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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 1697422, member: 4654&quot;]Other than not being able to travel I&#039;m quite happy, I lived on the edge for most of my life, I&#039;m not really surprised it ended up biting me. Now I live a settled&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; existence, something I rather enjoy. </p><p>Other than my adversity to travel I have been buying a few nice pieces (&quot;beautiful items&quot;) I wonder where the world of antiques will be in 10 years from now? In the UK I have watched antiques change considerably, things that were hot 30 years ago are now almost worthless and things you couldn&#039;t give away then are going for £1000&#039;s now. The collection of antiques I own now I hope to pass on but will they be worthless then? I suspect they won&#039;t as I have tried to keep to a formula, 1) Did it take years to learn how to produce the item? 2) could the item be accurately reproduced today with little cost? 3) Were the materials used high end? 4) Could the item be a stand alone work of art? (I know this one is in the eye of the beholder) 5) How rare is the item? If 1) 3) 4) and 5) are yes and 2) is no then I go for it as long as the item is half the price it should be at that time. Sticking to this formula has seen almost everything I&#039;ve ever bought rise in value, obviously a lot of research and learning but I think doing this will see what ever money I could have put in the bank preform far better than it would have ever done sitting in a account not working at all. I will do some up coming posts and pictures of things I have bought, I&#039;m always a bit concerned about posting things I know all about, showing off instead of asking questions.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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