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The countdown for 2008 is upon us and if you have been buying and selling antique clocks, this year may prove to be one of your best. I have been amazed, that while other items values have fallen, clocks have seen their value go straight up. The great part about dealing in clocks is that there are ones available to fit anyone’s pocket book. You may find that old school clock that you remember keeping you on course for classes for one to two hundred dollars. There are the grandfather clocks that woke you up each morning so you wouldn’t be late for work and they can bring $250,000 if signed by the maker.

Clocks come in all sizes - from the smallest that can fit in the palm of your hand to the ones that after you get them you never want to move them again. There are ones that work with the use of springs or others have their works moved by weights that turn their gears. Some clocks even have wooden mechanisms that I find very interesting. The mantel clock seems to be the most often seen and these may be manufactured in this country or many of the European countries. I have bought mantel clocks for as little as $15 but on the other hand I have paid $2,500 for ones from Europe that had wonderful decoration such as figures adorning them. This is one area of the antique business that if you are contemplating purchase of a very expense clock, you should consult a clock expert before you make any outlay of your hard earned money. I have found that people who love clocks are more than happy to share information with you that might start you down the right path before you make the final decision about buying or passing on the piece.

I have to admit that I haven’t had the opportunity to purchase a really expensive clock but I did purchase a french mantel clock for $250 that sold for $3,500. Since that time I have purchased many cheaper clocks and have never had any difficulty reaching my goal of doubling my money when they were sold. There are clock price guides that can be bought used on Amazon for just a few dollars and my suggestion to you is buy one of these guides if clocks will be additions to your inventory in the future.

Here is a little secret, most clocks can be repaired and made to work so this doesn’t eliminate those clocks from consideration as a purchase. I have found clocks that weren’t running and when I got them home I found that all they needed was to be oiled or a little dirt removed from the working parts. The owners of broken clocks are usually glad to be rid of them so almost any offer will be accepted. Parts for clocks are available to repair your clock and even the faces can be replaced which may return them to their status as a treasure. Be sure to use your computer to its best advantage by researching clocks online and don’t forget to check eBay’s completed auctions for comparisons.

Tick tock, tick tock can be some of the best sounds you will ever hear if making money is your goal.

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I have been silent about the political scene for a while because we are in a transition time but don’t be caught asleep and lose out on this big time money opportunity. Obama is doing the professional thing by not trying to upstage President Bush while he is still in office but his time is coming. After January 20th all you will hear is Obam,,Obama.

The world will be waiting and hanging on every word that comes from the new president’s mouth and the foreign collectors may for a period of time be more interested in this presidency than the Americans. This phenomenon will only last for a short time however and then the collectors on this side of the pond will wake up and the race will be on to see who can assemble the largest collection of President Obama’s memorabilia.

Over the next four or eight years there will be tons of collectible items from this president’s time in office that will enter the public arena and hopefully my readers and 31 Club members will take fully advantage of these opportunities. I have written several past blogs on this opportunity and hopefully these will be called back up and they will help in your pursuit for money making. These items will be equal in value over a short period of time to those of Lincoln and Washington.

What intrigue there is going to be as people try to figure out the relationship between Obama and Clinton. Is Obama using the old saying,” Keep your friend close but your enemies closer?” Does Bill and Hillary plan on trying to undermind the president’s administration so she can run for the Presidency in 2012? These and many more questions will be answered in the next few years and this will continue to occupy the front pages of papers and magazines plus receive tremendous air time on our televisions. All the time these events are playing out you will be able to add dollars to your bank accounts by finding those special items that collectors are searching for.

This may be one of those times that you set a piece of Obama memorabilia aside for yourself after your goal for doubling your profits has been reached. I think that if there was an area of collecting that might tempt me to start a new collection it would be items from Obama’s years in office.

But what would I search for to add to the collection? First it would be items pertaining to his life before being elected President. I just saw some early photographs that a fellow student shot of him in his school years and in my humble opinion these will become priceless. His signed books will become harder and harder to obtain but you may still be able to find one if you are lucky. Things that he owned in his younger years will reach unbelievable heights in the future. Would you believe an old bicycle that Obama owned and rode as a child might command $100,000 in a few years? His clothing that you can document that he wore by seeing him in them in a photo will be equal in value to the outfits that Elvis wore. These are just a few areas that I would endeavor to profit from and I hope that you will too.

