How to Deal in Antiques - Fiona Shoop

How to Deal in Antiques

An Insider Guide to the Antiques Trade - Including Car Boots, Trading on the Internet, and Becoming a Full-time Dealer

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Buch | Softcover
306 Seiten
2009 | 4th Revised edition
How To Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84528-300-1 (ISBN)
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Offering tips, information, and advice, this book highlights the peculiarities of the trade and warns of some of the common - and costly - mistakes that can be made.
Whether you are buying and selling antiques and collectables as a profitable career or an enjoyable hobby, you'll need you know exactly what you're doing to maximise profits and discover how to avoid the tricks of the trade. That's exactly what this book will tell you: - What to buy and sell - Where to buy and how to get the best deals - Why these key selling tips will make you the most money - How to use the internet to increase profits The expert author highlights the peculiarities of the trade and warns of some of the common - and costly - mistakes that can be made.

TV and Radio antiques expert Fiona Shoop draws on over twenty-five years of experience in the trade to teach people how they can deal in antiques. She has her own antiques business and has written thousands of articles on antiques and collectables. Fiona has also worked as an antiques expert on TV, including Name Your Price, Boot Sale Challenge and Everything Must Go, as well as talking antiques and valuing goods on radio phone-ins, including BBC Radio Five. She also gives lectures on how to make the most of the antiques world.

Preface; Part One - Establishing the basics; Chapter 1. Why do you want to be an antiques dealer?; Chapter 2. What type of dealer do you want to be?; Chapter 3. To specialise or not; Chapter 4. Can you afford to be a dealer?; Chapter 5. Communications; Part Two - Where to buy goods; Chapter 1. Let's start at the beginning - how much should I pay for things?; Chapter 2. Buying tips; Chapter 3. Antiques fairs; Chapter 4. Antiques centres; Chapter 5. Antiques shops; Chapter 6. Auctions; Chapter 7. Markets; Chapter 8. Car boot sales; Chapter 9. Damaged pieces; Part Three - Where to sell; Chapter 1. Can I sell where I want?; Chapter 2. How to sell; Chapter 3. The importance of careful wrapping; Chapter 4. Antiques fairs; Chapter 5. Antiques centres; Chapter 6. Antiques shops; Chapter 7. Auctions; Chapter 8. Transport; Chapter 9. Safe cleaning; Part Four -The internet; Chapter 1. Should I or shouldn't I?; Chapter 2. Let's start at the very beginning; Chapter 3. Buying on the internet; Chapter 4. Selling over the internet; Chapter 5. Photographs on the internet; Chapter 6. Do I need my own website?; Chapter 7. Do I even need the internet to be a dealer?; Part Five - What to sell; Chapter 1. What is a collectable?; Chapter 2. What is an antique?; Chapter 3. Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts; Chapter 4. Art Deco; Chapter 5. Furniture; Chapter 6. China; Chapter 7. Glass; Chapter 8. Gold and silver; Chapter 9. Jewellery; Chapter 10. Costume jewellery; Chapter 11. Lights; Chapter 12. Books and ephemera; Chapter 13. Childhood favourites; Chapter 14. Toys; Chapter 15. Film merchandise and pop memorabilia; Chapter 16. Pop Classics (probably not what you're thinking; Chapter 17. Tins; Chapter 18. Commemoratives; Chapter 19. Novelties; Chapter 20. Other popular areas; Chapter 21. Fads; Part Six - Business Basics; Chapter 1. Tax; Chapter 2. Customs and excise; Chapter 3. Insurance; Conclusion; Useful Publications; Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 18.3.2009
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 171 x 246 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Antiquitäten
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
Wirtschaft
ISBN-10 1-84528-300-7 / 1845283007
ISBN-13 978-1-84528-300-1 / 9781845283001
Zustand Neuware
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