Cash In on Antiques

# Cash In on Antiques

IF you are among the thousands of bewildered investors who have been disappointed and taken their lumps in stocks and bonds, in commodities, in real
estate, in foreign currencies, in silver etc. etc. NOW READ THIS!
© 1974 Good News Publishing Co.
SPEND ST TO LEARN HOW
TO CASHIN ON ANTIQUES
It's a $1,000,000,000
Who is Richard H. Rush
and how come he wrote
Would You
a year business!
CANTIQUES
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this book?
Pay $14,560
"'Antiques As An Investmenp"
INTESTVET
analyzes the antique furniture
He's a prominent economist, financier and
former president of a large corporation. He
for this chair?
market, guides the investor
is generally considered a leading authority
A lucky investor spent just that amount
on art and antique prices.
He has lectured
for 10 of these chairs at Sotheby's
throughout the U.S. on art and antiques as
in London in 1966. During
investments. His own art and antique collec-
the past 7 years, the price
tion is valued at over $1,000,000. He holds
of English Chippendale in
many degrees, among them an M.B.A. from
the art market has increased
Harvard.
approximately 50%. So these
chairs at today's prices would
complete

Are you
Includes 536
pages and 385
photos, graphs
SERIOUS
and illustra.
tions!
By the
about your
author of:
31 FACT-PACKED chapters
"A Strategy of Investing
probably cost $22,000 or
more. From 1950 to 1965,
not
1. The "Age of Elegance"
English Chippendale increased
MONEY?

for Higher Return'
"The Techniques of Becoming
Wealthy" "Art as an Investment!'
2. The Fashion of Collecting Antiques
5 TIMES IN
VALUE! Many of these
Who isn't? Money is hard to come by, easy to LOSE or dribble away. The ultra-
3. Changing Furniture Vogues
beautiful pieces are finding their way into the museums,
conservative put their money in so-called blue chip stocks, tax-free municipal
4. The Marker Price of Antiques
thus diminishing the available supply of an already tight
bonds, certificates of deposit and other SAFE investments. Lots of smart money
commodity. 5. Louis XIV
has gone into ART which has had a sensational rise in value in recent years. But
6. From Regence Through Louis XV
The Importance of distinguishing
we're talking about
ANTIQUE
FURNITURE. 7. From Transition Through Louis XVI
reproductions. abr. Richard H. Rush, the elknot eat of this bok, or
8. Directoire
the genuine from the FAKE
written three other books on unusual investments, including
"The Strategy
Investing For Higher Return". He has devoted a good portion of his entire adult
9. Empire
Dr. Rush devotes an entire chapter (29) to the important
life to collecting and writing about ART and.ANTIQUES. 10. French Provincial
subject,
"Authentic Or Fake?" In 1937, the U.S. Treasury
Examine the 31 chapter headings at the left. They present the most COMPRE-
Department
estimated that
"in
the 28 years since the
HENSIVE overview of
the antique furniture market in America today. In the
11.

Renaissance Italian
passage of the Morgan Act of 1906 giving preferential tariff
Introduction, Dr. Rush says,
"Prices of antiques have been rising rapidly in the
12. Painted Italian
treatment to antique imports, it LOST $500,000,000 in
ast several years, and if the factors that are responsible continue in force, the
RICE RISE CANNOT HELP BUT ACCELERATE within the next few years
13. Jacobean
taxes through the
importation of spurious antiques that
14. William and Mary
went through DUTY FREE as real antiques." In most cases
There is now developing a notable shortage not only of good antiques but of
15. Queen Anne
antique dealers and auction houses, even the most reliable,
ANY antiques." There you have it: genuine Chippendale furniture,
Heppelwhite
chairs and breakfronts, Louis XVI commodes, etc. are in obviously limited supply
put ihe burden of accepting authenticity on the buyer. The
16. Chippendale
entire problem of authentication is not an easy
one and
and increasing demand in the market place. 17. Adam
mistakes can be extremely costly. A $50,000 double block-
This great book will not only serve as a guide to the serious investor, it will open
18. Heppelwhite
front "Goddard highboy"
• if not by Goddard because not
up a whole new horizon of interest for the newcomer of relatively modest means
19. Sheraton
of the period, is worth $1,000 or less, not $50.000. In this
but educable TASTE. You will learn how to browse knowingly in antique shops in
ut-of-the-way places.