One reader learns how to clean out old stock by using eBay, while another wonders how California’s AB 391 will affect antiques and collectibles shops.: “I read Antique Trader from cover to cover the day it arrives and love it! I would like to comment on the Behind the Gavel article on dead inventory by Wayne Jordan. This summer I discovered a simple way to move the old stock out the door: eBay.” Read More +
From the editor: Amazon stands to change the antiques landscape; California’s dreaded AB 391 passes; Editor steps down from Antique Trader. Read More +
AB 391 groups California antiques dealers with pawnbrokers, forcing them to join a reporting system, pay fees, hold items 30 days before sale and even fingerprint and photograph all sellers. The law may be on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk as early as this summer for signage into law. Here’s how you can voice your opinion on the bill. Read More +