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Antiques Omsk without tricks and embellishments

Legal antiques market in our city , I would compare with a youthful period of human life: outwardly beautiful, active, have a certain knowledge, and have self-confidence . And by age , this comparison also acceptable - it is not more than 20 - 25 years , that is, he appeared around the beginning of the period of " perestroika" and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet regime. Before in such excesses as an antique shop , in the opinion of the big bosses in Omsk, it was not necessary , in the absence of the consumer. Tourists to the city , stuffed defense companies are not allowed. As for the local builders of communism , for them ideologically correct was only interested in a used-book departments in government bookstores. Of course, on the shelves there were only books published in the Soviet era , which the previous owners had lost interest. However , we now define as antiques , often in the era of shortages of consumer goods, for decades has closed simple needs in life. Grandma's kitchen utensils and tableware, often for lack of a more worthy replacement, grandchildren considered as essential items. Lack of opportunities to get more - less cute storage box household trifles , turns any pre-revolutionary box or packaging in value. And the list is endless.

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But this state of affairs has led to unexpected results : there are people who from childhood dealing with similar subjects , began to be considered not only as a functional household necessity, but as a source of knowledge of the past , as mute witnesses of the events that the official historiography tried does not paint a kraskah.K end of the fifties of the twentieth century government officially recognized the right for such eccentricities , giving the nod to the creation of societies of collectors , in which the intergenerational transfer experience and knowledge in philocarty (collecting cards ) , numismatics and bonistics (paper money) faleristics ( badges , tokens , medals ) , bibliophily ( collecting rare books) phillumeny (collecting labels) . Of these - that ideologically acceptable seeds and appeared thirty years later Omsk sprout antique trade , with its strange and features. At present, the city has formally twenty one antique shop ( or a shop , gallery, similar to the console title that reflects little as you make below). Couple - three of them , you can safely lose the account : in fact, it's rare books collection points from a population in which the hosts appear by appointment (by not really designed for those interested in glass cases are contact numbers ) . But others are curious . Usually they are , somehow , linked to markets or malls. To some extent , this approach is easily explained : the places most " walkable " is more likely to catch the eye of potential customers and deliverers . As a result, the distribution was as follows : three shop settled near Railway to the market , three in the central area , the couple are dispersed modern shopping centers , and eleven time in close proximity to each other in the building of " Hitrogorynka ." The latter phenomenon is explained quite simply . For many decades, around ordinary farm market (the official name of which only historians will remember ) Soviet power could not overcome natural " flea " and "bird " markets . This also came to sell - buy and Omsk collectors . As a result, the popular nickname of " cunning " was the first official one, and then the power of the reconstructed building market suffered " flea " market to another area . The building also accommodated those who are " grown" from simple collectors owners of their shops . Now, antique boutiques , as they are called these standard glazed market places, side by side with zoological shops. And almost from antique dealers do not have any particular specialization. Trade is usually on a " take it all ." Addiction collectors are closely intertwined with the interests of individual buyers seeking to purchase a gift or something for decorating your home. Usually offer coins , bonds , tokens, badges and pins, church plates , coasters , singletons dishes , statues and busts . But often come across items of this is clearly not the antique type. This is especially evident in the trade coins. At least half of the proposed coins , this commemorative Soviet and foreign , with all modern memorabilia (releases to the Kazan Universiade and Sochi Olympic Games , as well as in Oceania ) , etc. A similar situation is with the clock , whole placers on the shelves lie wristwatch 80 - 90s. Although each boutique and can be found on the desktop or copy 2-3 clocks earlier periods . The only music shop in antiques , located here, not only sells vinyl records , but the CD - discs. In this case, old musical instruments and tape recorders, get on with kaslinskim casting. In boutiques positioning itself as a " antikvarnobukinisticheskie " , the second component is not more than 3-5 %. The rest is listed range . Part of the boutiques in the appendage to all the names of trades "military" : epaulettes , rare uniforms and medals of the USSR found . It is sometimes , but flashed badges and helmets Wehrmacht. This is all the more surprising that in one of the antique shops in another area of ​​on-demand oblprokuratury these things were taken as symbols of the banned items , which is an open demonstration of extremism . The owner was fined .

