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Very little capital is required to make money from antiques. You can start this
fascinating business right in your home community. In every town there are
ten homes or more whose attics contain furniture and various articles
collected over a period of years. Before buying any of these, make a list of
every article you find that is worth while and send copies of this list to
furniture manufacturers, furniture dealers, antique shops, and collectors in
larger cities. When replying, the dealers will mention the amount they will
pay for each article. Those who have prospects for the articles listed will
gladly pay good prices.

While the demand for antiques fell off during the depression, it is coming
back with the return of better times and the revival in building. During the
period of prosperity we are now entering, thousands of homes are going to be
remodeled and refurnished. Many of these home-owners will refurnish in the
early American style, because of its charm and distinctiveness. This will
bring back with a bang the demand for all kinds of antiques and those who tie
in with this movement are bound to reap profits. It’s an interesting business,
too, and may lead to your becoming an interior decorator with a shop and
factory of your own.

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N SEATTLE , Washington, H. J. Sullivan made $1,080 in fifty-three days.
He did it by selling a collection system to local business men during the
worst months of the depression. “My commission runs about twothirds of the
selling price,” Sullivan said. “On a $7.50 unit I make a profit of $5.00, and on
the higher-priced units the commission is relatively higher. My biggest
advantage was my list of acquaintances. I knew most of the first 200 business
men I interviewed, and had enough selling experience to understand how to
handle prospective users of the system whom I didn’t know personally. To
clinch the sale after I had a man interested, I used a portfolio of letters of
endorsement supplied by my firm. This portfolio was a gold mine. It
contained hundreds of letters from business firms in every line of business,