Killer Stuff and Tons of Money: An Insider's Look at Flea Markets, Antiques, and Collecting Maureen Stanton will sign copies of her acclaimed book just released in paperback, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," at the Brimfield Flea Market on Fri. & Sat. July 13 and 14, 20
News-Antique.com - Jul 07,2012 - Meet Maureen Stanton, author of "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," an honest and entertaining insider account of the antiques, flea market, and collecting subculture, at the Brimfield Flea Market. She will sign copies of the newly released paperback at the Brimfield Flea Market on Friday, July 13 and Saturday, July 14 at the food court near the New England Motel field on Route 20. "Killer Stuff" was selected as a 2012 "Must Read" book by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, was a Finalist in nonfiction in the Maine Literary Awards, a first place in the New England Book Festival nonfiction category. "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money" was a Favorite Book of 2011 in the Chicago Sun-Times, the San Jose Mercury News, the Kansas City Star, and the Seattle Post Intelligencer. Stanton shadowed an "itinerant" antiques dealer, Curt Avery, over a period of seven years to get the authentic account of the passion and knowledge dealers need, the joy and the challenges of the trade, and the fascinating histories of objects like forks, chairs, weathervanes, opium bottles, ouija boards, six-board blanket chests, marbles, nutcrackers, comic books and much more. For more information visit: www.killerstuffandtonsofmoney.com
