Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she’d anticipated. The antiques, she realizes, are not always what they seem: some are worth tens of thousands, others are well-done replicas. Whether the well-traveled and well-heeled couple who once owned Wynderly could have been trafficking in fakes is what Sterling must unravel from the secret rooms, hidden treasures, uncovered diaries, and convoluted trail of paperwork and provenance. As our sharp-witted heroine sifts through details doled out by the museum's curators, board members, and the town's local residents, she discovers that objects, unlike people, do not lie. The Big Steal is a delightful mystery that enhances readers' antiques acumen and provides an easy guide to identifying the most popular styles and periods in an illustrated appendix.
Appraiser Sterling Glass exams a number of rare objects that have shown up in a Goodwill store, only to become embroiled in a plot involving several prestigious families, valuable antiques, and con men at some of New York's leading auction houses.
Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes--most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.
Emyl Jenkins takes you through your home and teaches you how to identify, assess, record, and preserve your personal treasures. She also gives step-by-step advice on how to evaluate, insure, and sell your property; make photographic inventories; file claims for damage; and settle an estate.
This easy-to-use guide helps the collectors of antiques spot the telltale signs that separate the genuine articles from the imposters. With this quick reference in hand, collectors will able to evaluate with confidence the antique furniture found at auctions, tag sales, and retail shops. 240 black-and-white illustrations.
Just what makes a Southern Christmas so special? Is it the festiveness of the South's acclaimed hospitality? What accounts for its unmistakable charm? Emyl Jenkins writes that the answer lies in the South's rich traditions and heritage. For Christmas in the South is not just a day -- it is a season. All other seasons pale before the joys of Christmas as it has been observed through the centuries, from the Colonial days to the Civil War to the present. Christmas traditions in the South are deeply cherished, but you don't have to be Southern born and bred to enjoy a Southern Christmas. In Southern Christmas, Emyl Jenkins offers the timeless stories and histories, the sentimental lore and celebrations inherent to the region. In these pages are heartwarming and cheerful accounts that will bring smiles and gentle memories of your own Christmases to mind: mile-high stacks of grandmother's best china taken down from pantry shelves for yuletide parties and scrumptious meals...magnolia boughs, longleaf pine, red-berried hollies, and deep green boxwood gathered for wreaths and garlands. Indeed, decorations on Southern doors, windows, even tucked-away niches turn every scene into Christmas cards to greet friends and strangers alike. Southern Christmas is a book you will cuddle up with by the fire and read aloud to your family. Emyl Jenkins takes you on a Southern Christmas journey from Maryland to Texas with more than 250 stunningfull-colorphotographs. She visits private homes, museums and restorations, grand hotels, and charming inns in her chapters on Southern Christmas trees, decorations, food, parties, weddings, gifts, and music. Woven through the text are Emyl's "Gifts to the Reader,"providing beautiful decorating and luscious recipe ideas to brighten every home at Christmas. Emyl invites you into her home for Christmas dinner, takes you on a colorful tour of Opryland, and on a leisurely stroll in historic Williamsburg. Emyl Jenkins' Southern Christmas is a Christmas treasure dedicated to all who share the joy, the mirth, and the love of the season.
Is there anyone who does not love a garden? Its beauty, its fragrance, its quietness, its glory, its magic? Emyl Jenkins writes, "My garden is my comfort, a sacred place where my spirit is restored, my mind refreshed, and my body rejuvenated." In the garden you can find life's deeper meaning and behold its scheme. Cheerful little surprises are everywhere in every season. You can nurture your soul in the garden as you fall under its magical spell. Join Emyl Jenkins as she explores the lore, the poetry, and the universal allure of the garden in Emyl Jenkins' Pleasure of the Garden. Come with her through the garden gate, along winding pathways, down country roads, to the grand formal gardens of another time, to the farmers' market, out to the seashore, and up to the mountains to behold gardens that are simple and majestic, quiet and exuberant. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden appeals to the garden lover in all of us. With her charming and literary style, Emyl paints portraits of gardens in all seasons and for all occasions. Illustrated with more than 250 beautiful full-color photographs, here are chapters on spring and summer gardens, winter and autumn gardens, family gardens, children's gardens, garden ornaments, working women's gardens, and garden celebrations. Emyl shares personal and heartwarming stories that will inspire and delight. She takes you on a trip along the road she traveled as a child to her grandmother's house, stopping to visit various gardens along the way. She attends a traditional May Day celebration. She takes us to a children's garden tea and to a party where the guests play a Victorian parlor flower game. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden is abook you will read all year-round for inspiration and ideas. Woven throughout the text are Emyl's "Gifts from the Garden," offering ideas for creating special garden crafts that will brighten your home and garden. Learn how to create an herb table, colorful garden lace, fragrant herbal bath waters, or a fruit and flower garland. Each chapter also contains lovely garden quotations from literature and poetry. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden is a beautiful, nostalgic, and charming book dedicated to all those who love the magic, the timelessness, the comfort, and the spirit of the garden.
