A longtime friend of Antiques & Auction News, Bill D’Anjolell, recently published a memoir titled “My Antiques Journey.”
According to the author, it includes everything you need to know about buying and selling antiques, whether you're a collector or a dealer. It also explains the behind-the-scenes of an antiques show, an appraisal “roadshow” with lots of antiques and collectible values on a variety of genres. The memoir mentions the best antiques stores and auction houses in the Philadelphia/Bucks County and also Cape May County area. This is where dealers and collectors get much of their merchandise. It also includes a good reference section, including a chapter on millenials, the anatomy of a flea marketeer, and what's hot and what's not.
Readers will also find an autobiographical history of the author as an antiques dealer and appraiser including some anecdotal stories about growing up in Philadelphia, his life in the antiques world, and the interesting and eclectic people he has met along the way.
It is sure to become a fun must-read for the serious collector and both past and present-day antiques dealer.
“My Antiques Journey” is available on Amazon.com for $24.95 with free shipping and is soon to be available at Barnes & Noble, among other book stores.