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I will be spending this week in Kentucky with family and friends and also researching the antiques and collectibles that people are looking for in that area. Local items bring big money but few people know the value of these items outside the location where they are collected.

Here are a few examples of items that I doubt you would give a second glance at but in Kentucky, particularly Owensboro, these will bring big money. First, Owensboro residents are proud of the past, where production of whiskey was a major source of income for the town. Yes, there was legitimate whiskey made in Kentucky and it wasn’t all moonshine. Where is the money to be made here, you ask?

Stoneware whiskey jugs with the name Owensboro on them (especially if they are the pint size) can bring several thousand dollars. The more common gallon size jugs will sell for several hundred dollars. Advertising pieces like ice picks, glasses, pitchers and other items that where used to help sell the distiller’s products are highly sought after today by avid collectors. Even cardboard signs and other paper ads for the companies that produced whiskey can bring big money.

Another part of the local economy of Owensboro in early years was the Owensboro WDaryle Lambert: Owensboro, Kentucky

I will be spending this week in Kentucky with family and friends and also researching the antiques and collectibles that people are looking for in that area. Local items bring big money but few people know the value of these items outside the location where they are collected.

Here are a few examples of items that I doubt you would give a second glance at but in Kentucky, particularly Owensboro, these will bring big money. First, Owensboro residents are proud of the past, where production of whiskey was a major source of income for the town. Yes, there was legitimate whiskey made in Kentucky and it wasn’t all moonshine. Where is the money to be made here, you ask?

Stoneware whiskey jugs with the name Owensboro on them (especially if they are the pint size) can bring several thousand dollars. The more common gallon size jugs will sell for several hundred dollars. Advertising pieces like ice picks, glasses, pitchers and other items that where used to help sell the distiller’s products are highly sought after today by avid collectors. Even cardboard signs and other paper ads for the companies that produced whiskey can bring big money.

Another part of the local economy of Owensboro in early years was the Owensboro Wagon Company. This company was one of the largest companies in the country making horse-drawn wagons which were the major way of transporting almost anything that was moved in those days. They didn’t have eighteen wheelers back then. A tin sign advertising the wagon company may sell for any where upwards of $3,500 if it is in mint condition.

Owensboro also has medicine and soda bottles that carry its name and the collectors are eager to find them and when they do, they will pay a fair dollar. You now know that each community has items that are usually only collected in their area. Most guides don’t list local area collectibles so it is up to you to research and find out which items are desirable and the values for these items. Why should this matter? If you find an Owensboro jug in Chicago, you may be able to buy it for $25 and sell it to a collector in Kentucky for several thousand dollars.

My personal, favorite Owensboro collectible is a tin “Allied Moving Van” toy truck that has an advertisement on its side for “Owensboro, Kentuckyagon Company. This company was one of the largest companies in the country making horse-drawn wagons which were the major way of transporting almost anything that was moved in those days. They didn’t have eighteen wheelers back then. A tin sign advertising the wagon company may sell for any where upwards of $3,500 if it is in mint condition.

Owensboro also has medicine and soda bottles that carry its name and the collectors are eager to find them and when they do, they will pay a fair dollar. You now know that each community has items that are usually only collected in their area. Most guides don’t list local area collectibles so it is up to you to research and find out which items are desirable and the values for these items. Why should this matter? If you find an Owensboro jug in Chicago, you may be able to buy it for $25 and sell it to a collector in Kentucky for several thousand dollars.

My personal, favorite Owensboro collectible is a tin “Allied Moving Van” toy truck that has an advertisement on its side for “Owensboro, Kentucky ” and I am proud to be a good ol’ country boy.

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My family and I will be away until the 27th but there will be someone to take my messages and babysit PJ, our rabbit. This has been a year of wonderful experiences for me and my family and you, the readers and members of the 31 Club, have had a lot to do with that. I feel you have educated me more than I have you so thanks a bunch. My feelings are that the rest of the world hasn’t seen anything yet because we are just starting our journey together and when we cross the finish line is when we can really celebrate.

