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Class Syllabus: Buying and Selling Antiques and Collectibles

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Course Description

How to Buy and Sell Antiques and Collectibles offers a highly successful approach to acquiring and selling antiques and collectibles for both fun and profit. This course incorporates many strategies of acquiring and selling desirable objects and pieces, with the goal of personal enjoyment and fulfillment.

All collectors start somewhere. It begins somehow, usually with an interest developed early on as a child. Almost mystically, the collection begins. Eventually, there comes a time when the collector desires to sell an antique or collectible, perhaps because it is a duplicate or to make room for another object.

Successful collectors learn what sells, and what to buy in order to sell later. Many of the most profitable collectors and dealers learn the principals necessary to trade, barter, acquire and sell both antiques and collectibles. They avoid expensive mistakes and missteps. They use knowledge as their best tool to acquire items for their collections or resale.

This course will present many strategies and concepts to prepare you for the path of becoming a successful buyer and seller of antiques and collectibles.

Course Requirements

The course is open to everyone. There are no required books. All material will be given online and through netlinks. You'll need a high school reading level though.

Course Topics

 

Lesson 1: Starting an Antique Collection

Lesson 2: The History of Antiquing

Lesson 3: What Types of Antiques to Buy

Lesson 4: Collectibles Versus Just Plain Old Stuff

Lesson 5: Searching for Profitable Antiques

Lesson 6: Detecting Fakes

Lesson 7: Setting the Value

Lesson 8: Buying from Antique Dealers

Lesson 9: Antique Glassware, Furniture, and Other Items

Lesson 10: Care and Preservation of Antiques

Lesson 11: Protecting Your Investment

Lesson 12: Learning about Your Collections

Lesson 13: Where to Sell Antiques

Lesson 14: How to Sell Antiques

Lesson 15: Selling to Dealers

Course Materials

All the course material required to complete this course is included.

Grading Policy

Each lesson will include a practice assignment and lesson review quiz that will directly apply what you have learned.
Students will successfully complete this course with 70% or better.

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