What with that and started many Omsk collections greeting cards, labels , stamps on display here often do not hold. Although the request can and get out from under the counter : the goods on the fan and usually of little value . Just can not see the icons (although there are other religious items ) , services (again - only sell individual items ) , securities and all kinds of stationery , invitations , vouchers and other documents . Most often it is taken under specific orders and the stores will be allowed. Practically non- local objects of ethnography, pre-revolutionary rural life . Such things can still be found in parts of the region and the mass demand for them is not. Such a seemingly popular samovars, usually represented by the Soviet seven-liter form " glass " or pre-revolutionary of the same species . Other types and rarity. Are rare and gramophones , phonographs but are quite wide and diverse nature . There are cameras and other optics . Overall, this creates a sparkling effect of crowding , which is not easy to lose a specialist , especially since the proper names of these " boutiques " often have no limitation on signs are usually the standard " retail space № ...» or «IE so." For similar type of organized several shopping destinations in other parts of the city . The only difference is that there are similar shops are rare and apparently not very noticeable among the merchandise and grocery shopping marts . It would seem that such an abundance of " monotonous - diversity" should set the tone for the antique trade in Omsk , but no, there are a number of exceptions , or even more accurately , " the floor - exceptions."

In the central market area (it's hard , oh how difficult it is to break away from tradition !) Settled shop " Antiquities ". The room is small, thirty square meters , but there may be buyer of antiques , to feel in the past , and do not be a bystander " Antiques - show behind window glass ," as in the previous cases . Of course, this approach does not carry anything new on this principle antique shops existed since time immemorial in the world, but in terms of psychological and emotional state of visitors, it is always a direct hit . Another good point is that there is no tinsel glitter of modern gift coins and other artefacts psevdostarinnyh who met on the shelves , " Sly market." Not far from this shop located "Gallery art of the twentieth century" , in addition to trading in antiques and modern paintings , mostly of Omsk . It is true because of the large exhibition space , these two areas are functionally separated into different rooms and each other visually do not mix. Although it is worth noting that in this case we are dealing with an approach similar to all the same "astute market" - sale of related products on principle "because they take" , especially since this is not the only place where you can buy the work of local artists working in mainly in the style of realism and "running" genres - landscape, still life. Avant-garde special interest from potential buyers do not use , except that the individual judges . As with the graph. In general, for sale Omsk fine art is a distinct well- developed market , virtually overlapping with antiques . Collectors are fond of old paintings can be counted on the fingers of one hand , and for the " mass customers ' enough and little-known contemporary authors. The last I would like to mention an antique store "Garnet Bracelet" . This is the only and unique to our city a case where antique trade is adjacent to the museum , and one of the largest art museums in Siberia, whose exhibits are included in many international catalogs of European and Russian works of art. The existence of this neighborhood and the downtown location imposes certain print and commitment to this antique shop. In the " Garnet Bracelet " does not have the visual crowding, which is present to a greater or lesser extent in all the previously mentioned cases. Each item in the window is positioned so that it is accessible to inspection, was well lit . By and large it is a mini - a museum where the exhibits are for sale. Of course, if necessary , and get expert advice on the desired subject. In general, the problem of getting information to the visitors of antique shops in Omsk quite relevant. In addition to the same " Garnet Bracelet ", " Gallery art of the twentieth century " and " Antiquities ", there are at most three - four places where the seller is well-versed in the fact that he has put up for sale . Typically, these are limited to the level of knowledge , " it takes on a certain price , and it is little demand ." Davilos watch as a colleague in the business gets advice from the other, who was considered an expert in horology . Consultant easily took on the appearance of a pocket watch to the end of the thirteenth century - the beginning of the nineteenth century , not in the least embarrassed by the fact that the native mechanism was clearly made ​​industrially using stamping and had a serial number in the tens of thousands. And about any fraud it clearly was not , a consultant sincerely believed that the watch factories already exist. Choose the subject of Antiquities in absentia , just almost impossible. Sites have only two vendors have - at the shop , " Antiquities " and shop antique musical goods with " Sly market." Apart from these, only five have official e-mail addresses for correspondence . All others are limited to showing the contact information at the address - phone (sometimes locked ) . Another curious feature of the local antique market was the almost complete absence in the sale of antique furniture . At the best of the interior you can see a grandfather clock or a bentwood chair used as a workstation vendor. It has a simple explanation : Omsk before the revolution was largely bureaucratic - merchant city . Accordingly, the furniture was usually the local handicrafts , nice and unattractive . As she came into disrepair , its just sent in the oven , acquiring new. And the fact that the local mass- produced furniture industry in 30-60 years , just is not very sophistication and , if desired, can be found without antiquarians . All that could be considered more - less than the original long settled in the vaults of museums and theaters. Find in available for sale items made popular furniture masters of the past centuries , the thing is quite fantastic .