I will not be able to ship books while I am gone but they will go out the day after my return. Thanks to all of you that have expressed what that little book “31 Steps to Your Millions” has meant to you. I have to agree though with the husband of one member who told his wife to put the book down and go to sleep because she couldn’t read it all in one night.

It is hard to believe that this all started with a little boy reading “Treasure Island” many years ago and has grown to where people around the world are beginning to dream again. God blesses the person of integrity and I feel that you have surrounded me with people that reach that high standard. I am so pleased that you have chosen to enter a community with me where honesty reigns supreme. Let’s pledge to one another that next year will even be better than this one has been.

Please eat plenty of fruit cake for me over the holidays and throw in a few oranges and nuts while you’re at it but most of all enjoy your families which are the greatest gift God has given us besides his son. I would like to ask for your prayers for traveling safety for me and my family while we’re away. The blog will be posted every day and if there is a special subject that you would like covered please email me and I will do my best to get the information on our site.

One thing that I believe is that most people as they age begin to believe that Christmas is just for children but I can assure you that simply isn’t true. For me, I am enjoying this Christmas more than any that comes to mind over many years. I feel that when times are a little tougher than normal, people take the time to show love to others. This could explain why I am seeing more sparkle in the eyes of the children this Christmas. In fact I am seeing more adults holding hands as they walk together and even sitting a little closer together in the restaurants.

HO! HO! HO! Merry Christmas from Santa.

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Toys at Christmas can be for children or adults. For the children, the toys usually represent the things that they will experience in the future while for adults it conquers up visions of times past in their lives. Both of these can bring big rewards for the recipient. There are few things that are collectible that have performed better than toys when it comes to their increase in value over time.

During the Christmas season you will find that most dealers dig out their best toys to sell. Often this gives us a real opportunity to profit from their lack of knowledge of the rare versus the common. I have been able to purchase great antique toys for a small percentage of their true value even when the selling dealer thought that I was over paying for them at the time. I once bought a tin windup toy for $10 that had a value of $5000. It was a pre-war Japanese piece that I have never seen again. This is a great time to ferret out those truly rare and unusual toys that will bring huge prices at the toy auctions.

It is okay to buy the Tonka and Mattel toys and they may bring you fair returns on your money but the older tin and cast iron ones are where the real money is. How would you like to find a Buddy L Insurance Patrol truck with the original box? Well it sold for $37,000 at auction in 2001. You will just have to wonder what it would bring today. In that same auction, there was a Buddy L Dual Wheel Screen Truck for $22,000, Doored Express truck $30,000, Shell Tanker Truck $20,000 and a Flivver Huckster Truck that was hammered at $21,000. Items like these are still out there for you to find and few dealers will realize their true value.

You don’t have to go back to the 30’s or 40’s to find these values. A Japanese tin 1961 Chrysler Imperial with box sold in 2002 for $22,000. We all know what Lionel Trains can bring and lead soldiers in the original box can make it a very merry Christmas for you when found. There are no limits to the toys that can put a big smile on your face but you must have done your homework so that when they appear you will recognize them. Dolls, games, construction sets and banks are just a few of the items that should be on your list as you travel to the different sales.

JUST REMEMBER THAT TOYS ARE FOR CHILDREN TO ENJOY BUT FOR THE BIG BOYS AND GIRLS TO
COVET.

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It is time for all good boys and girls to check their list. What do I mean by that? We are nearing the end of another year and it is time to see how you’ve measured up in the Antique and Fine Arts business over the last twelve months. Have you stayed with the plan that is going to assure you of success or have you gone back to the old ways of doing business that meant starting over every month?

First, let’s see if you have followed the rules for success. Ask yourself these questions:

·Have I gained in knowledge of the rare and unusual antiques, collectibles and fine art pieces that I am searching for? If you have been following the recommendations of the 31 Club, you should have added the names of at least 25 new items that you have researched this year to your wish list. Do you feel confident in recognizing them if they are presented to you? If you see an item from these companies, would you know the rare from the common?

