How to get Ahead in The Antiques Business

Photograph by Harold Kahn Assistant Professor at Bergen Community College

How to get Ahead in The Antiques Business Photo Credit: Harold Kahn, Via Clarke Auction Gallery Always, always, always, find antiques and collectibles that are unique. If of an object, you are considering buying for resale you can say, “I have never seen anything like it” then that is precisely what you should buy for [...]

American Pickers In California, Oh My! What’s a Dealer to Do?

Boyhood Ambition Money Clip

Mike from American Pickers Was In California Recently …Me? I am just grateful he left something for me to find… Vintage Boyhood Ambition Money Clip – Please Note The “Junk” Wagon I recently started following Mike Wolfe from American Pickers on Twitter here: @American Picker He said that he was in California, that he hadn’t [...]

A Reader Asks…

The Estate Sales Business seen as a Maze

“I’d Like To Know How To Work In The Estate Sales Business” As you might imagine I get at least a few questions about how to work for, or how to start an Estate Sales Business every week. People are looking for different ways to generate additional incomes as a side jobs or they’re looking [...]

Antique Optician and Optometrist Trade Signs

Optician Eyeglasses Trade sign sold by Pook and Pook

Keep your Eye on Antiques! Pair of 19th Century San Francisco Optician Trade Signs from Giannetti Home $2,100.00 Especially Antiques With Eye Appeal! Antique Optician Trade Sign 1880′s Sold at Auction by Pook and Pook for $585.00 Massive Antique Iron and Glass Optician Trade Sign 57.5″ Wide Circa 1880′s Collect and Sell Antiques with an [...]

The Value of Gold and Silver Collectibles

Take Care as Antiques Dealers, Collectors, or Sellers! The value of gold and silver as pegged to the precious metals spot market price is now often times higher than the value of the gold or silver as an object of utility. The Gold and Silver Rush Is On… Today the spot price of Gold and [...]