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02391aam a2200337 a 4500 001 89B5D378EEA611E290836AB8DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20130717010106 008 120611r20122011nyu b 001 0 eng d 010 $a bl2012020573 020 $a 0143121057 020 $a 9780143121053 (pbk.) 040 $a NjBwBT $c NjBwBT $d SILO 050 14 $a NK1133.28 $b .S73 2012 082 04 $a 381/.1920973 $2 23 082 14 $a 381 $2 15 100 1 $a Stanton, Maureen. 245 10 $a Killer stuff and tons of money : $b an insider's look at the world of flea markets, antiques, and collecting / $c Maureen Stanton. 260 $a New York : $b Penguin Books, $c 2012. 300 $a x, 326 p. ; $c 22 cm. 500 $a Originally published by Penguin Press in 2011 with the subtitle: seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-316) and index. 505 0 $a Prologue. Treasure hunters : the reality -- Opium bottles and knuckleheads -- One man's trash -- Boot camp -- An antiques dealer is made -- That good, good thing -- Everything rich and strange -- Ovoid nuts and southern belles -- All sad things are just like this -- Hot potato -- Tea for two -- Crowded house -- Two heads are better than one -- Stump the dealer -- Shop victoriously -- Gold is where you find it -- Roadshow rage -- Wilmington, a.k.a. the John Malkovich show -- Living the pilgrim century life -- Red carpet affair -- Captain antiques -- Life with principle -- Coda. A thousand years. 520 $a Traces the efforts of master antiques dealer Curt Avery to discover valuable and historically relevant items at flea markets, discussing flea market culture and some of Avery's unlikely successes. Includes numerous observations about major east-coast antique venues such as Brimfield as well as thoughts about the PBS television program "Antiques Roadshow". Author protects the identity of the main character and many other dealers with extensive use of pseudonyms (p. 279). 650 0 $a Antiques business $z United States. 650 0 $a Flea markets $z United States. 730 02 $a Killer stuff and tons of money : seeking history and hidden gems in flea-market America. 941 $a 2 952 $l DPPE403 $d 20240611011818.0 952 $l WZPC325 $d 20180804012009.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=89B5D378EEA611E290836AB8DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search