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By Dave Faulkner
If you are looking to fill your home with antique gems and provide a viable nest egg for your future then you have many options. There are various styles and eras of antiques just waiting to be explored. The accessories are beautiful and can really add a little decoration to the room. An antique furniture accessory from China may be the perfect addition to your home.
All Chinese antiques have a high value that will significantly increase over time. An antique furniture accessory from China will be initially expensive but your return can be doubled in a matter of years, depending on market trends and demand.
An antique furniture accessory from China is no different to one of the major pieces of antique furniture that attract so much at auction and in antique stores and can bring the same delicate feel to your home. After all, it is often the small touches that make the difference.
As with any antique, you do have to make sure that you are getting the genuine article. There are unscrupulous dealers out there who would be prepared to offer a substandard or fake item to make money. It is therefore a good idea to find out exactly what you are buying when shopping for an antique furniture accessory from China.
You must be sure of the true value of a potential antique furniture from China. The only way to achieve that is to do your homework and get second opinions. There is a wealth of information out there for an individual to draw on when trying to distinguish the real from the fake so you would be advised to draw on that and apply your new found knowledge to avoid being ripped off.
Another tip is to never take a first valuation as gospel. Other antiques dealer will be happy to help you out by giving valuations on pieces so that you are absolutely certain that you are getting a good deal. Whilst an antique furniture accessory from China can be picked up at a good price, you should believe that a price is not valid until at least one more expert has checked it out.
Always exercise patience and search for the right antique furniture accessory from China for you. It is no use settling for something that may not actually suit your tastes or your home. The whole point of an antique is to give you that little something extra and enhance your home. As well as thinking of the money it could bring you in the future, you should fall in love with it. Remember that patience is a virtue and love takes time!
You can also find more information at Antique Furniture For Your Room and Antique Furniture Hardware. Antiquefurniturersource.com is a comprehensive resource to know about Antique Funiture.
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Is It Solid? Test the solidity of the piece. Sit on a chair, then push your weight forward and back; if the chair wobbles and moves with you, it�s loose and needs to be reglued. Check for wobbling on a table or bureau by placing your hand on a corner and shaking the piece.
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Newspapers and Phone Book. The local newspapers will list antique shows and have advertisements for local shops. And the local phone book will have addresses and phone numbers for area shops. If you are traveling and haven't been to a shop before, you'd better call ahead. You may drive out of your way and get there only to find the shop closed - some shops have unconventional hours, special days each month they are closed or they may only be open during certain months of the year. Others are by appointment only. By appointment only shops will usually open for you if they are home when you call.
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How do you find good antique shops when you're traveling out of town? I found it helpful to befriend dealers in shops I liked, then asked them if they could recommend other places that carry similar merchandise. I liked the antiques in my bed and breakfast, so I asked the owner where she shops. If you're just pulling into town, find a store with a sensibility that matches your own, then ask the proprietor for recommendations. I went into a gift shop with lots of funky-chic merchandise, and the woman at the register was a font of knowledge about antiques dealers lurking off the beaten path.
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Don't assume that because a dealer knows more than you, that you can't get a good deal. You still may have some way of realizing the value of a piece that they can't take advantage of. Perhaps you know someone who'd pay quite a bit for the last whatever in their collection. The piece may not be worth that much to any other collector, but since it fills out that person's collection, they'd give someone alot for it. Also, if you have special skills for refurbishing antiques (or have a friend who does) you may be able to bring a piece to it's top-dollar condition. This is something many dealers don't have the time or resources to do.
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Provenance. Provenance simply refers to the origin of the item. Usually antiques that can be traced to a particular maker or craftsman or whose original owner can be identified will be of greater value. If a piece of furniture, for instance, was made by a renowned regional craftsman for a family that held the piece for 100 years, that piece would have greater value than an anonymous piece because its exact history is known.
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