Where Antiques Originate and How You Can Find Them

Written by Michael Temple


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Where will you spend your "prime-time?"

Knowing these two fundamental truths about where antiques originate, begs a big question. Knowing that antiques originate in people's homes, and that antiques are most likely to reside in older people's homes, where will you be attempting to spend a majority of your prime time? It tooks me years to understandrepparttar following principles.

1. To buy more fresh antiques you have to see more antiques.

2. To see more antiques, you must look at more household accumulations on a consistant basis.

3. To accomplish this, you simply must get into more people's homes whererepparttar 147442 antiques originate.

Knowing and understanding these principles will put you light years ahead of your competition! Believe me, I know antique dealers and collectors, and most of them find their antiques through one of only 5 methods. They find them through garage / estate sales, auctions, "goodwill" type stores, flea markets and "pickers".

Knowing and understandrepparttar 147443 above principles will help you to focus on where you will findrepparttar 147444 most antiques...in people's homes.

If you want to be incredibly successful, you have to go whererepparttar 147445 antiques originate. It's time to focus on that and only that! That focus will take you farther than you ever thought possible!

Michael Temple is a retired auctioneer, and author of the e-book "Buying Fresh Antiques - 16 Ways to Increase Your Opportunities...No Matter Where You Live!" His web site "Antique Power Dealer" (www.antiquepowerdealer.com) is a popular antique dealer web site.


4 Tips to Improve Your Online Poker Game

Written by Laura Bastowe


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3. Use betting to gain information about your opponents. Betting is a very useful tool when used correctly. Some bet high to see if opponents will stay in. Re-raises also accomplish this same end. “Checking” is also a good technique. If you check, and your opponent bets, he or she may have a better hand than you. Atrepparttar same time, if you notice your opponent checking, you might think that he or she has a bad hand.

4. Bluff sparingly and be unpredictable. The best poker players userepparttar 147341 bluffing technique very sparingly. Some players simply bluff without any thought torepparttar 147342 consequences. The worst thing a player can do is establish himself or herself as a bluffer. It is best to bluff when you know, or have a credible supposition that your bluff won’t be challenged by anyone. In this same sense, it is a good idea to be unpredictable. Any player that gets into habits will undoubtedly have difficulty making money.

Online Poker can be fun and profitable for anyone. However, if you follow these few tips, it might be more profitable for you than others. Poker is an ongoing process. You can always improve, so never hesitate to read a book on poker and increase your knowledge and skill. Poker is a game of perception and awareness. The best players not only understandrepparttar 147343 game of poker, but they understand all of their opponents and know techniques.

Laura Bastowe is an avid poker player and writes about online poker frequently.


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