Antiques are wide in variety, including bronze ware, bullion ware, porcelain, jade article, calligraphy and painting, stone inscriptions, and so on. They were originally just decorations, but nowadays they are used for research and collection.
The antique trade is comparatively unique; from door decorations to store furnishings, it is ancient and elegant and full of cultural flavor. In the past, a reputation is the most important to antique stores; grave digging or selling fakes is forbidden. Today, buyers and sellers have to distinguish real from fake with professional appraisal knowledge. Experts can not only judge the quality of an antique, but also its value.
Antique stores don’t have as many customers as other types of stores. However, there is the old saying: “no sales in three years, but one sale buys three years’ meals.” Though it’s an exaggeration, it contains a small bit of truth regarding the antique trade.
Antique store owners are not only knowledgeable but also have good manners in meeting customers. Communication is very important, since deals usually depend on reassuring conversations between sellers and buyers. Keeping customers is important as well, so desks and chairs are provided in antique stores for customers to have tea and chat; some even set aside special rooms for customers to appraise antiques quietly.
In some stores, antiques are separated into foreign and domestic ones, and are exported either to foreigners or sold to local customers.
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