Insider guide to the antiques trade 
(28/04/2009)
How To Deal in Antiques, by TV and radio antiques expert Fiona Shoop, is now in its fourth edition. In this simple, step-by-step guide, Fiona explains how to save money when buying antiques and how to make a profit when you sell. She introduces different types of dealing, from fairs to the Internet.
If you love antiques and enjoy buying and selling them as a profitable career or hobby, you’ll need to know exactly what you’re doing to maximise profits and avoid the traps of the trade. Fiona Shoop warns about the tricks of the trade and helps avoid the most common and costliest mistakes made by new dealers.
There are 3 basic reasons for becoming an antiques dealer: love, money and need. Antiques are attractive, often practical and usually a sound investment. The trouble with antiques is that you can overspend, but they are relatively easy to sell and an easy way of raising money.
Based on her own first-hand experience, Shoop takes the reader on a detailed journey of how to make a business from Antiques. She begins by challenging the reader to understand just why they want to go into Antiques, and then goes on to share all of her knowledge about the trade, including its peculiarities.
By following its simple guidelines, you can make money. The only requirement that you need to become a dealer is to have some antiques or collectables.
Commenting on the book, Shoop says, “In this simple, step-by-step guide, I will show you how to save money when you buy; and even more vitally how to make a profit when you sell. Dealing offers so many rewards, whether you do it once or all the time. It’s unlike any other job. You’ll be surrounded by beautiful things and meet fascinating people. It’s a strange but exciting world where no two days are ever the same and you never know what you’ll find.”
Fiona has her own antiques business and has written thousands of articles on antiques and collectables. Fiona has also worked as an antiques expert on TV, including Name Your Price, Boot Sale Challenge and Everything Must Go as well as talking antiques and valuing goods on radio phone-ins, including BBC Radio Five. She also gives lectures on how to make the most of the antiques world.
How to Deal in Antiques: An Insider Guide to the Antiques Trade - Including Car Boots, Trading on the Internet, and Becoming a Full-time Dealer
This book is published by How To Books Ltd and is available from £10.49 in major bookshops and online retailers across the country. ISBN 978-1- 84528-300-1
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