Unsolved History by Joe Nickell

Author:Joe Nickell [Nickell, Joe]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2011-12-26T06:00:00+00:00

Recommended Works

Cescinsky, Herbert. The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture. 1931; reprint, New York: Dover, 1967. Specialized treatise on how antique furniture is faked and how the fakery is detected; 292 plates.

Gilbert, Anne. How to Be an Antiques Detective. New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1978. Overview of antique sleuthing: How to identify and date antiques and to spot fakes; features case histories involving art, furniture, glassware, hardware, silver, textiles, etc.

Hamblin, Dora Jane. Pots and Robbers. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970. Interesting look at Italian archaeologists, tombaroli (grave robbers), and forgets—all of whose lives are concerned with Etruscan, Greek, and Roman artifacts. Illustrated.

Katz, Herbert and Marjorie. Museum Adventures: An Introduction to Discovery. New York: Coward-McCann, 1969. Exploration of selected large and small museums, and their varied collections, across the United States. Part I features history museums.

Klamkin, Marian and Charles. Investing in Antiques and Popular Collectibles for Pleasure and Profit. New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1975. In addition to main theme, collecting for profit, are sidelights on the pitfalls of reproductions and forgeries.

Mills, John FitzMaurice. Treasure Keepers. New York: Doubleday, 1973. Entertaining and informative look at the various aspects of caring for the world’s treasured artifacts, including conservation, restoration, investigation, and display.

Panati, Charles. The Browers Book of Beginnings: Origin of Everything under (and Including) the Sun. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984. Compendium on the origins of common objects, customs, etc. Not intended to replace more scholarly, specialized works.

———. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. New York: Harper and Row, 1987. Another compendium of origins of common things ranging from acetate to zipper.

Treasures of America and Where to Find Them. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association, 1974. Region-by-region guide, with maps and color photographs, to museums as well as historic and architectural sites.

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