The antique business

The antique business including second hand thrift - rare antiques and art.

The antique business has 3 basic parts: source of supply, re-distribution, and outlets.

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Goals, and proposal for creating the new  business model/structure for the secondary market for personal property.

I am looking for someone out there who is looking for a great investment opportunity to blow the lid off the secondary market.

Introduction:
When a search is made to find source of supply information on the internet results are very limited with respect to goods, or second hand goods. Terms can also be added such an antique: source of antique supply. Results are very limited at best. Targeted searches for particular category items are better, but most redirect to eBay.

The Secondary market for personal property from thrift to antiques today is like the gold rush in California a hundred years ago!!! The difference now is people can't get up in the morning and say today I'm going to be an antique dealer. Here the secondary market includes trash to treasure. "One persons trash is another persons treasure"  With the rush to the market much like the gold rush, the antique, thrift, and collectible markets have shifted a bit. The source of supply has been squeezed a bit. People are not willing to "get rid of it"  As everything is a treasure now. And anyone can go to eBay, or other place and see what is going on.

 This proposal is non-traditional. The personal property market is non-traditional. You will not find too many college coerces on the antique/auction market, or sources of supply for re-sale on the secondary market. In fact the secondary market for goods just might be the last real supply and demand driven business model left. Un-regulated, and un-structured. How many franchisees do you find? Perhaps a few. The thrift market is so big that charity operations propped up to save the land fills from over filling. Why? because the source of supply is too unstable, and the wide range of items found are a wide Varity. Logistics, and technology is not  developed to handle the biggest market the world has, next to real estate, bar none.

Thinking of the secondary market for personal property as ALL goods that accumulate from ALL retail locations. Business to business, motor vehicles, and equipment as well.  That is all of these goods that don't end up in a land fill some where, but this will be talked about later. This is called " rag-out"

Source of supply Secondary market supply

This section explores in-depth the source of supply for the secondary market. From antiques, house hold goods, and thrift. The secondary market here relates source of supply for  goods. Traditional secondary market searches will come up with real estate, and stalk market information. The secondary market for goods seems to be a obscure and lost item. Do the test for yourself: go to the internet and search: secondary market for goods, secondary market, personal property secondary market... What did you find? 
Traditional methods, and where sourcing is going into the future. Each quarter covering tips, advice, and  information on sourcing in the secondary market.

Garage sales
Estate sales
Moving sales
Flea Markets
Trade Shows
Antique Shops
Antique Malls
Specialty Shops
Thrift Stores
Auctions
Private Parties
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Secondary Market:  Outlet Review

This section focuses on the outlet side of the secondary market. Taking an in-depth look at the outlets.
This section also includes Re-distribution into the correct outlets. Related topics include: Pricing, research sources, and reference materials.

Flea Markets
Trade Shows
Antique Shops
Antique Malls
Auctions
Private Party Sales