identify value, or find out more about the items in their possession, this is an ideal guide to buying, keeping, or selling collectibles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
6	Mona Lisa: Inside the Painting more books like this by Jean-Pierre Mohen, Michel Menu, Bruno Mottin add to wishlist Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" is so well known that we think we have heard everything about it. This book is a report from the front of painting conservation science. Advances in radiography, optical scanning, infrared reflectography and a number of other new techniques have revealed a wealth of new information about the panel on which the "Mona Lisa" ... see all copies from $11.82! new only from $11.82!
7	Pottery analysis a sourcebook more books like this by Rice add to wishlist A rich and comprehensive sourcebook, "Pottery Analysis" draws together diverse approaches to the study of pottery - archaeological, ethnographic, stylistic, functional, and physicochemical. Prudence M. Rice uses pottery as a starting point for insights into people and culture and examines in detail the methods for studying these fired clay vessels ... see all copies from $21.95! new only from $42.00! \| SVS
8	Emyl Jenkins' Guide to Buying and Collecting Early American Furniture more books like this by Emyl Jenkins, Joe E. A. Wilkinson, Ann Cahn (Editor) add to wishlist This easy-to-use guide helps the collectors of antiques spot the telltale signs that separate the genuine articles from the imposters. With this quick reference in hand, collectors will able to evaluate with confidence the antique furniture found at auctions, tag sales, and retail shops. 240 black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.24! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The King's Bedpost: Reformation and Iconography in a Tudor Group Portrait more books like this by Margaret Aston add to wishlist The King's Bedpost is a lavishly-illustrated detective story about a painting. Edward VI and the Pope is an important and fascinating visual allegory of the Reformation; but when and why was it painted? Following up a sequence of clues to answer these questions, the author embarks on a fascinating and unusual voyage of historical exploration that ... see all copies from $32.44! first editions
10	Responses to Rembrandt: Who Painted the Polish Rider?, a Controversy Considered more books like this by Anthony Bailey add to wishlist see all copies from $3.58! new only from $5.59! \| first editions
11	Chimneys and Towers: Charles Demuth's Late Paintings of Lancaster more books like this by Betsy Fahlman add to wishlist Charles Demuth (1883-1935) was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, into a prominent family in the tobacco business. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later at the Academie Colarossi and Academie Julian in Paris, where he was first exposed to the European avant-garde. Returning to America after his studies, he participated in ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $30.96!
12 view cover	Style and Society in Dark Age Greece: The Changing Face of a Pre-Literate Society, 1100-700 BC more books like this by James Whitley add to wishlist In this innovative study, James Whitley examines the relationship between the development of pot style and social changes in the Dark Age of Greece (1100-700 BC). He focuses on Athens where the Protogeometric and Geometric styles first appeared. He considers pot shape and painted decoration primarily in relation to the other relevant features - ... see all copies from $28.24! new only from $37.90! \| SVS
13	Is it genuine? : how to recognize an authentic antique more books like this by John Bly add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.55! \| first editions
14 view cover	Canfake: An Expert's Guide to the Tricks of the Canadian Antiques Trade more books like this by Donald Webster add to wishlist "The grand game of antiques collecting is often as near as one can come, in a non-violent if not necessarily peaceful way, to a blood sport". In a game without rules, everyone tries to outwit everyone else, but Donald Webster's book will give you the information that will allow you to know what sort of antique dealers to avoid, what type of goods ... see all copies from $3.73! new only from $8.22! \| first editions
15 view cover	Medieval London Houses more books like this by Mr. John Schofield add to wishlist A comprehensive study of domestic buildings in London from about 1200 to the Great Fire in 1666. John Schofield describes houses and such related buildings as almshouses, taverns, inns, shops and livery company halls, drawing on evidence from surviving buildings, archaeological excavations, documents, panoramas, drawn surveys and plans, ... see all copies from $27.95! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
16	Bertoia, Mirola, and the Farnese Court more books like this by Diane DeGrazia add to wishlist see all copies from $3.44! new only from $15.95! \| first editions
17 view cover	Everyday Genius: Self-Taught Art and the Culture of Authenticity more books like this by Gary Alan Fine add to wishlist From Henry Darger's elaborate works of young girls caught in a brutal war to the New Mexican artist who sells animal-hide sculptures by the side of the road, the work of "outsider" artists has achieved unique status in the art world. Celebrated for their lack of traditional training and their position on the fringes of the social system, outsider ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $24.46! \| SVS
18 view cover	Identifying American Furniture: A Pictoral Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary more books like this by Milo M Naeve add to wishlist 16.95 see all copies from $8.95!
19 view cover	The Outcry more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Lord Theign has a vast inherited collection of paintings. When an American wishes to buy one of the more valuable ones and take it out of the country, Lord Theign--with the assistance of his idealistic daughter and a young expert he hires--must decide whether to sell, or to donate the painting to the National Gallery. Henry James's last novel, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.68! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The American Leonardo: A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money more books like this by John Brewer add to wishlist For artists and art-lovers, collectors and curators--and for anyone who's ever stood in front of a painting and wondered about its story--"The American Leonardo" offers a discerning and entertaining view into the art world as it tries to separate Old Masters from modern mountebanks. see all copies from $11.95! new only from $15.31! \| SVS
21 view cover	Getty Museum Studies on Art more books like this by Professor Elizabeth Cropper (Editor) add to wishlist In this volume Elizabeth Cropper argues that the subject of Pontormo's "Portrait of a Halbardier" is Francesco Guardi. The book reveals the evidence and methods employed by scholars in attempting to answer questions about the people and places portrayed in works of art. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $12.63! \| first editions
22	Rembrandt/Not Rembrandt in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Aspects of Connoisseurship more books like this by Rembrandt add to wishlist see all copies from $15.75! new only from $100.46! \| first editions
23	Watermarks in Rembrandt's Prints more books like this by Nancy Ash, J. P. Filedtkok, Shelley Fletcher add to wishlist see all copies from $39.50! new only from $39.50! \| first editions
24	Is it genuine? A guide to the identification of eighteenth-century English furniture more books like this by W. Crawley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25 view cover	Leonardo, the Last Supper more books like this by Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, Pinin Brambilla Barcilon, Pietro C Marani add to wishlist This is the official record of the restoration of Leonardo's painting "The Last Supper". It documents the cleaning and removal of the overpainting performed in other attempts at restoration, then looks at the watercolour additions of Barcilon, which were based on Leonardo's preparatory drawings, early copies of the painting and contemporary ... see all copies from $64.00! new only from $74.50! \| first editions

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