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Dealer to Dealer Sales, Life blood of the Antiques Trade.

With out Dealer to Dealer sales the Antiques and Collectibles Business would fold.
It's not much talked about, but everyone is aware of it. In my end of the business it's absolutely vital, I have to buy cheap enough to resell to another Dealer who can mark it up and resell it to another dealer, in my view few items actually end up in collectors hands. Of course that's not a wholly accurate statement, but it does get to the point, that yo… Continue

Using Google to research your Antiques and Collectible Treasures pt.2

Google is flexible can be used as a "Spell Check" as if you didn't know. So when searching for Names of People, Places or Products check the spelling, often times Google will come back with "Did You Mean" and the correct spelling.... well CHECK The WRONG SPELLING Sites! Many Web-masters will Key Word Common Miss Spellings, or Variations on it.

Need to know how the fashion fussy Victorian House Wife decorated her home? Google… Continue

Researching your Collectibles and Antiques

I've been kickin around Antique Shops and Auctions a long time now, read up on the Price Guides for FUN, faithfully follow Antiques Road Show, and I still know nothing about much of anything!

So how do you go about getting information about an item you have no clue about? How can you find it's value, it's history?In the Olden Days, I would go through 30 Price Guides, ask my Store Mates, Ask anyone who might have an Idea.

Today we have Google! We also… Continue

Have a very pretty Limoges water pitcher going up for auction soon. So I did some research on it and found it to be very educational. Limoges is an area in France that has the Whitest Clay called Kaolin. So Limoges is "Generic" term for all "Porcelain" made in that region, somewhat mo… Continue

Sliver Nitrate Glass Bowl Artist Signed Joan Reep Art Glass Bowl

Dark blues, heavy purple, creams, silver greens, yellows swirl, collide and swirl over, under and around each other. Hand blown Art Glass Bowl by Colorado Glass Artist Joan Reep. Made of Silver Nitrate Glass this bowl is… Continue