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BL
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799831
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b619890
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Fiona Shoop.
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| Title & Author
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How to buy and sell antiques : : a comprehensive guide ... from boot sales to full-time dealing\ Fiona Shoop.
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3rd ed
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford: How To Books, 2006
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xiii, 306 pages ; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1845280938
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: 9781845280932
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| Notes
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Previous edition: published as Buying & selling antiques. 2004.; Includes index.
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| Contents
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I - Establishing the basics 1. Why do you want to be an antiques dealer? 2. What type of dealer do you want to be? 3. To specialise or not 4. Can you afford to be a dealer? 5. Communications II - Where to buy goods 6. Let's start at the beginning - how much should I pay for things? 7. Buying tips 8. Antiques fairs 9. Antiques centres 10. Antiques shops 11. Auctions 12. Markets 13. Car boot sales 14. Damaged pieces III - Where to sell Can I sell anywhere I want? 15. How to sell 16. The importance of careful wrapping 17. Antiques fairs 18. Antiques centres 19. Antiques shops 20. Auctions 21. Transport 22. Safe cleaning IV - The internet 23. Should I or shouldn't I? 24. Start at the beginning 25. Selling over the net 26. Photographs on the internet 27. Do I need my own website? 28. Do I even need the internet to be a dealer? V - What to sell 29. What is a collectable? 30. What is an antique? 31. Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts 32. Art Deco 33. Furniture 34. China 35. Glass 36. Gold and silver 37. Jewellery 38. Costume jewellery 39. Lights 40. Books and ephemera 41. Childhood favourites 42. Toys 43. Film merchandise and pop memorabilia 44. Pop Classics (probably not what you're thinking) 45. Tins 46. Commemoratives 47. Novelties 48. Other popular areas 49. Fads VI - Business Basics 50. Tax 51. Customs and excise 52. Insurance VII - To conclude
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Antiques business -- Great Britain -- Management.
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New business enterprises -- Great Britain.
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Small business -- Great Britain -- Management.
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NK1133.28F566 2006
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| Added Entry
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Fiona Shoop
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