Archive for August, 2008

The Olympics, Steroids, and Antiques

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Connecting the Olympics to antiques seems like a bit of a stretch. The over 100 years of the existence of the games qualifies for that threshold definition of “antique”. But just like antiques you can have fakes. Fakes can be real or imagined and perception has a lot to do with it. This year’s Olympics [...]

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Antiques Economics

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Supply and demand are the measures we use to gauge a price. The influences which have a cause and effect on those functions are fluid and every changing course. Sounds like a classic definition of how antiques are priced. Whether it is negotiating with a dealer or paying the highest price (including the staggering buyer’s [...]

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