How to find, collect, sell, care for, insure and live with antique furniture is the focus of this comprehensive tape. Written by Peter Avrea, an antiques dealer and collector, the tape includes loads of useful hints (only buy from a dealer as a last resort!) and ideas for the amateur collector. Emphasizing self-education as the key to making good purchasing decisions, the tape suggests visiting public libraries, reading trade publications, and building a personal reference library. An equally valuable feature of the tape is the history of haute American furniture styles (i.e. not folk/country pieces), with a study of typical features, woods and ornamentation. Photos from scores of museums and private collections are used to illustrate the furniture of various eras. With super production values and wise advice, public libraries of all sizes will want to purchase. Heck, it even reminded me to get out the lemon oil and wipe down great-great-grandma's rocker. Highly recommended. Aud: P. (R. Reagan)
How to Collect Antique Furniture
(1996) 72 min. $29.95. Peter Avrea Productions (dist. by Tapeworm Video). PPR. Color cover. Vol. 12, Issue 4