| France is great country to find antiques at bargain | | | | over the Atlantic. In such a case it is best to go for |
| prices. Every town there has many places where you | | | | smaller items like jewelery, ceramics and other |
| can purchase antiques. Driving though the French | | | | various ornaments that you can put on the shelf of |
| countryside will give you the opportunity to find | | | | you home, and that can be packed in a suitcase. |
| many different places where you can examine and | | | | Either that or find out in advance what it would cost |
| buy antiques. In fact, many collectors from other | | | | to have bigger items like antique furniture shipped |
| European countries like the UK travel across the | | | | over. |
| channel and across the border to find bargains. | | | | Finding out venues where antique fairs are held in |
| France is renowned for its antiques markets, but you | | | | France is not difficult as France like many southern |
| can also find a great variety of shops selling antiques. | | | | countries in Europe like Italy has buzzing markets |
| But you will find the most benefit in visiting the | | | | every weekend. Although such markets include other |
| antique fairs, where great bargains can be found. The | | | | items like food and clothes, you will often find a large |
| best time to go is during is during spring, summer and | | | | number of vendors selling antiques. A lot of these |
| also the autumn. Even in the winter you can find such | | | | vendors also include who set up stalls to sell items of |
| events and you are probably more likely to find | | | | their home that they want to get rid of. This offers |
| better bargains as during that time there will be less | | | | the best opportunities to get the best deal possible. |
| tourists and hence more possibilities to strike a better | | | | In fact many car boot salesmen and women who do |
| deal. | | | | so professionally or semi-professionally in the UK |
| When you go over to antique fairs in France it is a | | | | travel a lot to France to get such bargains on |
| good idea to have some working knowledge of the | | | | antiques to re-sell at their equivalent venues, turning |
| French language. You will find that some dealers have | | | | over a tidy profit even after factoring in the cost of |
| some knowledge of English but French people are | | | | travel and shipping the antiques across the Channel. |
| very proud of their language and do appreciate you | | | | Buying and selling antiques has become really |
| making the effort to speak it. Even if you take a | | | | competitive and limiting yourself to your country |
| phrase book with you to aid you in finding the right | | | | could still be a profitable and enjoyable experience. |
| things to say it will come in very handy when haggling | | | | However travelling to places like France has made |
| for an antique piece that has taken your fancy as | | | | antique collecting even more enjoyable and profitable. |
| well as winning over the vendor who will appreciate | | | | The fact that you can travel around European Union |
| your efforts to speak French. | | | | members countries without a passport avoiding the |
| The best way to collect antiques in France if you live | | | | hassle of through customs has indeed made it much |
| in Europe is if you take with you a vehicle large | | | | easier and more popular and yet still novel enough to |
| enough to carry the antique you have bought. | | | | provide you with many great antique bargains for |
| Obviously this might not be as practical if you live | | | | years to come. |