AntiquesWest Says: "Antiques Market Coming Back..."

After 2009 proved to be a veritable Sargasso Sea of stalled sales and picky buyers, there are new signs of life in the antiques market.

How do we know? Why, sales are up, of course, and we're getting more calls than ever - thanks in part to rebounding global financial markets and a rosier outlook at home.

For which we're grateful. People were feeling positively glum out there last year.

But recent shows in New York City and our own comparatively small business model are positive indicators. Good buys are still out there, too, especially in 18th- and 19th-century English and American furniture - where prices were hit hardest in the Depress... recession of '09.

The Winter Antiques Show in the Big Apple went well, we're hearing, with attendance up roughly 20 percent, to at least 22,000. Sales were strong throughout its 10-day run."

Okay, you don't want to hear us yammer on, you want to know where the bargains are, right? Well, try militaria, furniture, photographs, carpets, ethnographic art, beds and furniture made of exotic woods.

There you have it. Welcome back!