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Competitive work Kapanzhi member Alena on " Antiques as a lifestyle "

What is different from the art dealer Elijah ?
Things we forgot to throw before they rose ...

 - For some antiques - it is a very profitable investment. People invest money and I must say, well earned . And someone like Plyushkin ...

This is the position of my friend. Is he right , sharing the antique dealers in two categories: successful investors and savers ' Plyushkins " meticulously collecting all the" junk " ? Try to understand .

 Today, buying antiques - one of the most exciting areas for investment . The annual world market for antiques is estimated at $ 27 billion . In Europe alone, is held each year over a hundred auctions, total revenues are up to $ 5 billion. Russian antiques market comes to an average of $ 1.5 billion a year and allows buyers of antiquities annually receive about 30 %of the profits with proper attachment.

Do not agree that it is indeed profitable investment - it is difficult . But after all , the demand creates supply . And then to believe that consumers in the antiques market - " Elijah's " impossible. Antique dealer - a person with a different perception of the world from the other . In art, allocate a separate line - passeism . Passeistov characterizes a strong attachment to the past , and the past
indifference to the present . It is clearly expressed in the work of Marcel Proust ("In Search of Lost Time ").

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It would be interesting to recall the idea of ​​Proust's namesake - Marcel Mauss - that in the exchange of things going on and less visible , but no less significant exchange of properties between people and things : the thing acquires the status and significance of man, but man - the status things . Items gradually devalued as a result of the loss of the status of their original owners . And once again gain their value in connection with the acquisition of their new owners , having status and power. This, however, is just one of the ways of gaining thing its value , turning the subject into insignificance something desired , stored and desirable .

These things in themselves - amazing bundles of energy . They are able to snap together for one second , the second in the third. So , Doctor of Philology , Professor Andrey Sharavin shared with me a very interesting personal observation . Very soon after the acquisition of ancient coins of Emperor Constantine the Great, he unexpectedly makes another purchase - gets the coin of Crispus . It then Andrey suggest that they were in his collection , one after the other by chance. Crisp - the son of Constantine the Great, who was murdered on the orders of his father.

 "The time is stored in things like a mosquito in amber who got " - he says.

Influence of antiques per person overemphasized. The power they wield , crazy not enthusiastic individual personalities , but sometimes for generations . Search for ancient relics to possessing it became one of the main myths of many nations . Thus, the Argonauts sought the Golden Fleece , and the Knights of the Round Table have dedicated themselves to finding the Holy Grail. In addition to the legendary relics obviously , there are things mythical , who are willing to fight for the greatest rulers of the world (remember the quest for the spear of Longinus Hitler and Stalin) . There are quite tangible objects , which can force everyone to contemplate . This is the Shroud of Turin : perhaps the most valuable antiques Vatican. So is the book Codex Gigas, better known as the Devil's Bible . Today, this volume is kept at the Swedish Royal Library , but is just right for the Swedes conquered the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II. For the right storage of the book is still the largest Catholic church are fighting powers , as well as the greatest museums and libraries around the world. This is despite the historical sources confirmed the facts : The Devil's Bible store dangerous. Many of the church , the altar which concerned the book were burned during the religious wars and devastated by the plague epidemics and obsession ... Ancient relics for centuries hoarding power. Or gather around the legends and myths. Therefore, interest in them has never died down in our little withered world without magic ...

First antiques becomes a way of life - what is being done to himself , and then the style - its part of the demonstrative . This is not kitsch yesterday, and certainly not junk. Hand of the master , the author of any work endow it with meaning , each is an ideological principle. The meaning attached to it , and past winners . The latter is easily understood by the example of little value given to us with your personal belongings someone who is dear to us , we love and respect us.

 Special antiques makes the time . It was under his authority they gain priceless . Exclusive antiques humans do. It is under their power thing excites interest.

 Any antiques - a promise of immortality era in which it was created . And if " Elijah's " collect things, true antique dealers gather souls . Not dead .

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Competitive work Bayeva member Helen on " Antique market today . The future of Russian antiques market "

History and geography

- ... And then I just blew off the roof , - Gennady Golovchanskiy keen to talk about the beginning of the hobby . - As a child fall into the hands of our commemorative rubles, in the army - foreign coins, then a friend from Ukraine presented the king .

Where it all begins

And then he was in the Palace of Culture. Artem meeting on urban collectors club . In those times, the Soviet yet , here come three hundred collectors of everything.

