How to Find Antique Furniture

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If you wish to collect antique furniture, be prepared for Saturday shopping trips and many a Sunday spent reading classified ads in the newspaper and on your computer via the Internet. Finding the perfect piece that is not only a collectible, but will become a part of your home, will take time.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Study the market firsthand. Take along a knowledgeable friend and visit antique shops, shows, museums, flea markets and auctions.
Step2
Carefully inspect pieces and ask questions.
Step3
Read the classified ad section of your daily newspaper. People who are interested in selling pieces will advertise.
Step4
Check the classified ad section of your Internet server. America Online, for example, has a hobby channel that includes a link to classified ads from people trying to sell antiques.
Step5
Enter chat sites for antique collectors. AOL, again, has a link to chat rooms of this variety on its hobby channel.
Step6
Place requests on Internet message boards and periodically read the messages on the boards from others. You might find a gem among the rough.
Step7
Visit Web sites like Antiques Oronoco (antiques-oronoco.com). These have an abundance of information concerning collecting and links to all sorts of sites that can teach you as well as help you find items you want to buy.
Step8
Visit the eBay, which has listings of all sorts of items people are trying to sell and gives you a way to bid for them.
Step9
Resist buying the first item you see.
Step10
Get a detailed receipt when you do buy. Besides the traditional information, have the seller describe the antique, in writing, as it was represented to you.
Step11
Beware of the word "style" in advertising and on a receipt; it can be interpreted to mean that you have been given notice that the piece is a reproduction and not an original.

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