Tips on Identifying and Appraising Clocks

Appraising antiques? Free or unresearched value estimates are dangerous! Federal & many state governments penalize over & under-evaluations. Author is a Certified Appraiser of Personal Property (CAPP), Tested Specialty: Clocks; also Fellow, NAWCC (Natl. Assn. Watch & Clock Collectors). This handsome volume, with color plates & over 300 photographs & drawings, is a must for personal property appraisers, antique dealers, auctioneers, collectors, or anyone interested in clocks or in the burgeoning field of appraising. Professionalism is paramount since opinions of appraisers should be defensible in court. Lively & readable, essential horological terms & movements precede style charts & examples of both rare & of frequently sought English & French clocks. Not a price guide (eschewed by competent appraisers except for investigating trends), here's an illuminating resource for identifying & dating clocks, for ascertaining originality, quality & value, for milestone inventions & inventors, & for consequential appraisal considerations. Discover clocks as works of art executed in polished woods, porcelain, luxury glass, gilt bronze, patinated metals...or as novelties-mystery, torsion, swinging arm, skeleton, industrial form & more. Comprehensive Index. 312pp. WINNER - 1992 INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF APPRAISER'S "LAMP OF KNOWLEDGE" AWARD. Order now: phone (214) 348-0075; or FAX (214) 349-0095.Tips, Martha L. is the author of 'Tips on Identifying and Appraising Clocks', published 1991 under ISBN 9780962862700 and ISBN 0962862703.