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How To Start An Antique Business?

How To Start An Antique BusinessIf you have a liking for beautiful things from the past, an antique business could be a good business option for you. The best thing would be that you will access resources on how to find the best antiques, appraise, purchase, antique sales, antiques collection, etc.

One of the best things about antique business is that it can be operated from home. Moreover, it is a low risk and high return business and can be started alongside your regular job. All in all, dealing in antiques and collectibles can be an excellent business without leaving your regular job.

Before you plan to do so, it is important for you to have a clear understanding about antiques and collectibles (also spelled as collectables).

Antiques are defined as anything above 100 years fold while collectibles is a term for distinguishing more recent items from antiques. Collectables are things that people collect, usually belonging to the past, including old movie memorabilia and comics books.

If you already have some antiques in your personal collection, half of the battle is already won before it even started. If you are in the process of building up your inventory, you need to be financially strong as the antiques business is an expensive business. In case you want some resources or tips on how to get things going, you can access local and international collectibles news, antiques show, antiques collection, and antiques blogs.

To get the best antiques, you need to check out estate sales, garage sales, and flea markets for interesting things that are saleable. You may buy antiques online but make sure that you are buying genuine antiques and collectables from a reputed auction house or antiques store. You can even offer commissions to other collectors if they provide assistance in selling antiques owned by you.

Antiques Dealers To Compete On Reality Show

Antiques Dealers To Compete On Reality ShowPBS is giving the genteel “Antiques Roadshow” a fierce partner with “Market Wars” that will be an antiques hunt reality competition show.

On Wednesday, PBS announced that the 20-episode series from the producers of “Antiques Roadshow” will send professional antiques dealers in a nationwide hunt for the best vintage bargain. The auction will be won by the dealer whose item snares the biggest profit.

The show will expose the “real, rough and tumble competition” in the antiques marketplace, the producers of “Market Wars” promise. The series will start next summer, teaming on Monday nights with “Antiques Roadshow.” Viewers need not worry that PBS will be overtaken by reality shows, PBS chief Paula Kerger told the Television Critics Association.

State Troopers Looking For Antique Burglars

Alaska State Troopers are searching for burglars who made off with truckloads of antiques from a local shop.

State Troopers Looking For Antique Burglars

On November 29, Bill Lowe who owns Treasure Trunk Antiques at Mile 37.5 of the Glenn Highway discovered that a pair of storage buildings housing “a lifetime’s worth” of antiques and unique items had been stolen.

“I’m thinking they might have made more than one trip there,” he said, adding the buildings held “everything I’ve collected in the last 40 years. They almost cleaned me out. There were 14 or 15 bicycles with the balloon tires, Schwinn bicycles from the ’60s that were in mint condition, a Texaco gas pump from the ’50s. … These are things you don’t see anymore, and there’s not a whole lot of antiques in Alaska.”

Lowe says in a post on his Facebook page that Alaska Native dolls and baskets, a 13-pound mastodon tooth and a 100-year-old large brass cash register are also gone with the theft.

Antique and Collectibles Show coming in February

Antique and <b>Collectibles</b> Show coming in FebruaryThe 47th annual Antiques and Collectibles Show and Sale will be hosted by the Service Club of Manatee Count on February 17, 18, and 19 at the Manatee Convention Center in Palmetto.

There will be 50 vendors showcasing silver, fine china, porcelains, jewelry, textiles, glassware, furniture, paintings, decorative accessories, and more. The show kicks off on February 17 with a Gala Preview Evening from 5 to 9 p.m. and gala tickets can be purchased from Service Club members for $10 in advance or $20 at the door and are good for the entire weekend.

The show tickets for Saturday and Sunday are at $6 at the door and the show hours are 0 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 18 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 19. On Saturday, antique appraisals by Kennedy Brothers Appraisals will be available from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

For information or tickets, call 941-812-8226 or visit www.ManateeServiceClub.com

Unique Antiques Offered By Aberfeldy Hall

Unique Antiques Offered By Aberfeldy Hall

Aberfeldy Hall Antiques, Collectables and Curious Finds at 29 King St. East in Cobour is offering items that are unique, eclectic, thoughtful, and fun. The best part is that these unique antiques would be just the perfect thing for gift-giving for that special someone.

The shop features Canadiana, Victorian and mid-century finds, exotic garments and vintage erotica, art, books, china, crystal, handmade throws, ephemera, jewelry, handmade linens, furniture, and touchstones from your youth. The shop is closed on Mondays and can be contacted at 905-396-0277 or www.antiques-aberfeldyhall.com. The interesting one-of-a-kind articles, whether up-cycled, re-purposed or twice-touched, are available at accessible prices.

Antique Shop Hit By Thieves

Antique Shop Hit By ThievesAt the weekend, a number of items were stolen from an antiques shop in Chipping Campden.

On Sunday, the Stuart House Antiques on the High Street was broken into at about 3.15am and numerous pieces of antique crockery were damaged.

