Book Club Groups When Andrea Sisco recommended Stealing With Style to her many book club followers, I realized many antique novices will be following Sterling's adventures. Of course, each chapter (except the first chapter) opens with a Q & A based on Sterling's syndicated antiques column, but some of these discussion questions may help make you a savvy antiqueer -- maybe even turn you into an antiques sleuth, or who knows, an appraiser! 1) Most people think anything that belonged to a grandmother is antique. We grannies don't like that much. What are the legal and connoisseur definitions of an antique? 2) Why is it important for appraisers to know history, especially the role inventions play in civilization? 3) How did you feel about Peter when he was first introduced? Did your opinion of him change any during the course of the book? 4) How does Leemont fit your image of the typical mid-size Southern town? Had you ever heard of a Starvation Party before? What other insights did the book give you into the South? 5) Before arriving at an accurate and fair value for an object, what are the various points an appraiser has to take into consideration? 6) What is the difference between Art Nouveau and Art Deco? Why do you think one style is so much more popular than the other? 7) Would you think a "reproduction" made from an original mold would be more valuable than one that isn't? 8) One of my own favorite characters in the book is Maribelle Mason. Have you ever encountered an antiques dealer similar to her? 9) If you were Sterling, would you have ventured out to Sol's the second time? What other precarious situations can you imagine an appraiser might encounter? 10) Why do you think antiques come and go out of fashion? What are some of today's "fashionable" styles? Do your parents or grandparents have some antiques that you don't like at all? What are they and why not? 11) And of course, the loaded question...Peter or Matt?