·Have I tried to stay close to my goal of buying for my inventory at 25% of what I think the retail price will be?

·Did I set up an account just for my business and leave the profits from sales in the account to buy more items?

·Here is the tough one for so many of you. Did I sell what I bought in a timely manner?

These are some of the primary rules but there are others, such as, are you still telling everyone you come in contact with about this new and exciting business that you have entered into? How many of your business cards have you handed out? They can be bought for as little as $18 for 500. Are you attending house and garage sales on a regular basis? How about auctions? Have you gone to at least one a month for the entire year? Auctions are a place of learning even if you don’t purchase anything, plus, attending them is free.

Do you still have confidence in the goal that you set and has it been re-enforced by your actions this year? It isn’t easy to stay on the road to success if you are always looking backwards because the key to your victory in the “Race to Your Millions” is always in front of you. I can judge how most of my readers are doing in this business by how often I hear from them, the more often the better things are going for them. Remember, this isn’t a sprint but a long distance race and to succeed you must stay with the race until you cross the finish line. That will be the time to count your money.

I would say that on these cold winter nights it would be a great time to read the guide for our success again “ 31 Steps to Your Millions in Antiques and Collectibles.” Even though I wrote it, when I take the time to bring it down off the shelf, it re-lights my fire and excitement for this business, the greatest business in the world.

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Walter Darby Bannard

The modernism movement is in high gear and most people are beginning to educate themselves in the area of furniture and accessories from this era, but how about Post War and Contemporary art? I think you will find few individuals that are sure of themselves when it comes to this area of collecting and many, like myself, have very little understanding of it. These two however fit together like a pair of gloves so I will try to help you appreciate this period of art and hopefully it will add to your profits next year.

You may remember that the 31 Club is selling a painting by Walter Darby Bannard at Christie’s on January 12th and it fits in the Post War Modernism era. It was bought in Texas several months ago at a very reasonable price. Because so few people are knowledgable in this area of art, there should be a very nice profit made on the painting. I just received the catalog for the sale and it intrigued me because if I had seen most of the entries at a house sale I may not have even given them a second glance.

One suggestion that will prove helpful is for you to go to the Christie’s website and look at their catalogs. The site is www.christies.com. On the right side of the page click on January sales. Look at the January 12 sale and familiarize yourself with the names of many artists that were active during this period and the prices expected at this sale for their works.

Hopefully as you browse the catalog there will be paintings that catch your eye. Then, I suggest that you go to Yahoo or Google and do a search on the artist. Don’t be surprised if you run across a painting by one of these artists at one of the sales you attend. It might be a treasure just waiting for someone like you to recognize it. Just one or two finds like those in the Christie’s sale can make your whole year, so keep your eye out for them.

It may be time for us to move our marks up for what we are searching for because you may know that older paintings, unless done by the true masters, bring very little today. In fact most of the art that is bringing the truly large sums today are less than 100 years old and a lot of it is less than 50 years old.

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Collectors of early Fenton carnival glass know that certain pieces produced by this company can bring thousands of dollars. The Fenton company was founded in Martins Ferry, Ohio by Frank L. Fenton and was well known for its carnival glass produced from 1907-1920. This company moved to Williamstown, West Virginia and, until recently, was manufacturing several types of pattern glass. This glass is just beginning to hit the collectors’ radar screen. Recently they announced that they were discontinuing the glass production, however, when the orders started rolling in they seem to have postponed their closing. If they do stop making this beautiful glass, be assured that its value to collectors will skyrocket.

I would like to report in this blog about one of the largest Fenton auctions that I have seen in many years. It was conducted this last weekend in Evansville, Indiana by the Sohn’s auction house. You may want to go to their website and look at all the varied pieces of Fenton that were auctioned. Included in this sale were many pieces of common glass but sprinkled throughout the sale were limited edition pieces and these are the ones that I would like to share with you

I have always tried to keep our reader ahead of the curve when it comes to information about an opportunity that we should take advantage of. The limited edition pieces of Fenton were often selling for the same prices as the more common pieces at Sohn’s auction and this was because the buyers put no additional value on the more scarce, limited pieces. Bingo! This provided an opportunity for our good friend, Cecil Roeder, to step in and take advantage of the situation. He was buying the rarer pieces like a little boy in a candy shop.

