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Old Wine in New Bottles - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - January 2005 By Ed Welch In the 70’s and 80’s, I taught a ...

Guess What Article for December 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Some people have cute Christmas cards and some people have cute granddaughters ...

How Accurate are Appraisals? - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - December 2004 By Ed Welch The appraisal process is not well understood by the ...

Guess What Article for November 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Sometimes we ask our potential brain stumpers to stand tall and be ...

Pounding on Doors for a Living - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - November 2004 By Ed Welch Antiques purchased directly from homes generate more ...

Guess What Article for October 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" How’s this for an attention-grabber? As an opening teaser, you couldn’t wish ...

Rules-Based Verses Face-to-Face Selling - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - October 2004 By Ed Welch All antiques and collectibles bought, sold, and traded in ...

Guess What Article for September 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" The spiral comes in many guises, sometimes posing as an element in ...

Loose Ends in the Den - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - September 2004 By Ed Welch Many of my articles bring responses from readers ...

Guess What Article for August 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" With this month’s Guess What, we’ll try a slightly different approach – ...

The Collector/Dealer - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - August 2004 By Ed Welch The collector/dealer has the greatest chance of becoming wealthy amassing and ...

Guess What Article for July 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" We haven’t had a clamp-on challenge in a while; we have one ...

Guess What Article for June 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Let’s start off this month’s GUESS WHAT with a word that has ...

Turnaround Time - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - June 2004 By Ed Welch How long should an antiques dealer keep an item that does ...

Guess What Article for May 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Very rarely do we show you something with a “you get what ...

Researching an Unfamiliar Object - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2004 By Ed Welch Antique dealers and collectors are sometimes tempted to buy ...

A Brimfield Journal, May 11 to 14, 2004 - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - May 2004 By Ed Welch For me, the buying and ...

Guess What Article for April 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" What we have is a multi-purpose, sextuple threat tool. It’s an advanced ...

Hearth to Hearth: Fishing - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2004 By Alice Ross The weather is warming, the fish are running, and in the 18th century it would have ...

The Importance of Professional Buying - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - April 2004 By Ed Welch Contrary to what some may think, dealers make ...

Guess What Article for March 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Continuity is a wonderful thing if you are able to achieve it ...

Follow That Buyer! - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - March 2004 By Ed Welch In the day-to-day operation on your antique business, who is ...

Guess What Article for February 2004 The Journal of Antiques & Collectibles By Bob Cahn, "The Primitive Man" Ever felt like throwing your weight around and couldn’t find anything to ...

Hearth to Hearth: Ice - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - February 2004 By Alice Ross In the days when seasons rolled around and one’s life and livelihood changed accordingly, going against ...

Old-Fashioned Selling Techniques - Business of Doing Business - The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles - February 2004 By Ed Welch When I became an antiques dealer in the early 1960s, ...