From Cotswoldjournal.co.uk:

Thieves made off with items worth up to £3,000, including silver-plated cutlery, toast racks, fish slices and cruet sets.

Police believe offenders reversed a vehicle into the doors of the premises, forcing them open before leaving the scene in a vehicle towards Stratford.

Anyone with any information is requested to contact the police.

Jeffrey S. Evans Antique Auction To Emphasize On South

Jeffrey S. Evans Antique Auction To Emphasize On SouthJeffrey S. Evans & Associates has announced its 21st annual fall cataloged auction of Americana and fine antiques spotlighting Virginia and the South.

The auction will take place on Saturday, Nov. 12, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Eastern at the firm’s gallery at 2177 Green Valley Lane in Mount Crawford.

From Acn.liveauctioneers.com:

The sale will include a large selection of Virginia and other Southern decorative arts; 18th- and 19th-century American furniture; fraktur and folk art; samplers and other textiles, folk pottery, a large collection of ironware, antique firearms, a collection of Southern silver, a large selection of 18th- and 19th-century English and Asian ceramics and fine jewelry. Ninety-nine percent of the lots will sell without reserve.

Virginia furniture is highlighted by a fine Chippendale walnut corner or smoking chair (lot 536) from the second half of the 18th century. This rare survivor is attributed to Isle of Wright County and was published by John Bivins in his 1988 volume The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820 (p. 173). Another closely related example resides in the Colonial Williamsburg collection and is illustrated on page 108 of Southern Furniture 1680-1830 by Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown. The Colonial Williamsburg example is attributed to Southampton or Greensville County, Va., just west of Isle of Wright Co. The chair offered in this auction is from the private collection of Dr. Charles and Elizabeth Umstott of Newport, News, Va., and was acquired from the late John Bivins Jr. It carries an estimate of $6,000-9,000.

On Friday, Nov. 11 at 6 p.m. the Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates Fall Lecture Series will be held at the firm’s Mount Crawford.

Manik Bagh Antiques To Be Auctioned

According to a statement by the Sotheby’s auction house at Delphi on Tuesday, two rare pieces of art deco furniture, including an armchair and a liquor bar, designed for the palace of the erstwhile ruler of Indore, will be put on sale by Sotheby’s in Paris.

These antiques will be part of the 20th century decorative arts and contemporary design sale that will be held on November 22.

From Timesofindia.indiatimes.com:

The Transat armchair was designed by artist-decorator Eileen Gray and the liquor bar was designed by Eckart Muthesius. The two pieces adorned the Manik Bagh palace interiors between 1920s-30s. The pieces are among the seven decorative arts and antique furniture to go under the hammer.

The black-lacquered chrome and leather Transat armchair is estimated to fetch $1,382,000, Sotheby’s said. The armchair was acquired at a sale of furniture from the ruler’s palace in May 1980.

The auction house said the palace’s 1930 interiors were created by the German architect and interior designer Eckart in collaboration with avant-garde artist-decorators Gray, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Le Corbusier, and Louis Sognot.

East Texas Town Named Antiques Capital

East Texas Town Named Antiques Capital

A town in East Texas, Gladewater, has been a thriving community of antiques malls and stores.

However, many stores had closed, gone out of business, and boarded up following the recession of the 1980s. The late Beth Bishop led a group of antiques dealers in a move that would eventually see the town officially recognized as “The Antique Capital of east Texas”.

From Blog.christiandaviesantiques.co.uk:

The dealers started with booths in Gladewater Mall, which is now owned by Margaret Larkin. Individuals set up booths selling antique goods and collectibles. Gradually a number of other malls and antiques stores opened, until the Main street and two adjoining streets became officially recognised as The Antiques Capital of East Texas. About 200 individual traders now thrive in Gladewater, with antiques and collectibles to be found from all over the world. One shop is proud to stock items which have been sourced in Italy, including art and design.

The area successfully mixes the world of antiques with contemporary goods. One store sells exotic loose leaf teas, with over 20 blends available. In the same store you will find antique teapots, cups and other items used to brew a cup of tea. Gladewater also has a reputation for memories, as a number of people are happy to browse and recognise an item from many years ago.

UK residents know they can find items like antique desks in the Lancashire area, in what could almost be termed the ‘antique capital of the North’.

Art and antique photos released after theft

Police has released pictures of artwork and antiques stolen from a stately home in Shropshire.

Paintings, antique furniture, and more than 100 bottles of wine were taken in the burglary.

From BBC.co.uk:

The police said they were not releasing the address where they were taken from for “security reasons”.

Det Con Dave Bettison said: “I am appealing for information from fine art galleries and others who may be approached and offered these items.”

The stolen items include a signed watercolour by Albert Neuhuys and a 19in (48cm) tall mantle clock.

Exact value of the stolen property may run into “many thousands of pounds”, police said.