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<p>[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 1297811, member: 147"]I was in a multi-dealer shop for a year about 10 years ago. We live on Cape Cod so the July into October was good and then it died. I decided I could do better selling at the local flea and some local antique shows and it has proven to be true.</p><p><br /></p><p>A large antiques mall a few towns from here just closed, it was open for 15 or 20 years. I used to go there also looking for mistakes and found some once in a while. But so many of the dealers had the same things, ordinary milk glass an other ordinary glass and pottery items. Sometimes I wondered <i>Don't the dealers look at the other booths?</i></p><p><br /></p><p>And DUSTY! And yes, price tags that were so faded they couldn't be read, some booths so full I was afraid to enter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The other thing I don't understand is dealers who do no research. Generic descriptions like "old basket" or "old glass" on tags. Really? How do you price something when you don't know what it is?</p><p><br /></p><p>I was at a show last year and spied a dragon's breath bracelet, no price tag. It took me a few minutes to untangle it from the junk that it was mixed with, I asked the price, the dealer said "That is amber for $40." I said "No, it is a man made glass stone called dragon's breath. Is it silver?" He said he didn't know. So he had a bracelet of unknown metal with stones he knew nothing about priced at $40. I said thank you and put it back.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Marie Forjan, post: 1297811, member: 147"]I was in a multi-dealer shop for a year about 10 years ago. We live on Cape Cod so the July into October was good and then it died. I decided I could do better selling at the local flea and some local antique shows and it has proven to be true. A large antiques mall a few towns from here just closed, it was open for 15 or 20 years. I used to go there also looking for mistakes and found some once in a while. But so many of the dealers had the same things, ordinary milk glass an other ordinary glass and pottery items. Sometimes I wondered [I]Don't the dealers look at the other booths?[/I] And DUSTY! And yes, price tags that were so faded they couldn't be read, some booths so full I was afraid to enter. The other thing I don't understand is dealers who do no research. Generic descriptions like "old basket" or "old glass" on tags. Really? How do you price something when you don't know what it is? I was at a show last year and spied a dragon's breath bracelet, no price tag. It took me a few minutes to untangle it from the junk that it was mixed with, I asked the price, the dealer said "That is amber for $40." I said "No, it is a man made glass stone called dragon's breath. Is it silver?" He said he didn't know. So he had a bracelet of unknown metal with stones he knew nothing about priced at $40. I said thank you and put it back.[/QUOTE]
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