http://blog.fineantiqueswealth.org/blog en-us Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:45:34 +0100 Main Page Blogware Adam Shapiro http://blog.fineantiqueswealth.org/blog/_archives/2008/12/7/4011032.html http://blog.fineantiqueswealth.org/blog/_archives/2008/12/7/4011032.html Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:57:53 +0000 <P>There has never been a better time to invest in fine&nbsp;antique silver&nbsp;as the uncertainty and general economic outlook worsens.&nbsp;&nbsp;Money markets,&nbsp;equities and pension funds are&nbsp;falling almost on a daily basis&nbsp;and there is no longer&nbsp;any&nbsp;certainty in the banking sector.&nbsp; Precious metals are buckng the trend, with silver and gold hitting record highs recently, proving, yet again that&nbsp;antique silver, at least&nbsp;is a&nbsp;prefered&nbsp;investment choice.&nbsp; Once&nbsp;the preserve of wealthy individuals, but certainly in reach of the majority of today's investors, fine antiques in the upper&nbsp;bracket are enjoying a renaissance.&nbsp;&nbsp;Recession proof and ethically friendly, with a&nbsp;fractional carbon&nbsp;impact, antiques are tangible items&nbsp;that boast&nbsp;ownership kudos.&nbsp;&nbsp;Market trends indicate that prices above £5000&nbsp;are showing the&nbsp;highest gains over a reasonable&nbsp;period of time.&nbsp; Prices below this&nbsp;are stable, but this is&nbsp;taking seasonal adjustments into account.&nbsp; Unlike alternative investments, including&nbsp;wine,&nbsp;which has a shelf life, and contemporary art that has enjoyed a decade of&nbsp;rapid growth&nbsp;for no real reason other than city fund managers competing for a slice of the pie, antiques&nbsp;have often been&nbsp;unfairly overlooked.&nbsp; With the stockpiling of wealth form all four corners of the world over the last&nbsp;few years, many antiques have been repatriated by wealthy collectors and businessman making this an exceptional time to begin an antique investment portfolio.&nbsp; Market trends signify Art Nouveau, The Arts &amp; Crafts Movement, Georgian and Victorian as key periods with items made in London&nbsp;or Provincial Towns, including Ireland,&nbsp;and by renowned makers.&nbsp; Additionally, highly prized foreign&nbsp;goods, including Russian pieces either by Faberge or localised workmasters, Oriental pieces and Colonial silver, originally made for the export market are providing valuable returns.&nbsp; <A href="http://www.fineantiqueswealth.org">www.fineantiqueswealth.org</A></P> <P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Main Page