The Business of History

Eclectic consumers tastes, innovative interior designers, progressive urban developers and a legion of treasure hunters are fueling new interest in the antiques and artifacts of bygone America. Shaped by tastemakers across TV and the web, the contemporary collectibles business extends from the dust and rust of the flea market circuit to the rarefied air of the actin house, running the gamut from low-brow culture to high art. Discover the wheelers and dealers reclining the past to forge one of today’s most compelling entrepreneurial opportunities.