February Issue Preview – Furniture Price Index of 2012
The next issue of Antique Collecting will include the annual ACC Antique Furniture Price Index. Published since 1968, this highly respected feature will reveal the value of furniture in 2012 relative to previous years, and indeed, decades.
With insightful comparisons to the FTSE 250, house prices and the benchmark cost of a Mars bar (in the form of line graphs), John Andrews clearly illustrates and dissects last year’s figures.
Contents
The ACC Antique Furniture Price Index in 2012 by John Andrews
We reveal what happened to the price of antique furniture last year.
The Pleasures and Perils of Pastels by Richard Kay
Richard Kay introduces the medium, with examples from the 18th to 20th centuries.
Chinese Polychrome Porcelain by Jeremy Lamond
Jeremy Lamond examines the history behind the naming of Chinese ‘famille’ porcelains.
An Introduction to Indian Silver by Alexis Butcher
A fascinating insight into this less familiar area of antique silver.