- 352 pages
- English
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About This Book
"A delight. All the Best Rubbish is one of those rare volumes that both instruct and entertain. I recommend it to any collector."āHarold L. Peterson, Chief Curator, US National Park Service
Ivor Noel Hume, the former chief archaeologist of Colonial Williamsburg, offers a delightful, anecdotal, and informative celebration of the joys of collecting.
In his newly revised edition, All the Best Rubbish traces the fascinating history of collecting from its recorded beginnings and describes the remarkable detective work that goes into establishing the probable facts about uncovered and often underappreciated treasures. Now expanded with hints, tips, and helpful information about antique-hunting online, All the Best Rubbish is the ideal book for the antiquarian or amateur.
NoĆ«l Hume has pursued bottles, pottery, clocks, and coins through junk shops, street markets, attics, and cellars on two continents. He's unearthed the most fascinatingāand valuableārubbish from the most unlikely places: the shores of the Thames in London; the lagoons of the Caribbean; the bottom of Martha Washington's well. Hume knows everything that's worth knowing about collectingāwhy we do it, what we can find, where we can find it, and what we can learn from it.
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Table of contents
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- ONE: āWhatās Past Is Prologue ā¦ā
- TWO: To Have and to Hold
- THREE: Cabinets, Closets, and Dubitable Curiosities
- FOUR: In Search of Bald Sextons
- FIVE: Something for Nothing
- SIX: Billie and Charlie and Margaret North
- SEVEN: Of Mud, and Pots, and Puppy Dogs, and Mistakes that Come Back in the Night
- EIGHT: Adam and Eve to Caroline, with Intermediate Stops
- NINE: History in a Green Bottle
- TEN: āAll the Best Rubbish Is Goneā
- ELEVEN: A Word in Your Eye
- TWELVE: Of Mermaids, Fakes, and Other Grave Matters
- THIRTEEN: And Then What?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Searchable Terms
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Credits
- Copyright
- About the Publisher