Jeffrey Lant

Look for the Silver Lining : Adventures in the Antique Silver Market...April - November, 2016 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

I have been interested in antique silver most of my life. Unfortunately, when I was young I had no good place to see antique silver, nor did I the means for purchasing what I already admired. This unsatisfactory state went on for some years. As when I lived in London, I used to go look in the shop windows at Garrard's... the silversmith which made the Sovereign's baubles. I made a vow to myself. I would never go into this establishment unless and until I had the funds to buy something suitable. I kept this promise. And so I became a window watcher. also when I lived in London I had everyday to pass the Silver Vaults.Just passing by the windows of this astonishing establishment, I caught myself in an audible intake of breath. My serious work in silver began in New York at Sotheby's. They treated me like the czar of all the Russias. The folks at Sotheby's were focused and attentive, answering questions not already asked but necessary, and not doing anything which would draw attention to my ignorance of this glorious matter. Now, since those earlier days, when I made my first major purchase and which I shall always regard as a red letter day in my life. I have without having big league money, challenged the big leaguers with the big bucks. They could spend their way to glory. I had to think about every penny and where it was best expended and how I should use it for maximum effect. I am glad that it worked out that way. Now every foray into the antique silver market meant homework, and questioning the experts.. In short order, I was something of an expert myself. This book, "Look for the Silver Lining", is a snapshot of a few months of my silver purchase activities in the year 2016. You will see that I tell you more than what I gained; I tell you why. And I tell you something else that no one else ever tells you: what I lost, and what I did to ensure that I learned the most from every episode, and spent the absolute minimum. You see, I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. I had to buy it at auction! And you can be sure that I got just the price I wanted to pay.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jeffrey Lant
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781386887027
• Artikelnr.: 47347413

Autorenporträt

Dr. Jeffrey Lant is known worldwide. He started in the media business when he was 5 years old, a Kindergartner in Downers Grove, Illinois, publishing his first newspaper article. Since then Dr. Lant has earned four university degrees, including the PhD from Harvard. He has taught at over 40 colleges and universities and is quite possibly the first to offer satellite courses. He has written over 50 books, thousands of articles and been a welcome guest on hundreds of radio and television programs. He has founded several successful corporations and businesses including his latest at …writerssecrets.com

His memoirs "A Connoisseur's Journey" has garnered nine literary prizes that ensure its classic status. Its subtitle is "Being the artful memoirs of a man of wit, discernment, pluck, and joy." A good read by this man of so many letters. Such a man can offer you thousands of insights into the business of becoming a successful writer. Be sure to sign up now at www.writerssecrets.co