ep90 Predictions for 2010, site reviews, on air appraisals
Thursday, December 31, 2009 at 1:07AMHappy New Year!
If you’re looking to simplify, here’s the website that was the inspiration for the “making the cut” segment at the beginning of the show.
The predictions I made for the 2009 online market place can be found in this Examiner article.
Here are my auctions/antiques marketplace predictions for 2010.
- Auctions of antiques & uniques will come back stronger on eBay, but eBay now has to share much of the maketplace it lost with other venues. Oddly enough, I don’t see a static listing type competitor to eBay sucking up this marketshare, but rather, I see this marketshare being regained by brick and mortar auction houses. They’ll regain this segment with the help of sites like Auctionzip.com and iCollector.com. These are sites that bring realworld auctions to many more people through online convenience.
- I think we’re going to see more blending of brick and mortar stores with online capability and less brick and mortars folding due to competition from Web businesses.
- I think furniture prices will continue to drop.
- I think we’ll see 1 or 2 “Green/Antiques” businesses really break away from the pack as a huge interest in Green Antiques swells. I think this effect will magnify ever so much more due to economic hardship and upset over energy and production expense increases for poor quality new items.
- …and last but not least, Walmart will add an antiques section to it’s stores, which means the antiques industry will have lobbyists, pickers will become royalty, and we’ll finally get that viable 3rd political party in the US.
Let’s take a look at some events that are coming up:
Upcoming Antiques Shows!
Atlanta Expo Centers - January 8, 9 & 10
Ohio Expo Center - January 23 & 24
Scott Antique Markets
The World’s Largest Monthly Indoor Antique Shows!
In Atlanta, Georgia and Columbus, Ohio
Atlanta Expo Center & Ohio Expo Center
All year, every month, the Scott Antique Market comes to the Atlanta Expo Centers where two cavernous buildings are filled with displays of antiques and collectibles overflowing into our large outdoor exhibits.
In Columbus, Ohio the antique shows are held monthly November through March at the Ohio Expo Center where the buildings are filled with exhibitors displaying everything imaginable. These antique shows are a treasure hunter’s paradise with over 2800 exhibitor booths in Atlanta and over 800 in
Columbus offering the finest selection of investment quality antiques in the country.
You can find a huge selection of gold, silver jewelry, antique pottery, glassware, furniture, and so much more at the Scott Antique Market. The Scott Antique Markets are the largest series of indoor antique shows in the world. These antique shows are among the best resources of merchandise for your home, shop and internet vendors. You will find hundreds of thousands of antiques and collectibles for all ages. Scott Antique Markets are America’s favorite treasure hunt.
Find out more at: http://www.scottantiquemarket.com/
While your there why not check out Scott’s Antique radio, where you can hear the AuctionWally show, in syndication along with OTR programs and lots of other shows revolving around antiques and collectibles.
Civil War Auction
The Fontaine’s Auction Gallery is having a Civil War and Antique Firearms Auction, on January 16, 2010, it is available for online bidding through iCollector.com! If you can’t join the live auction action in Pittsfield, MA, visit www.icollector.com to login or register free to bid live online at this wonderful auction. If you’re not ready to bid, simply watch the activity live from the auction floor using the iCollector.com!
This Auction Will Feature Over 800 Examples Of Firearms, Swords And Accessories From The Revolutionary War To World War II.
Saturday January 16th 2010
9 Am Discovery Session 0ver 250 Lots
11am Cataloged Session Over 650 Lots
Preview Friday January 15th 10am-5pm And Saturday January 16th 8am-11am
For more information about this auction go to: Fontaine’s Civil War Auction
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Our next Thursday Night Auction is January 7th Auction in Barre MA
We’ve got a nice auction coming up, you can find the details of the Thursday night Barre MA auctions at
www.AuctionWally.com/News or at www.Auctionzip.com just enter the Auctioneer ID 1587 to pull up our page there.
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Before we move on to the on the air antiques appraisals, here are a couple of reviews for websites I think you’ll find useful.
The first is at http://www.tudor-rose-antiques.co.uk/more-about-antiques.asp
The second is for a site called www.picclick.com which I’ve dubbed as one of the most useful eBay tools I’ve ever seen.
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On air appraisals and questions:
First appraisal:
This appraisal can be found here:
The second appraisal can be found here:
http://auctionworld.squarespace.com/appraisals/whats-it-worth-appraisal-of-royal-munich-plate.html
The third appraisal can be found here:
The fourth appraisal can be found here:
Do you have a great idea for an upcoming show, a website or a topic you’d like me to cover? How about a question about auctions, or an antique you’d like me to appraise? If so, email me at show@auctionwally.com and maybe your subject will be covered in an upcoming episode.
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