5 x YOUR MONEY / How To Make Money Buying & Selling Antiques/Vintage

Starting with a £10 vintage purchase, I’ll show you how to 5 times your money to get started in the antiques and vintage business.
I’ll be uploading more ‘How to make money buying and selling antiques & vintage items’, so please keep an eye out for new videos...it would be great if you subscribed too!
In this video I’m featuring a very cool mid 20th century table candelabra by the Danish designer and maker Carl F Christiansen of Copenhagen. It dates to around 1955 and is referred to as the propeller candelabra. It was certainly a lucky find and I’ll show you how to prepare it for sale and how to make money from it.
Cheers,
David Harper
PS. You might know me from BBC TV shows like Bargain Hunt, Flog It and the Antiques Roadtrip, but if you subscribe to my channel, I'll give you free tutorials, advice, top tips, trade secrets, quiz’s and antiques, car and art reviews...as well as a bit of unusual history!

[@beverleytaylor5859]

I love seeing the before and afters when cleaning silver ware xxx

[@pauldaviesantiques1556]

Thank you for taking the time to talk through the process. Twenty years in and every day I learn something new. Love this business.

[@teepeewabbit]

David’s advice is spot on, his system for increasing value especially for smaller less expensive vintage items, has worked for me. I have bought and sold vintage and antique goodies for a long time. My thrill is in the learning discoveries I make, the “built in” history lessons that always happen, never a dull moment! Of course, the adrenaline rush of the sale of something I bought for a song, and sold for a profit, is always tops! And I do see that same sparkle in David’s eyes too-! Thank you David, I appreciate and love the time you take to teach, guide, and demonstrate, and as much as I think I know, I know very little, so please keep the shows coming. Cheers, Shae

[@davidholgate123]

Where would you recommend buying these smaller cost items if you don't mind me asking?... I'm seriously thinking of becoming semi-retired and having some fun with it but also making some money by buying and selling antiques as I've always had an interest in it.

[@teepeewabbit]

@@davidholgate123 Hello David. It is said “one man’s junk is another man’s treasure. Often my finds are at yard and boot sales, and estate sales. Thrift stores (op shops) don’t yield as much as they used to especially post Covid. Wishing you well as you approach retirement!

[@TheVelvetLoungeLife]

#thevelvetloungelife adds as an American Auctioneer I give David a grade of an A plus❗ He is right on the money.

[@user-hx4zv7gn1w]

Great!

[@msbratt55]

David - I've often heard that one should NOT clean an item. The patina should show the character of the piece. When do you clean and when don't you? Thanks!

[@juancarlos3348]

Thank you for the tips! Superb.

[@DavidHarperAntiquesTV]

My pleasure!

[@helenheeney2284]

Brilliant David thank you

[@sallyhinkley1177]

Really interesting and informative thank you so much

[@laaamby]

hi david thank you for your email reply. ps: love the artwork in the background of this video!

[@jamese.mambourg]

Excellent video !! Thanks.

[@DavidHarperAntiquesTV]

Cheers James

[@chocksaway100]

Put a tenner in the bank and see if you can double your money...and have fun😊

[@OriginalNethead]

Bits worth 50 quid add up. Bits costing a fiver and worth less add up too, unfortunately. As for this one, I found the maker's mark in about ten seconds flat - far easier than just having the design.