The renowned cookbook and lifestyle author has put together a heartwarming look at the unique qualities of a Southern Christmas. The book travels from Maryland to Texas, from private homes and museums to grand hotels and country inns, sharing the festivities, recipes, decorations, music, gifts, and lore that make a Southern Christmas so special.
Hired to assess the value of broken and missing antiques following a suspicious burglary at a Virginia manor house, intrepid appraiser and amateur sleuth Sterling Glass finds that her job is more complicated than she’d anticipated. The antiques, she realizes, are not always what they seem: some are worth tens of thousands, others are well-done replicas. Whether the well-traveled and well-heeled couple who once owned Wynderly could have been trafficking in fakes is what Sterling must unravel from the secret rooms, hidden treasures, uncovered diaries, and convoluted trail of paperwork and provenance. As our sharp-witted heroine sifts through details doled out by the museum's curators, board members, and the town's local residents, she discovers that objects, unlike people, do not lie. The Big Steal is a delightful mystery that enhances readers' antiques acumen and provides an easy guide to identifying the most popular styles and periods in an illustrated appendix.
Southern hostess extraordinaire, Emyl Jenkins shares her top secret collection of 200 fast, foolproof recipes--most can be prepared in 30 minutes or less.
Sterling Glass has built a nice appraisal business in her small Virginia town. She's sought after to examine antiques, research their history, present her clients with approximate values, and help them distinguish good antiques from not so good ones. And when family skeletons are unearthed among the heirlooms, she is the soul of discretion. It's a world she navigates with ease. But that's before she's called in to examine a diamond brooch found tucked inside an oven mitt over at the Salvation Army thrift store. And before the appraisal of an extremely modest estate turns up a tea urn—hidden inside a basket—worth at least fifty grand. Things aren't adding up, and Sterling, never one to let go of loose ends, starts asking questions. It's not long before she uncovers an intricate plot involving a slew of antique pieces, the oldest families in Leemont, some sophisticated scammers, crooked antiques dealers, and shifty people at the best New York auction houses. Add to that one elderly man who's just trying to preserve his family's treasured collection of bronze and ivory Art Deco sculptures, and suddenly Sterling finds herself ensnared in a mystery laced with greed, deceit, and danger. Stealing with Style, the first in the Sterling Glass series, introduces a writer of great wit who has a grand sense of the mystery hidden in our most treasured possessions.
This easy-to-use guide helps the collectors of antiques spot the telltale signs that separate the genuine articles from the imposters. With this quick reference in hand, collectors will able to evaluate with confidence the antique furniture found at auctions, tag sales, and retail shops. 240 black-and-white illustrations.
Emyl Jenkins takes you through your home and teaches you how to identify, assess, record, and preserve your personal treasures. She also gives step-by-step advice on how to evaluate, insure, and sell your property; make photographic inventories; file claims for damage; and settle an estate.
Is there anyone who does not love a garden? Its beauty, its fragrance, its quietness, its glory, its magic? Emyl Jenkins writes, "My garden is my comfort, a sacred place where my spirit is restored, my mind refreshed, and my body rejuvenated." In the garden you can find life's deeper meaning and behold its scheme. Cheerful little surprises are everywhere in every season. You can nurture your soul in the garden as you fall under its magical spell. Join Emyl Jenkins as she explores the lore, the poetry, and the universal allure of the garden in Emyl Jenkins' Pleasure of the Garden. Come with her through the garden gate, along winding pathways, down country roads, to the grand formal gardens of another time, to the farmers' market, out to the seashore, and up to the mountains to behold gardens that are simple and majestic, quiet and exuberant. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden appeals to the garden lover in all of us. With her charming and literary style, Emyl paints portraits of gardens in all seasons and for all occasions. Illustrated with more than 250 beautiful full-color photographs, here are chapters on spring and summer gardens, winter and autumn gardens, family gardens, children's gardens, garden ornaments, working women's gardens, and garden celebrations. Emyl shares personal and heartwarming stories that will inspire and delight. She takes you on a trip along the road she traveled as a child to her grandmother's house, stopping to visit various gardens along the way. She attends a traditional May Day celebration. She takes us to a children's garden tea and to a party where the guests play a Victorian parlor flower game. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden is abook you will read all year-round for inspiration and ideas. Woven throughout the text are Emyl's "Gifts from the Garden," offering ideas for creating special garden crafts that will brighten your home and garden. Learn how to create an herb table, colorful garden lace, fragrant herbal bath waters, or a fruit and flower garland. Each chapter also contains lovely garden quotations from literature and poetry. Emyl Jenkins' Pleasures of the Garden is a beautiful, nostalgic, and charming book dedicated to all those who love the magic, the timelessness, the comfort, and the spirit of the garden.
The renowned cookbook and lifestyle author has put together a heartwarming look at the unique qualities of a Southern Christmas. The book travels from Maryland to Texas, from private homes and museums to grand hotels and country inns, sharing the festivities, recipes, decorations, music, gifts, and lore that make a Southern Christmas so special.
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