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Summary: Using the local classifieds to sell antiques, find local collectors and antique malls that want to buy specific collectibles. Find out more about using local classifieds to sell antiques with tips from an antique appraiser in this free video about using advertising to sell antiques.
Jan Braunstein owns and operates the Antique Avenue antiques store in Pomona, Calif. Her mother also owned an antiques store. She is a certified antique appraiser.read more
"Okay, here you go, this is a no brainer, you know what, have a garage sale. Let me tell you some of the cool garage sales that are going on. And also, you might want to find out, sometimes they have miscellaneous wanted in your classifieds, so this is the first place to start. Because, if you can go local, then you don't need to send it through eBay, you just find out who's the local collectors, who wants to buy it. You know, you can always open a place in an antique mall, let just mention that. An antique mall, what you do, now an antique mall like this, is you rent some floor space, and then you pay the antique mall owners a percentage of the sale, but then you never have to be there, okay, and then they sell your stuff for you. But anyway, before you're ready to do that, you probably want to get rid of some of the junkie stuff that you made a mistake buying, which we all do, because we all made buying eras, and that stuff needs to go away. So here's how you go, you have a garage sale, a local garage sale. So lets read some of these cool garage sales here that are happening right now. Okay first garage sale right here, "for sale, must have items, dolls, jewelry, Girl Scout items", how's that for pretty specific. And then here's a wanted area, "wanted", "wanted, old machines", it's a natural. So if you bought yourself a two ton machine, this guy wants it, give him a ring, check your local classifieds."
eHow Article: Selling Antiques: Local Classifieds