Here is the fifth part of AntiquesAvenue’s guide to selling your antiques and collectables. I have already discussed the main routes open to someone just wanting to sell – to a dealer, via auction and on ebay. Perhaps here are a few more that you may not have though about:

- Your local paper:

• Suitable for furniture but only use this option if you are happy with purchasers visiting your home
• . This would be a less suitable option for collectors items where you would want to reach a wider audience

- Through a collectors club or website

• Check out the internet. Is there a collectors club dedicated to your antique or collectible? There are clubs for all sorts of things and even more collectors websites and forums.

- At an Antiques fair

• Do you have a local antiques fair and a lot of stuff to sell? Selling at a fair can be   but if your prices are right you could sell a lot. Of course you need to know how much your items are worth first and you could well end up taking most back home. Stalls can be had a smaller fairs from about £30. Have a think about it – I may well write a complete “How to” guide on selling at antiques fairs soon.

-Through a television program

• This is one option I admit to not having tried myself. Just have a few things to sell and fancy your few minutes of fame . Look in your Tv guide, watch the programs and select one you fancy. The contact details should be at the end of the programme – most will have a web address at least.

- Car Boot Sale

• My least favourite venue for selling antiques although you can sell a lot of cheap pieces such as common china or glassware. If you take along real antiques they sell well but dont expect much for them . Car Boots can be nasty cold places to sell at – only go if the weather is fine as the buyers dont turn out in any great number in the cold and the rain.  Please have someone check through your antiques first to ensure you do not have anything valuable which should be sold for more than a couple of pounds.