Since then there were the most devoted to their hobby. The last three years of my interlocutor was the owner of a coin : keeps an antique shop . It was opened by a grant obtained from the exchange of labor, when the company where he worked for went bankrupt . So longtime hobby became rabotoy. -out, there is an antique market in Prokopyevsk ? - I ask . - Of course there is - meets the shopkeeper . - A small , compared with the capitals , but stable . At this time, stopped by the shop a young man interrupted our conversation , holding Gennady Ivanovich some coin. - No, - will reject my companion , barely glancing at the product - These do not take . - How to specify, or not? - I'm interested unprofessional . - First of all , I know our colleagues, their interests, follow the demand. Second, the study of different auction catalogs . As shown rapid survey among friends , almost every family has carefully preserved antiquities . And here at home hanging icon , which my grandmother blessed my grandmother . Familiar artist , looking at her this way and that out of it in his hands, made ​​a conclusion - no artistic value . Let them . This is our family heirloom that will pass by inheritance to my grandchildren , the material embodiment of the connection of different generations of our family. So for us it is priceless . Like a photo album great-great grandfather . Here is this handsome man with an interesting cow-eyed squint eyes I know a long time , read all my life, but I know about him little offensively . 'm Not that Sergei , not even as , or Finn , or an Estonian ... But I know that exactly a century ago, he fell in love with my great-grandmother Xenia Demyanovna and from that sinful love was born the illegitimate my grandmother . I collect this album not only for himself, in his curiously peeks my daughter . But one hundred years later it would pick up my great-great-grandson , and we will meet the views, past and present , are unknown and are home ! Many large collection of antiquities enthusiasts started from these here , gizmos and household artifacts.

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Who is the last in line for the wall ?

The largest army Prokopevsko collectors - certainly numismatists . Gennady Ivanovich says that now booming Russian coins . Why ? The forthcoming Olympics to cause or simply fad ? - No, it is responsible - they are always in demand and always liquid. He is supported by the mistress of another antique shop Irina ? ? . His business young woman began three years ago from a purely pragmatic reasons : performance impressed the market that never falls , is only growing. In these uncertain times - a rare and noteworthy yavlenie.Tovarny a row, so to speak , at both locations and approximately similar demand-driven , that is, the interests of local collectors. Furniture in the Siberian outback almost no one indulges in , and yes it is not nearly : the property of Gold and merchants grown rich on the Siberian gold rush of the 30s of the XIX century , a revolution swept , and special immigrants , going into the Siberian wilderness and the unknown, bulky items with a tried not to take. And the 60 -70s of the last century did not contribute to the preservation of old chairs, cupboards and drawers. Actively enrolling in line for a polished walls , people are released for modern style " board " their few square meters , taking a dump on the old " junk ." Those who does the inverse , visible and subsequently became successful antique dealers . They say that the British act very differently , sending all the unnecessary attics , rightly arguing that one hundred years or so has lain empty perfume bottle gets a chance to be profitable later sold at auction .

Year - my wealth

In addition to coins we collect household gizmos : samovars, porcelain, cast iron , paintings , coasters , kitchen silver , books , cameras . Plunged into the subject and was surprised to learn that the openwork iron stand iron and chipped at the time of the king , peas out of the corner , not that other, as Kasli casting, but still quite rare . What products Prokopievsky closed in the restructuring , the porcelain factory , even more of the Olympic Bear , Olympics -80 , despite coming , the Sochi , the city valued enough. - Total bought only one prokopchanka - says Irina . - Accidentally split the mother's and urgently until she discovered was looking for a replacement. But in the capital are a sweet soul at a price several times higher than ours. Trends , as they say, is obvious: in the formation of prices of antiques important role played by the unique , unusual things . But not only that. Another important factor - the trademark of the brand . For example, Kasli casting is more expensive than neighboring Kusa production. The same with china : Lomonosov , Dulevsky is always a price . I remembered the Soviet film in which the light-fingered forged a famous jeweler Faberge eggs and even specialists took them on as genuine . A criminal himself suffered and tormented conscience does not , and search for the answer to the question : "What have I done ? '. - There was such a master of Khlebnikov , did silverware : milk jugs , fork, cup holders - leads Irina another example. - Now things with his personal brand are very much appreciated . And the fact that later was made on the same production organized by him - not so . And agrees counterfeit famous brands have always been, because the well-known brand in the procedure raises the price of the product. In addition to the uniqueness of the brand and of great importance on the value of antique things is having her age . This is the rare case when the year is really wealth.

