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Antique Dealers: Where Antiques Originate From
It's
important to understand where antiques originate.
Many antique buyers make the mistake of mis-understanding
the process by which antique items are found. Many
collectors and dealers waste valuable time searching
in places where they believe that these items are
in great abundance. But a true understanding of where
antiques originate seems to have eluded many well
meaning antique dealers and collectors.
It's
elementary Watson!
If
you want to find fresh-to-the-market antiques and
collectibles, you need to go where they are in great
abundance, and where they originate! Antiques do not
orginate at auctions, or at flea markets, or at antique
shows. Antiques originate in people's homes. This
is a fundamental truth for 99% of all antiques that
you will ever see.
Another
truth that many people overlook.
The
other simple fact, is that most antiques that you
are most likely to get a great deal on reside in the
homes of people who are older. Young people do not,
as a general rule have antiques in the abundance that
older people do. Why? Because older people came from
a generation that saved everything, and you will find
that a majority of the time they have kept it all!
From the 1950's toys in the closet to the old toaster
that was just too good to throw away, older folks
still have most of everything they ever owned.
Where
will you spend your "prime-time?"
Knowing
these two fundamental truths about where antiques
originate, begs a big question. Knowing that antiques
originate in people's homes, and that antiques are
most likely to reside in older people's homes, where
will you be attempting to spend a majority of your
prime time? It tooks me years to understand the following
principles.
1.
To buy more fresh antiques you have to see more antiques.
2.
To see more antiques, you must look at more household
accumulations on a consistant basis.
3.
To accomplish this, you simply must get into more
people's homes where the antiques originate.
Knowing
and understanding these principles will put you light
years ahead of your competition! Believe me, I know
antique dealers and collectors, and most of them find
their antiques through one of only 5 methods. They
find them through garage / estate sales, auctions,
"goodwill" type stores, flea markets and
"pickers".
Knowing
and understand the above principles will help you
to focus on where you will find the most antiques...in
people's homes.
If
you want to be incredibly successful, you have to
go where the antiques originate. It's time to focus
on that and only that! That focus will take you farther
than you ever thought possible!
