Collecting Imported Antiques

We have a hard enough time trying to decide what is worthwhile at a garage sale or flea market without having to guess about the value of something from another country. Maybe this ceramic fish from Tokyo is worth a fortune? What about this old Japanese army medal from World War II? How about this “Astroboy” comic? Could this be the equivalent of an early “Superman” comic here in the U.S.? Before you go nosing around someplace where you might just hit the imported antique jackpot, why not take a look at this informative series so you’ll know just what to look for.

In this free series of antiquing advice videos, our experienced thrift store owner will give you some advice on which foreign antiques will make you rich. Learn about the value of war souvenirs from Japan as well as of trendy Japanese keepsakes from the 1960s. Wondering how much you should pay for that sake set or cartoon figurine? Watch this series and be prepared to haggle!

"Hello, this is Jan, your fun fun "antiquer," from expert village.com. Today we're going to have some fun talking about some antique-like, types of things, collectibles mostly that, that you can still buy that are sleepers, that are imports. These imports are going to be really exciting but before I talk about those, let me talk about me, for a minute. Let?s make it about me. Like I said, my name is Jan and I have an antique store in Pomona, it's called Antique Avenue. I used to be a College Administrator but I hated it, boring, so I decided to become an antique appraiser, which is a heck of a lot more fun and it's more relevant, if you ask me. So I decided to be an antique appraiser and I opened my shop, in Pomona and so you can come anytime. Bring your trash or treasure and we'll take a look at it for you. So, that's my expertise, trash and treasure, very exciting. So today, like I said, we're going to be talking about imports and we're going to focus on Japan. Japan has different date lines and we're going to start covering those. What you should look for, and how to identify, the Japan date lines, in terms of the names on the bottom of the cups and how they're made. So, Japan, occupied Japan, which one is it? Should I buy it? Maybe not but we'll find out today on our segment about imports."