Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News

If you can find what the collectors are looking for, then talk of recession doesn’t figure into the equation in today’s economy. I’ve said it before, and will say it again, today: There doesn’t seem to be any lack of funds in the upper end Antique and Fine Art markets. Our industry is still very sound, and I remain very positive. Why?

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Estate Sales, Estate Liquidation and Selling Stuff…

When it comes to antiques, collectibles and estate sales there are basically two kinds of people - those who want to buy and those who want to sell.
At best the relationship between these two groups is beneficial, but at their worst, they are adversarial.
As a professional estate liquidator, I […]

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Ebay has, once again presented, changes in their venue , many of which I predicted last year, that will be sending a good portion of their customers elsewhere to do business and leaving their stockholders in a long holding pattern, or perhaps experiencing record lows.

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Many months ago, I wrote a blog and news article stating it was time to sell silver and gold you might have in your possession, not knowing the danger this would place me in. Again, today, I am recommending you sell all the silver you have in your possession. My projections see silver retracing its charts back to $6.00.

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When you talk to people about bronzes, they usually envision large 2′ or more figurines that may sell for over $100,000. But, they often miss the smaller pieces that can be special in their own right

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Daryle Lambert, founder of the antique and fine art industry’s only club whose members learn about antiques and art, learn savvy skills in buying and selling, and then learn to exponentially build up their personal finances from profits, has begun another break through program, and another industry first. 31 Club’s groundbreaking Associate Program pays members 35% of the net profit when they partner with the club on high quality treasures they simply locate. In other words, the member finds it, 31 Club pays for it, markets and sells it, and the member earns 35% of the net profit without spending a penny of their own money.

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Phony Memorabilia Finds a Home on eBay
For the past 7-9 months, thousands of pieces of supposed entertainment and historical memorabilia passed into the hands of unsuspecting buyers. With a winning bid on eBay, a hopeful collector had their chance to own a piece of Hollywood history or a personal effect from […]

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Invasion of the Longhairs
And so it was. With the blow of the Judge’s gavel and the stoke of the Governor’s pen, the “Alternate Culture” gained a degree of legitimacy, and the first and only LEGAL Rock Festival would commence. If Woodstock was the beginning of the story, Satsop was the end.
After Woodstock, a series of […]

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31 Club Gallery, headed by Daryle Lambert, has recently aquired a collection of early paintings by international artist, Dimitar Manev from a private collector. Many of Manev’s works have been placed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art and the National Gallery in Skopje, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, in the company of some of the world’s most important modern and contemporary artists.

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More fortunes will be made in 2008 Political Memorabilia from this election season than in any other time in history. Don’t be asleep at the wheel while dealers and collectors are working under a cloak of secrecy. Get out there and get your share at a great price before the articles start pouring in over the wires. When you begin seeing article after article written about the value of this election’s political memorabilia, you’ll already have your items on hand to cash in big when the market takes a hike straight upward.

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