Have you always felt you had an eye and soft spot for antiques and are toying with the idea of venturing into antique collecting for the love of antiques to decorate your spaces and the possibility of making money down the line but have no clue where to start and how to go about it the right way? And, are you looking for a simplified blueprint that will help you understand all about antique collection without making all manner of costly dummy mistakes? If you’ve answered YES, This book will help make your antique collection journey easy, exciting and successful by giving you all the information you need! Every once in a while, we hear it in the news that a rare antique item sold in an auction for a few million dollars! Just think about it, the Pinner Qing Dynasty Vase was sold for $72.92 million! Yes, some antique items that you could buy for a few dollars could end up being worth thousands or even millions of dollars if you get lucky. So how exactly do you go collecting antiques – how do you know which ones are valuable and which ones are just trash? Where do you begin in your antique collecting journey? Where do you find antiques worth your while? How do you value the antiques to ensure you are getting value for money? How do you tell between real antiques and fakes? How do you take care of them once you buy them to maintain their value? What else do you need to know to become a notable antique collector? If these are some of the questions running through your mind, keep reading this book, as it will give you your answers and much more! More precisely, you will learn: • The difference between antique, vintage and collectible items so you know exactly what you will be looking for • Where to begin as a newbie • How to determine your purpose for antique collecting so as to find your niche • The benefits of collecting antiques (it is more than money) • How to set your antique collecting budget • Where to look for when collecting or buying antiques • Antique insurance policies and the requirements • How to determine the value of different antique items • How and where to sell an antique item to get the most value for your money • How to wrap up, store and maintain antiques • How extreme temperature, humidity and direct sunlight affects antique • How to differentiate between real and fake antique • Some of the easy to find antiques • And much more!