| Whatever it is that you happen to enjoy collecting, | | | | from anywhere. That means that if our Mr. Gates |
| be it old teddy bears, ancient coins or even cow | | | | had found that object for sale in say Cheyenne, |
| themed tea kettles, you know that antique auctions | | | | Wyoming, he could have either traveled down there |
| are a prime location for many of the objects in your | | | | himself, or if the auction was an online auction, simply |
| collection. However, what we bet you didn't know is | | | | sat at home in front of his computer and placed a bid |
| that antique auctions online are an even better place | | | | for the precious campaign button. We know where |
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| Finding Unusual Objects | | | | same way - why travel when you can simply get it |
| In the movie National Treasure, Ben Gates, the | | | | locally from the comfort of your home? |
| character played by Nicolas Cage, is able to gain | | | | Potential Bargains As Well |
| access to the National Archives by sending the | | | | The other thing that makes the antique auctions |
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| button from one of President George Washington's | | | | objects is the fact that things may be cheaper when |
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| missing in her personal collection of such buttons. The | | | | example, your hobby happens to be collecting Delft |
| button was, of course, an extreme example of | | | | ware, the blue glazed porcelain objects from Delft in |
| looking for rather singular objects that one may not | | | | the Netherlands, you know that the place to get the |
| be able to find at the corner store. | | | | best deals on Delft ware is at the source, in the |
| While the movie never mentions how he got it, one | | | | Netherlands. |
| could well imagine that Mr. Gates would have laid his | | | | However, as much as you happen to love the stuff, |
| hands on such an object by locating it at an antiques | | | | a trip to Holland is just not in the cards right now. On |
| auction. He would have been able to place a bid for | | | | the other hand, you could of course buy from your |
| an unusual object and gotten his hands on a piece of | | | | local antiques dealer who will jack up the price since |
| history. However, if the auction didn't happen to be | | | | Delft ware is quite unusual in your neighborhood. |
| local to his town, he'd either have to travel or forget | | | | Then again, you could just find antique auctions online |
| about getting his treasured object. | | | | that happen to feature Delft ware, especially those in |
| Online Pulls From Everywhere | | | | the Netherlands itself, where the prices could be |
| The great thing about going to antique auctions online | | | | significantly cheaper, thus saving you money and |
| as opposed to traditional ones is that you can pull | | | | increasing your personal collection. |