Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: Seeking History and Hidden Gems in Flea-Market America - Hardcover

Stanton, Maureen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1594202931 ISBN 13: 9781594202933

Publisher: Penguin Pr, 2011

Synopsis

A Pushcart Prize-winning writer traces the efforts of master antiques dealer Curt Avery to discover valuable and historically relevant items at flea markets, in a report on flea-market culture that also traces Avery's unlikely successes. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

"An intoxicating read that rips away the lace curtains from the antiques biz." --Parade Magazine, July 17, 2011

"Utterly engaging...Not since Larry McMurtry's fictitious rogue 'Cadillac Jack' has there been such a charming emissary from the world of the previously owned. --The Washington Post, June 19, 2011

"Killer Stuff is a killer read. Enjoy it, then hop in the station wagon and see if you strike gold." --BookPage, May 18, 2011

"Captures the lower and middle echelons of the [antiques]business with great skill...makes a fine companion for a day at the beaach--or a weekend treasure hunting." --Wall Street Journal, June 11, 2011

"A treasure-trove of a book."
--Kirkus Reviews, May 2011

About the Author:

Maureen Stanton's work has been featured in Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, Iowa Review, American Literary Review, The Sun, and Riverteeth, among other journals, and anthologies, including Best of The Sun, Best of Brevity, and Best Texas Writing. She has received numerous awards, including the Pushcart Prize, the National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and a Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. She teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Missouri.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1594202931
• ISBN 13: 9781594202933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 326