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Selling in an Antique Mall: Rule #1

The operative word in the title of this post is SELLING. What that means is that absolutely positively everything in your booth or space should be for sale – even that cool vintage display case and your antique French mannequin. It’s not unusual for antique dealers – especially new dealers – to want to horde [...]

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Selling in an Antique Mall: Display 101

Do you see anything wrong with this photo? See that floor lamp in the back right corner? The one with the milk glass shade that has a pretty scalloped edge? Yeah. I wanted to take a closer look at it, but I wasn’t about to climb over the blockade to get to it or move [...]

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Reveling in Success

Reveling in Success

Reading a post by Sue on her kickin’ blog Vintage Rescue Squad, I was intrigued with the P.S. she added about bragging. Sue has been on junking roll lately. She tends to attribute it to luck, but I’d bet my very last dollar that her recent triumphs have more to do with sweat and experience. [...]

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