If you are an antique shopper, or maybe even just an “antiques looker”, you may have seen items in stores labeled New old stock or salesman’s sample and wondered just what these labels meant. New old stock means simply that. Merchandise that is offered for sale, that, for whatever reason, was never sold at retail […]
Unlike the question of value that we have discussed in recent articles, I can answer this (at least for me) in one simple answer. “It’s only original once.” You can restore just about anything. Everything from Radios, TV’s, furniture, autos, toys, homes, juke boxes and even pinball machines can be restored. Everyone seems to have […]
As we get older, nothing connects us to our youth like finding something in an antique store or marketplace that we owned when we were younger and nothing does this with more raw emotion than toys. Toys can instantly bring back vivid memories and take us back to our carefree days of imagination when everything […]
There are as many different pricing structures as there are different types of retail stores. I don’t think there is any right answer. You must find either an industry standard or just use what works for you. Some examples of industry standards would be, jewelry can be marked up to 800%, clothing to 500%, white […]
So you find you have an item that you think might be valuable, or you have some items you would like to sell. How do you go about finding their value? This is not as difficult as it seems, but you have put some thought into how to find the information you need. As we […]
I am moving my blog posts/articles from our store’s site to this one in order to preserve them for future viewing. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. A question that I continually have to deal with in the antique business is “what’s it worth?” It is a […]
I never know what I am going to encounter while out buying furniture for my home or the store. Sometimes I have to leave a beautiful piece of furniture behind. This installment is about when furniture has been moved outside. You have made the decision to part with piece of antique furniture. It’s okay. You […]
I am not an expert in anything. I have however been around a fair amount of time and have learned a few things. In fact, I am still learning everyday in this business.. In the world of antiques and collectibles, I get asked a question a lot. “How do I know it’s real?” There are […]
I am moving my blog posts/articles from our store’s site to this one in order to preserve them for future viewing. I hope you enjoy reading them as much as I enjoyed writing them. Welcome to Five Katz Antiques blog. For my first blog entry, I wanted to put forth the most common definitions […]
Five Katz Antiques was opened June 15th, 2015, and closed on June 18th, 2022. We celebrated our 7th anniversary just prior to our closing. It was a 1000 square foot retail store featuring antiques, oddities and vintage items as well as a variety of new items including vinyl records, Case knives, Fisher Price, Tonka and […]