Enter your favorite antiques collecting story in the 4th annual Antique Trader Favorite Finds contest for a chance to win a $500 auction credit from Heritage Auctions! This year’s runner-up entry will win a 10-volume reference library courtesy of Krause Publications. It’s free to enter and every participant receives a free copy of the Nov. 14, 2012, cover-dated magazine in which the stories are shared! Read More +
There are many mobile applications available for antique dealers and collectors. Before you search for apps that will serve you well in your hobby or business, Wayne Jordan says there are a few things you need to know. Although many exist, he lists two apps that have proven themselves useful in the antiques marketplace for price research, locating products and marketing. Read More +
From the Editor: Here are the companies whose apps I use on my iPad almost daily to research antiques prices or to learn about antiques and collectibles. Read More +
The antiques shows and flea markets at Brimfield, Mass., are unlike any other American antiques event. This handy list of shows helps you plan your trip, May 7-13, 2012, as Brimfield’s antique fairs come to life as the best place to find popular antiques. Read More +
Some of the collectible hobby’s best books have been out of print for more than a decade, only to be found in antiques stores themselves as part of a dealer’s private library. F+W Media, publisher of Antique Trader, is proud to offer a variety of its antiques and collectibles products in e-book form in Amazon’s Kindle store. Now you don’t have to spend $50 for that out-of-print title if you put an e-reader such as your Kindle or iPad to work! Read More +
Readers share antiques they buy, sell and trade for free when the subscribe to Antique Trader magazine. Readers want to buy vintage police badges, Miss America travel decals, scale weights and more! Read More +
A subscriber shares her concerns with past antiques purchases on ShopGoodwill.com and editors share a response from Goodwill corporate managers.
“As an antique dealer, I try exploring all possible revenues, as well as being a long-time active shopper on this website. Like the bright side of a coin, it also has a dark side as well; just 70 percent of my purchases were completed with total satisfaction. If you have ever shopped at Goodwill, you will know what I’m talking about: you have to clean, scrub, stitch and wash whatever it is you purchase.” Read More +
No matter what you think of the Occupy Wall Street movement, it holds the seed of a successful holiday sales season for antique dealers as shoppers eschew corporate retailers. Dealers must capitalize on selling one-of-a-kind, unique gifts that can’t be purchased at a big-box store. Read More +
Enter your favorite antiques collecting story in the Antique Trader Favorite Finds contest for a chance to win a $500 auction credit from Heritage Auctions. Read More +