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So You Want To Start Collecting :)
September 28th 2007 23:17
I know someone who claims to have paid $8 each for a pair of robs jon chairs at a thrift shop. Each is worth around $1000 US today...
It takes time to train your eye, and learn the names, but, it can be a hobby that you can develop here and there. A good place to start is pbs' Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshowsite, there is a lot of general information and pointers for where to go next....
The best info seems to pick something you really like, whether pottery or painting, and spend the most time on that.
As vintage becomes more and more popular, the fakes proliferate (btw, the above is not vintage, but a new collection
One of my specialties is clothes. I still kick myself over not buying, at a thrift shop, an authentic Calvin Klein (for about $10) because it had a hole (which I now know could have been properly repaired).
And years later I bought a blouse with a Calvin Klein label, which my gut told me wasn't real, but it had the label (about the same price as the dress I didn't buy). I never wore that supposed Calvin Klein blouse, because everything from the feel of the fabric to the buttons to the cut told me it wasn't real. It just hung in my closet for years. A reminder.
The best places to find authentic clothes is around big cities. New York, L.A., San Francisco. It's hard for me now in a small town to come up with the real stuff at small prices, although there are sales from reputable stores of designer clothes (see Pennysmart.net). (Full disclosure: pennysmart is another of my blogs)
I'm mostly limited to ebay now, and I look at the feedback of the seller's very closely to avoid fraud. Having a lot of feedback, even though positive, is not a guarantee. I trust the vibe I get, and I admit I'm partial to Mom and Grandmother sellers. I just don't always trust that the buyers really know the authentic from the fake....
But, if I take a trip to a large community, hopefully my little money stash that I keep trying to build up, (if only the car and our health would cooperate) I'm going shopping
btw, theres an interesting article in the Village Voiceabout copyright infringement in the fashion industry. Which kind of seems like an oxymoron, since everything is pretty uch “inspired”....Wikipedia Commes Des Garconsseems to inspire a number of folks, so I included the Rolling Stones fashion pic above.
Recently Suzy Menkes of the International Herald chastised Marc Jacobs for listless designs that lacked the power of the vintage originals International Herald Tribune And the bebe version of Versace (below) is great...
It takes time to train your eye, and learn the names, but, it can be a hobby that you can develop here and there. A good place to start is pbs' Antiques Roadshow Antiques Roadshowsite, there is a lot of general information and pointers for where to go next....
The best info seems to pick something you really like, whether pottery or painting, and spend the most time on that.
As vintage becomes more and more popular, the fakes proliferate (btw, the above is not vintage, but a new collection
One of my specialties is clothes. I still kick myself over not buying, at a thrift shop, an authentic Calvin Klein (for about $10) because it had a hole (which I now know could have been properly repaired). And years later I bought a blouse with a Calvin Klein label, which my gut told me wasn't real, but it had the label (about the same price as the dress I didn't buy). I never wore that supposed Calvin Klein blouse, because everything from the feel of the fabric to the buttons to the cut told me it wasn't real. It just hung in my closet for years. A reminder.
The best places to find authentic clothes is around big cities. New York, L.A., San Francisco. It's hard for me now in a small town to come up with the real stuff at small prices, although there are sales from reputable stores of designer clothes (see Pennysmart.net). (Full disclosure: pennysmart is another of my blogs)
I'm mostly limited to ebay now, and I look at the feedback of the seller's very closely to avoid fraud. Having a lot of feedback, even though positive, is not a guarantee. I trust the vibe I get, and I admit I'm partial to Mom and Grandmother sellers. I just don't always trust that the buyers really know the authentic from the fake....
But, if I take a trip to a large community, hopefully my little money stash that I keep trying to build up, (if only the car and our health would cooperate) I'm going shopping
btw, theres an interesting article in the Village Voiceabout copyright infringement in the fashion industry. Which kind of seems like an oxymoron, since everything is pretty uch “inspired”....Wikipedia Commes Des Garconsseems to inspire a number of folks, so I included the Rolling Stones fashion pic above.
Recently Suzy Menkes of the International Herald chastised Marc Jacobs for listless designs that lacked the power of the vintage originals International Herald Tribune
And the bebe version of Versace (below) is great...
Versace
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