| On ebay and all round cyberspace, you can find | | | | tons of one of a kind or limited edition antiques, that |
| people getting rich from selling antiques or making | | | | are worth tons of money or have lots of interest. So |
| arts and crafts to resell. You can find success stories | | | | buy up those antiques you can buy for cheap and |
| everywhere you look. Who hasn't heard of that | | | | resell them for lots of dough. |
| person who found something in their attic that was | | | | Arts and crafts are another story, but you can make |
| worth thousands of dollars? Or that person who | | | | some really great money doing it. You are usually the |
| purchased something at a yard-sale for 5 dollars and | | | | manufacturer when you resell arts and crafts. Home |
| resold it on ebay for thousands of dollars. It's the | | | | made jewelry is a HUGE money maker on ebay right |
| luck of the draw with antiques sometimes. But is | | | | now. I have seen people make and resell sports and |
| there a better way to make money? Arts and crafts | | | | casual home made jewelry. There are people on |
| have become popular sellers everywhere. What is | | | | ebay and all around the net right now making money |
| better to resell; arts and crafts or antiques? | | | | off arts and crafts. You only need the materials and |
| I have had lots of success with selling antiques and | | | | you make it yourself, so your profit margin can be |
| crafts. You definitely hear more about people selling | | | | tremendous. |
| antiques successfully. You can find some really great | | | | If you know how to knit, crochet, mend, or sew, |
| deals in antiques. The people that want to get rid of | | | | you can make tons of dough also. You can make |
| antiques usually don't know anything about it. They | | | | blankets, place mats, pillows, pet clothes and beds, |
| just want to get rid of it for various reasons. The | | | | tons more. Look around cyberspace and you will see |
| best places to buy antiques cheap is your local paper. | | | | a new age of arts and crafts. The creations being |
| You can find yard and garage sales there among a | | | | made at home put some big companies products to |
| few. Flea markets are another great place to find | | | | shame. They are usually cheaper to buy, since the |
| antiques. Your attic or basement may hold a treasure | | | | only thing your really paying for is the labor for time |
| that you don't even know about. Maybe go clean | | | | put in to the project. The resell value is kind of bad, |
| your parents or grandparents attic and basement for | | | | so I wouldn't recommend buying arts and crafts to |
| them. Make a deal that you will clean the place up in | | | | resell unless you were getting a great deal. The |
| return for some antiques they don't want. One year I | | | | problem with buying arts and crafts in bulk is; usually |
| helped clean my grandfathers cellar and came across | | | | each piece is original and unique. It's very hard to get |
| a huge baseball card set from the 1940's- 1960's. He | | | | more than one arts and crafts item to look exactly |
| had no idea where it came from and said I could | | | | like the last. But that is the beauty in it also. People |
| keep it to resell. | | | | are usually buying the item because of it's originality |
| I made over 10 thousand dollars reselling the cards on | | | | or because it may be one of a kind. |
| ebay. Antiques can come in any form, from | | | | A friend of mine has a website dedicated to selling |
| silverware and china to collectibles and non-collectibles. | | | | her home made jewelry. Her jewelry sells like |
| But unless you are an antique expert, which is very | | | | pancakes. All she does is put the time in to each |
| rare these days; you never know what you have | | | | piece. She already has a stockpile of supplies to last a |
| until you try and sell it. For the most part, an antique | | | | lifetime. The rest is all profit. Don't let arts and crafts |
| worth $1.00 could sell for hundreds or thousands of | | | | business fool you. They come in all shapes and forms |
| dollars, just because that person wanted it. There is | | | | and are very profitable. If you have the talent to |
| almost no price on an antique item someone really | | | | make something, use your talents. You never know, |
| wants. People may want that item specifically | | | | you may invent the next multi-million dollar product. |
| because it's old, original, or one of a kind. There are | | | | |