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Do you know an antique from a reproduction? Can you spot the telltale signs of a resoration or a rebuilt piece? Harry Rinker can, and he's sharing his expertise in a four-course Antiques and Collectible Summer Camp West July 8-15.
Rinker is host of Home and Garden Television's Collector Inspector. His courses will improve the skills of those in the business or just interested in antiques and collectibles. Portland State is collaborating with Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and the Institute for the Study of Antiques and Collectible to offer them in Portland.
The courses, which take place at McMenamins' Kennedy School in Portland, are
- Buying and Seling Antiques and Collectibles (July 8-9),
- Authenticating Antiques and Collectibles (July 10-11),
- American Furniture Design Styles (July 12-13), and
- Business Opportunities in Antiques and Collectibles (July 14-15).
The two-day courses are from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day and cost $265. Registration for all four two-day courses is $1,000.
Rinker, an avid antiques collector and educator, founded the Institute for the Study of Antiques and Collectibles in 1991. In addition to hosting Collector Inspector, he has appeared as a guest on Oprah, Martha Stewart Living, and Today. He also had edited or authored The Official Guide to Flea Market Prices, The Official Rinker Price Guide to Collectibles, and "Rinker on Collectibles," a weekly syndicated column appearing in trade papers and daily periodicals from coast to coast.
For details and registration information on the summer camp, visit the Web site www.pdc.pdx.edu/antiques/ or call 503-725-4820.