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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 148585, member: 25&quot;]In my opinion it is fashion and circumstances that effect the market. Not the economy unless it is really tanking, because there are always large numbers of people who are not living on the edge of insolvency. </p><p><br /></p><p>People are buying stuff, just not traditional antiques and antique style stuff. Look at all the old furniture that sells with a crappy coat of paint on it. Young people setting up homes want what their peers want. Not what their parents had. </p><p><br /></p><p>For people with disposable income, needing stuff or having room for it may be more important than price. I&#039;m soaking up spare money buying silver and small items to keep, within reason the price is not important so much as the quality, rarity and space available.</p><p><br /></p><p>The local economy can be vitally important if your town is dependent on one major trade like steel or car making, because these can dry up and blow away, leaving huge numbers of people out of work till some other industry moves in to soak them up, but I want to assess the economy I go to a local shopping area, and look at the car parks filled with healthy looking cars and shops bustling with customers. </p><p>They just are not buying traditional antiques, I have sold a 50s anglepoise lamp for more than a Georgian chest of drawers because it&#039;s what people want. I have sold an industrial multi drawer parts cabinet with no esthetic appeal whatsover for more than I could get&nbsp; for a roomful of Victorian furniture. </p><p><br /></p><p>Crusty old dealers, do market research. Go to an estate agent or several (realtors, you&#039;d call them) and pretend you want to buy a place for your young upwardly mobile child or grandchild, whichever seems feasible, and view the homes of young, upwardly mobile people that they try to sell you. See what they are buying in the way of furniture and knick nacks and sell those. Put all the current stock in a convenient barn and bring it out again when fashions change in 20 years.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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