Antique TV

And that , in principle, be considered antiques ? Has the right to exist phrase " antique tv " for example? Antique or iPhone ? After all, modern electronics market is developing rapidly , the recent news has suddenly transformed into a conditional discharge gadzhetovyh antiquities. Perhaps rapid XXI century has reduced the period of transition to the status of antique stuff? Specialists smile , without excluding , however, such a metamorphosis and called the action point of reference: the 30- ies of the last century and earlier . Antiques - a powerful incentive to knowledge. I got carried away a young man gathering, it is interesting to know more about his "treasure" . He begins to shovel literature , here you and the history and geography . Other " nice " property - antiques , according to my experts, never drops in price. Only those investments should be regarded as long-term , there is nothing for the year win . Judge for yourself: from 2003 to 2013, the royal ruble appreciated by the order : from 150-300 rubles to 2500-3000 rubles. Ten times in ten years. A rare thing these rarities grow even more. But this market is projected to lend itself is bad, and its broad anything but : we must be able to find a buyer who will give the real price . Helps Internet . The benchmark demand catalogs are produced auctions. They bear witness to the annual statistics on a single position. However , the actual transaction may take place at prices two - three times higher than the catalog . The main thing , as I thought , over time, do not turn from a businessman to a collector who will be sorry to part with their treasures : then you can put the business on a cross. That's just do this for obvious reasons, is incredibly difficult .

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Antique shops Grodno , or as I was looking for the "real" antiquarian

Nowadays, antique shops are not very popular among the youth. I know it is on its own, because no matter how I tried to find out from friends /acquaintances about the antique shops of the city , it never achieved . So , for that matter , always and everywhere, had to find all the information yourself. By the way , at the moment I live and study in the city of Grodno. Quite a large city in Belarus with a population of about 350 thousand people. But it was not strange . On the whole town I counted only two stores . Two ! And it seems to be enough , but for some reason felt hurt . At a time when all kinds of hair salons , spas , cafes dime a dozen antique shops only a two . Yeah , people really have to forget about the real values. Happy about one thing: they were almost in the center, and not on some backyards, so that there was little chance that there will be enough users . But how wrong I was . In the first shop I met a friendly ... a closed door . And throughout the week, she did not think to open, in whatever time I have stopped by. But in the second was a couple not even collectors, but rather the onlookers . They looked at things with indifference , as if it were not in an antique shop , and in a normal grocery store. They strolled along the impressively small room with antiques, sleepily and gazed wearily things and tried their best to pretend that they are interested in something . In general, the impression that they have just left a couple of minutes , during which the idleness instead decided to join the art , so to speak.

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But I would not tell you about it. Grasp this complicated stuff for me (I'm not a professional in any field of journalism or so , especially in the field of antiques ), I decided what is called "finish this topic ," come what may. I work during the week went to the antique shops (or rather in one, in the second I was not able to go ), I was looking for was not just people , but real pros. Somehow, it seemed to me that I can calculate them directly , at least in the view ... the burning , soulful , intently study, evaluate .

At the end of the fourth day I was disappointed in all of this venture , because apart from the rare " amateurs " in the best case I could not find anyone . Every day, one and the same picture: the bored everyday people trying to seem well -educated , and occasionally some couple who decided to decorate a new apartment some fancy vase 18-19 century.

But, as the saying goes, "if long to suffer , something happens." On the fifth day, I firmly decided that if today is empty, fasten with this idea. As usual, I walked into the familiar room and looked around storonam.V shop was only one person . But I knew immediately : this is exactly what I was looking for. He did not look like a simple gaper . In his motion , a little abrupt and somewhat eccentric , felt boundless love for all that was found in this small room . He scanned the items , took them in hand, probed , examined ... It was clear that he knows a good judge . Man long time to choose , asked the price , considering . At the moment when he found the right thing to him , the man changed remarkably . His eyes - a look predator , snatching prey. It was clear that he would not give her to anyone . It came out of the store antique dealer , carefully wrapped their " prey ." He was smiling like a child who presented with a piece of candy . He was happy.

I went home in high spirits. My head was a swarm of thoughts. But one thing I knew for sure: as long as there 's such people here can not even be out of the question that the topic of antique sink into oblivion . Even if today's youth and most of them are not interested in antiques , but there are still those who live with antiques , for whom the old stuff - it's time keepers , talismans . And I'm sure that people will never disappear , and thus itself is an art : the ability to " assemble" the time is not covered with the dust of time . It will live in the hearts of even those who are devoted to that from birth to the end of years .