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Confidence is key when shopping for antiques. This sentence should be learned and drilled into the mind of anyone is planning to look for antiques. Do your homework before you leave the house. You want to walk and talk like you know exactly what you are looking for. Enter an antique shop like you own the place. If you are timid and unsure of yourself, you might as well leave and come back another day.

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Collecting antiques has quickly become a past-time of thousands of people throughout the country. If one thing rings true, it’s that people love to go out and hunt for treasures that they never thought in a million years that they would find. People want the bargain of the century and they want to get it on beautiful pieces that are good enough to also be sitting in a museum somewhere. This is why Washington residents have taken to estate sales, auctions and thrift stores for their Continue Reading »

If your husband’s more interested in his Washington cable tv and all the big games this Saturday you’ve got to leave him behind and hit the markets. Everyone knows it’s prime time of the year for estate sales and that’s where you find the best loot! If you’re unsure, buy the following first:

Metal: Items made from metal, whether they’re lamps or picture frames, are usually worth holding onto. Their value doesn’t decline and even if they don’t turn Continue Reading »