Hard to believe it’s already August! Where did the summer go? I didn’t get anything new planted in my yard. Haven’t been swimming. I’ve only eaten watermelon once. And I’ve only been to handful of garage sales all year. Now that’s tragic!
Do you remember when we were kids and time actually slowed down enough we actually got bored?! Do you recall that phrase “lazy days of summer”? What does that mean? In today’s world, do we ever have time to really relax and be lazy? I wish we did.
In reality, if you are like me, a parent of a young child, you find yourself running around to accommodate his social schedule.
If you are a dealer, you are traveling as far as your gas budget will take you to set up and sell at shows and, if time and money allow, supplement your inventory.
If you are a collector, you’re likely guided by that same gas budget, but hopefully can visit an antiques store or shop these shows and keep these dealers in business while, of course, finding your treasures.
There’s no time for standing still in the antiques business. No time for buyers or sellers to be “lazy.” We must keep moving, interacting and transacting to thrive and grow.
What are you doing to avoid summertime blues in the antiques market? Any advice for your fellow dealers on hot sellers this season? Post your comment here or email robyn.austin@fwpubs.com.
– Robyn
I am combining fun with business in Las Vegas. I was looking for somewhere to go antiquing (dont know if I spelled that correctly) in the U.S. and after much thought I decided to pick a major city.
I found out that Las Vegas (a place my wife and I wanted to go anyway) had a number of large antique malls and a very large outdoor flea market. They call them swapmeets.
We are hoping to find some nice Vegas collectables and gambling collectables (found out some of these are fairly hot on the market).
An added bonus is that the stamp and coin people are meeting there as well as the Political Memorabilia people. So I will also get to check out those conventions while trying my hand at the Craps table for relaxation in between hunts.
Anyone have any ideas on what types of things I should focus on or other places to go?
I did a good deal of online research before going and called up some of the places I plan to go hunting to find out if they had what I want.
If anyone one is interested you can contact me by email and I will tell you more or post it to this blog.
Ron
"There’s no time for standing still in the antiques business. No time for buyers or sellers to be "lazy." We must keep moving, interacting and transacting to thrive and grow."
What great words of wisdom, if I may quote you!
So the diligent collector and dealer knows eventually he or she will be rewarded by a good fine after all the hard work, energy and time is put into research, buying, selling and collecting. Are we not correct to expect a good reward for all our merit and time devoted to this addictive behavior?