Antiques As An Investment (1968) Richard H. Rush. Condition is good. Dust jacket has discoloration and wear. Covers and pages in good condition.
If you buy correctly, antiques can be as good as (or even better than) "blue-chip" stocks as an investment. Collectors can beautify their homes and make sound investments at the same time.
Enhanced by the rapid price rise wit nessed at major auctions throughout the world, a collection (either modest or on a grand scale) selected with knowledge, emerges as a hedge against inflation in the current "antiques boom."
You can capitalize on the pward trends. The author gives a /koroagh and penetrating analysis of antique furniture prices, both the past and the current price trends, and his charts illustrate the individual trends for each of the well-known eighteenth-century furniture styles of France, Italy, Eng-land, and America, as well as some of the earlier and later styles.
Dr. Rush explains the criteria for estimating future prices and recognizing quality. He also discusses the impor tant style characteristics of each period ..changing trends in collecting.. auc-tions. dealers… discoveries…how, where, and when to buy and sell...and the detection of fakes.