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A man paid $25,000 for an 18th-century table in Tribeca, but moving it to auction would cost more than it's worth. Christie's ignored his attempts to sell it back, showing that age alone doesn't make antiques valuable.
A man paid $25,000 for an 18th-century table in Tribeca, but moving it to auction would cost more than it's worth. Christie's ignored his attempts to sell it back, showing that age alone doesn't make antiques valuable.
I could tell you 100 stories, but I'll tell you one where I was on Tribeca. They bought something for Christie's for $25,000. It was a nice beautiful table, 18th century, and it was provenance Christie's auction, beautiful. And I told them it was going to cost them more to move it to the auction than they would get at the auction, so they donated it. $25,000 at Christie's. Good luck. You call the auction back and say, "I bought it from you for $25,000. Will you take it now?" They're gonna. They're not even gonna answer the phone. So that's what happened to a lot of that antique market. The biggest misconception about antiques, and I say this all the time. As it, as it goes older, it's more expensive is absolutely not the case. Please subscribe so you don't miss any future videos.
