A 21st Century Solution Linking buyers and sellers on the web
Welcome to Cherished, our site is designed so that everyone with a love for antiques can trade easily. ALL ADVERTS ARE FREE UNTIL JAN 1st 2012. If you wish to advertise your antique just click on the “add listing” tab in the top right hand corner.
WE ARE NOT AN AUCTION SITE. Prices are set by the seller, although deals may be done if both parties wish to do so!
For both antique dealers and members of the public wishing to either buy or sell there are four existing means to trade, all with their strengths and weaknesses. Firstly the high street antique dealer, the backbone of the industry, secondly antique fairs, thirdly traditional auction houses, which can give good if somewhat erratic results, the fourth area is the somewhat murky world of the internet.
It is this last area where we believe the public and smaller trader should be much more in control, but sometimes fall between two stools. At one end we have the giant auction site with which most people are familiar, costs for sellers are not cheap, prices achieved vary hugely and the size of the site puts many buyers and sellers off using it.
Secondly there are two or three websites from which the medium to large established dealers sell to the public.
Cherished is the new home for the public and trade to buy and sell to each other, that is just designed for buyers and sellers with a passion for antiques, with specific categories and a fixed selling price, which is only negotiable if the seller wishes to do so.
This means selling prices are realistic and a member of the public can both buy and sell to and from the trade or other private buyers, on an affordable easy to use basis, where the first advert is free. A valuation service is offered if you are unsure of an appropriate selling price.
Our marketing will take three forms, firstly Cherished has booked advertising throughout 2012 in both Homes and Gardens and Homes and Antiques magazines, the January edition being published in mid December. Secondly web marketing on a ongoing basis ensuring we are highly visible, finally and most enjoyably for me attending Antiques fairs and getting to know traders and understanding the challenges that everyone faces in the present financial climate.
Cherished offers 6 sections, and is named after the first, Furniture, with further sections covering general Antiques, Clocks and Watches, Fine Art and Prints, Jewellery and a separate section offering pieces of Antique Furniture for Restoration.
So browse and buy with confidence, all our furniture is listed by type and the geographical location is indicated in the sellers details.
We are proud to support a variety of charities see our page for details.
Rick Simpson