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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 3107410, member: 7724"]many points to be considered. would I emigrate to the US for antique hunting ? probably not.</p><p>where is the value to desirability ratio for re-selling the best ? depends on if you want to make it professional or beside a bread and butter job; for me Great Britain would be out of question in those respects. </p><p>I had contact to a few English antique dealers and they all made a big part of their annual income by selling English stuff in the big annual antique fairs in Belgium and the Netherlands, and take continental stuff back home in the same journey in one go.</p><p>the best and easiest hunting grounds are France, Germany and Switzerland. the French market is rather closed because the French are not interested in foreign stuff and don't like to study it; so I gathered many wonderful English arts and crafts items especially from the Northern departments along the Channel - very often left behind by English that went back home or passed away there, and sold them to Northern Germany and Switzerland.</p><p>the Swiss don't know either what they have when it's not gold or silver or jewelry or then so high class that the wallet is to small.</p><p>the Germans don't know the French artists enough. </p><p>so all in all a nice carousel.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 3107410, member: 7724"]many points to be considered. would I emigrate to the US for antique hunting ? probably not. where is the value to desirability ratio for re-selling the best ? depends on if you want to make it professional or beside a bread and butter job; for me Great Britain would be out of question in those respects. I had contact to a few English antique dealers and they all made a big part of their annual income by selling English stuff in the big annual antique fairs in Belgium and the Netherlands, and take continental stuff back home in the same journey in one go. the best and easiest hunting grounds are France, Germany and Switzerland. the French market is rather closed because the French are not interested in foreign stuff and don't like to study it; so I gathered many wonderful English arts and crafts items especially from the Northern departments along the Channel - very often left behind by English that went back home or passed away there, and sold them to Northern Germany and Switzerland. the Swiss don't know either what they have when it's not gold or silver or jewelry or then so high class that the wallet is to small. the Germans don't know the French artists enough. so all in all a nice carousel.[/QUOTE]
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