Good, Better, Best: Trade Secrets for Spotting a "Find"

By Carol Prisant

The author of the New York Times bestseller Antiques Roadshow Primer presents a breakthrough concept in buying guides An appraiser and former antiques dealer, Carol Prisant wrote the popular ?Good, Better, Best? column for House Beautiful for several years. Bringing this concept to an even broader audience, she now shares her insider tips for developing an eagle eye in a wide range of collectibles markets. Entertaining and accessible, Good, Better, Best coaches antiques novices and devotees in choosing the highest quality items, featuring three photographs depicting a good, better, and best example of hundreds of antiques to distinguish the treasure from the less desirable version. Packed with more than two hundred full-color photographs and illustrations, this ingenious handbook is also broad in scope, covering everything from brass doorstops and porcelain plates to silver napkin rings and furniture from America and Europe. Sharing tips for deciphering a manufacturer's initials, spotting a fake, and much more, Good, Better, Best makes it easy to learn what to look for and what to avoid. With Prisant's wise words in hand, every flea market apprentice can now buy like a pro.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142005274
• ISBN13: 9780142005279
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Carol Prisant writes the BEST books

Ms. Prisant has written another interesting and easy to read book about the world of pretty things and their value. She is also the author of the Antiques Roadshow Books. I always know what pretty things I like to buy and now I know a little more about how to look at my purchases in terms of value. She untangles the web and keeps me entertained. Her books make great gifts for the holidays. I like Ms. Prisants style!