How to Buy Antique Furniture

Video Transcript

"So you're looking to buy that special piece of antique furniture, and you don't know where to get it. I'm Blake Kennedy with Kennedy Brothers Estate Services and I'm here to help. Buying an antique piece of furniture can be a lot of fun but a little bit difficult. You want to make sure that you go to the right places and know the exact piece you're looking for. Make sure that you look in your home and figure out where is it going to go, what am I going to use it for. The best place to go is try the antique shops and the antique malls in your local area. Get in the phone book and go underneath the antique shops. And go in there and look around and see what you like. At the antique shops you can find out, if you see that special piece, first of all stick with it because antiques move fast. It's not like they're coming out of a factory and they're making lots of them. So if you find that special piece, stick with, negotiate the price. You know, always ask for a better price because, you know, you don't know if they'll give it to you. It doesn't cost anything to ask for a better price. Another great place to go to is the auction. If you've never been to an auction before, what a great place to buy because a lot of dealers are there buying. My tip that I always give people when going to the auction, if there's a piece there that you like, and you want it for your own home, bid until you get it. Because you're bidding against dealers who are buying it to resell it. So if you want that piece, and it's going to go with your house, then bid until you get it because it'd not ever going to come back. Good luck with that, try the antique shops and the antique auction houses. It'll be a lot of fun. I'm Blake Kennedy"