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The Best Places To Sell Your Chinese Pottery And Porcelain

Sarasota Antique Buyers

Between researching the items, trying to find provenance, and then getting estimated values, many tasks must be completed before deciding where to sell them to realize the highest return. Their commission will be lower, but they transfer the risks of waiting on a sale to you in return for the lower fees.

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Brimfield Antiques Flea Market for Beginners: What to Know

WorthPoint

I went last year for the first time and deliberately did not do much research before going so I could take it all in. WorthPoint spoke to Jenn Schaeffner, a fan and collector of mid-century modern art and décor. When not writing or walking her snorty pug, Penny, she enjoys yard sales, flea markets, and badminton.

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Long Overdue: Cultural Change Affecting the Art Market

MIR Appraisal

This sale still pales in comparison to the sale of a 1982 Basquiat in 2017 that went for $110 million and reveals a still-unbalanced market ($1.7 At the top of the grand staircase of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, visitors find themselves facing a large pair of canvases, both painted by the artist Julie Mehretu.

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The Black Market for Stolen Antiques Is Booming

WorthPoint

Gold statues worth over $1 million were stolen from an Italian art exhibit. A burglar broke into an estate sale and stole a collection of Pan-American Exposition antiques. A Texas couple’s irreplaceable collection of Western antiques was swiped from their U-Haul.