antique market

What You Need to Know About Auction Reserves



by Ivy on July 20, 2012

I deal with a lot of auction houses for both buying and selling antiques and collectibles. I get asked a lot of questions about reserves. In this article I will answer many of these questions. Auction Reserve Q & A Should I put a reserve on my items? This really depends on what you are [...]

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Things you Need to Know When Buying and Selling Vinyl Records/Phonographs



by Ivy on March 9, 2012

When buying or selling vinyl recodes there are some things you need to know. In this article I will cover some of the more important things you need to know when dealing with vinyl records. Let’s get started with knowing what type of records you have. There are many different sizes of records that have [...]

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Top 10 Antique Buying Tips



by admin on January 13, 2009

When buying antiques you want to be confident and knowledgeable. In this article i have covered 10 things you can do to help protect yourself and to find a few good bargains at the same time when buying Antiques or Collectibles. 1. Always Negotiate the price Many dealers will have a code marked somewhere on [...]

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What’s Hot in the Antique Market?



by admin on January 9, 2009

I have put together a list of the most popular antiques in regards to what sells good, what retains their value well etc from the broader antique market. This article covers a small sampling of the myriad of antiques you can find on the market but should be enough to give you a very good [...]

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eBay – The Death of the Common Antique Market



by admin on November 13, 2008

For years now when my Mechanical music friends, mentors, collogues, and myself get together for meetings and other events there is a subject that always comes up. That is the effect eBay is having on them and the antique world. This conversation on antiques always starts out the same way. They start talking about how [...]

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