There are many articles on how to buy antiques, from antique jewelry to antique furniture to antique clothing to antique toys.
But how do you sell antiques?
There are many opportunities to sell antiques online.
You can set up your own website, list the antiques you have to sell, including photos. There are free websites that allow for this like bravenet and zoomshare. You might also be able to sell antiques, like antique art, for example, at the Yessy.com art galleries.
You can list your antiques on classified ad websites, many of which are free. You can own your own classified ad website by going to http://toystore.adpost.com.
Ebay and Yahoo auctions help you to sell antiques online. There are auctions websites, many of them free.
As for payment for these antiques, you'll have the same problems as retailers. You should make sure that checks, money orders, and credit cards are cleared before you ship the products.
Also, make sure you have photos of the antiques and include descriptions of any flaws.
For international buyers you might demand international money orders.
You should also have a paypal account.
Offline, of course, you can sell antiques directly to antique dealers, you can sell them via consignment shops, you can sell them at flea markets and yard sells.
If you're not sure how to price your antiques, you should find similar antiques and note their prices. At auctions, of course, people bid on the antiques. Nevertheless, you must know something about prices to set the best starting bid. For information on the best starting bid for ebay auctions go to:
askdavetaylor.com
The information here is similar for other auctions.
If you are buying and then reselling antiques, then you also must decide your profit. Perhaps you decide a profit of 20%, then the markup is 20%. For a starting bid you might set the markup also at 20%.