If this is something that catches your interest, you may want to go to Amazon and buy a used copy of the Fenton Art Glass Patterns from 1939-1980. The used copies can be purchased for about $5. Remember, starting a library of price guides is one of the best ways for you to assure yourself of success and with Amazon and Abe’s books both selling used copies, this will stretch your money a long ways.

I think that if Fenton does cease production I will add their glass to my top 10 list next year.

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Collectors of early Fenton carnival glass know that certain pieces produced by this company can bring thousands of dollars. The Fenton company was founded in Martins Ferry, Ohio by Frank L. Fenton and was well known for its carnival glass produced from 1907-1920. This company moved to Williamstown, West Virginia and, until recently, was manufacturing several types of pattern glass. This glass is just beginning to hit the collectors’ radar screen. Recently they announced that they were discontinuing the glass production, however, when the orders started rolling in they seem to have postponed their closing. If they do stop making this beautiful glass, be assured that its value to collectors will skyrocket.

I would like to report in this blog about one of the largest Fenton auctions that I have seen in many years. It was conducted this last weekend in Evansville, Indiana by the Sohn’s auction house. You may want to go to their website and look at all the varied pieces of Fenton that were auctioned. Included in this sale were many pieces of common glass but sprinkled throughout the sale were limited edition pieces and these are the ones that I would like to share with you

I have always tried to keep our reader ahead of the curve when it comes to information about an opportunity that we should take advantage of. The limited edition pieces of Fenton were often selling for the same prices as the more common pieces at Sohn’s auction and this was because the buyers put no additional value on the more scarce, limited pieces. Bingo! This provided an opportunity for our good friend, Cecil Roeder, to step in and take advantage of the situation. He was buying the rarer pieces like a little boy in a candy shop.

If this is something that catches your interest, you may want to go to Amazon and buy a used copy of the Fenton Art Glass Patterns from 1939-1980. The used copies can be purchased for about $5. Remember, starting a library of price guides is one of the best ways for you to assure yourself of success and with Amazon and Abe’s books both selling used copies, this will stretch your money a long ways.

I think that if Fenton does cease production I will add their glass to my top 10 list next year.

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Collectors of early Fenton carnival glass know that certain pieces produced by this company can bring thousands of dollars. The Fenton company was founded in Martins Ferry, Ohio by Frank L. Fenton and was well known for its carnival glass produced from 1907-1920. This company moved to Williamstown, West Virginia and, until recently, was manufacturing several types of pattern glass. This glass is just beginning to hit the collectors’ radar screen. Recently they announced that they were discontinuing the glass production, however, when the orders started rolling in they seem to have postponed their closing. If they do stop making this beautiful glass, be assured that its value to collectors will skyrocket.

I would like to report in this blog about one of the largest Fenton auctions that I have seen in many years. It was conducted this last weekend in Evansville, Indiana by the Sohn’s auction house. You may want to go to their website and look at all the varied pieces of Fenton that were auctioned. Included in this sale were many pieces of common glass but sprinkled throughout the sale were limited edition pieces and these are the ones that I would like to share with you

I have always tried to keep our reader ahead of the curve when it comes to information about an opportunity that we should take advantage of. The limited edition pieces of Fenton were often selling for the same prices as the more common pieces at Sohn’s auction and this was because the buyers put no additional value on the more scarce, limited pieces. Bingo! This provided an opportunity for our good friend, Cecil Roeder, to step in and take advantage of the situation. He was buying the rarer pieces like a little boy in a candy shop.

If this is something that catches your interest, you may want to go to Amazon and buy a used copy of the Fenton Art Glass Patterns from 1939-1980. The used copies can be purchased for about $5. Remember, starting a library of price guides is one of the best ways for you to assure yourself of success and with Amazon and Abe’s books both selling used copies, this will stretch your money a long ways.

I think that if Fenton does cease production I will add their glass to my top 10 list next year.

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