Summary: For a first wedding anniversary gift, tradition says to buy something paper, while a modern list says to buy clocks. Buy a first-year wedding anniversary gift with tips from a certified estate specialist in this free instructional video on wedding anniversaries.
Blake Kennedy is a graduate personal property appraiser, certified estate specialist and member of the Certified Appraisers Guild of America. Kennedy has owned Kennedy Brothers...read more
"So it's your first wedding anniversary and you want to know what I should buy for the first anniversary present. My name is Blake Kennedy and I'm with Kennedy Brothers Estate Services. There is a traditional list of gifts and a modern gift. The traditional says buy paper products. The modern says buy clocks. I'm going to go with clocks and there is nothing better than I think to buy than an anniversary clock. It fits right in line with it's your anniversary and it's a clock that is going to be in your home for a long time. You want to make sure when you are buying these clocks that you make sure you are buying it from a regular dealer, whether you are buying it at a mall that is brand new and you want to find out what is the price difference, well it depends on the workings in the back, whether it is German or Swiss. If you are going to an antique shop to buy one that you might get a little better of a deal on you want to make sure that the workings all look original to it and you want to see if you can't have it checked out by an nice clock dealer that works on them but you really cannot go wrong with an anniversary clock because the movements look great in the home. It has a nice dome glass dome over the top of it and it can sit right up on the mantle. So when you are buying that first gift, look at the anniversary clock, you can't go wrong. My name is Blake Kennedy, happy first anniversary."
eHow Article: How to Buy a 1st-Year Wedding Anniversary Gift