Virtually, all antique collectors are big tourist. Each such tourist carries a unique and unusual approach and belief, attitude, and outlook different from another.
You may come across many barriers, while buying and selling such antique objects. Foremost being not getting enough time. This the age, where, one can’t find enough time for oneself, forget about taking it out others.
Fresher and newbie in this field, find it mush difficult to take out adequate time for traveling. So, most of them try to see as many as unusual and a variety of places as they can, with the limited number of days and weeks they get.
Secondly, overseas trade is influence by many aspects and reason. It necessitates a good deal of cleverness, skill and knowledge of what is available and where to seek and find for it, and what’s the season for buying and selling. One more barrier, which seems to be underestimated, is language. And this is surely chased by bucks in ones pockets
Tourists find it easy to shop in places were English is a common and familiar language, besides the easy availability of such articles. London and Paris being the best and the first choice for collectors.
These are only some of the obstruction and stumbling block, which I have faced and good or bad, still facing. But I m constantly, trying to improve upon myself. Nonetheless, traveling for antique business has remained and hope will remain so, for each year to come.
December 23, 2008 at 6:11 am
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