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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10229269, member: 2844&quot;]I figured that out after a while.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Decades ago I had a bricks and mortar antiques shop, but I never went &#039;picking&#039;. I went to auctions, and people who wanted to offload their collections knew I was a potential buyer. That was how I got my stock.</p><p>I still look at auction sites for my collections, but also other sites where interesting items turn up occasionally.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I noticed here on the forum is that &#039;pickers&#039; are after any item that sells, even if it is only ten yrs old. They rarely buy antiques because it can be a difficult market.</p><p><br /></p><p>The members who buy antiques are usually collectors, who only sell because their hobby got out of hand (guilty as charged<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />). They know the market for their field of interest, so they know how to find the right buyers. That knowledge makes it a bit easier for them to sell antiques than for the pickers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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