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Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles can be fun if you are adding to your collection and profitable if you are buying for resale.
Where to buy and sell:

• Flea Markets – great for buying because of the selection of different products (always ask for a better price ) but if your selling you need to know if the market is a wholesale or a retail market and what products to sell. You need to know if the people are coming to buy or just coming to get exercise.
• Thrift Stores – you can find some good deals at thrift stores, but some thrift stores products are too expensive – just avoid them.
• Yard Sales – prices are great if you are buying , not so good if you are selling. Most of the time, if you are buying and don’t see any thing they have displayed that you are looking for ask them. They may have something in back.
• Estate Sales  – you can find some good items at Estate Sales but be careful not to pay too much.
• Auctions – you can find some old things at some auctions. I like to go early to look the auction items over before bidding, especially on glass.

Selling prices differ from one venue to another. Items don’t sell for much at most yard sales but there are exceptions. We sold on America’s Longest Yard  Salelast week sale – people came to buy but were also looking for bargains.

If you are a seller, watch out for people who try to break your things and not pay for them. And then there are the people with sticky fingers  But most people are very nice and are a pleasure to deal with!