Genre: Arts & Photography
Author: Leigh Keno and Leslie Keno
Since childhood, these identical twins have been antiquing like crazy--going to flea markets as teens and re-selling their finds for a profit. It was but natural that as adults, they went into the antique business, and have now become even more familiar with their appearances on the "Antiques Roadshow", a popular U.S. TV show. In this book, they recount their early fascinations for old things, and from there, as they acquired sophisticated knowledge about American antiques, they narrate their fabulous finds--from a pair of 18th c. chairs found in a chicken coop...to a stunning silver-mounted secretary-bookcase uncovered in Paris, to the small mahogany card table bought at a yard sale for 25$ that turned out to be a masterpiece of American furniture worth hundred of thousands of dollars!
Lots of great color pictures, "before and after" restorations and personal archival documents from the authors. Though the examples shown are American (not exactly my taste), the stories resonate with the same feeling of excitement brought about by the thrill of a serendipitous find that any antique collector can relate to. Why, I even see a lot of myself in the Keno brothers (except that they both are blond, blue-eyed and have more greenbucks). Get a copy of "Hidden Treasures" today! Where? At your nearest Book Sale, of course!
(15 July 2009)
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