Lenin and the Chinese

As the world experience shows, for a long time the market of antique gizmos worked stably thanks to the favorable customs policy for collectors and the relatively low dollar exchange rate. Until 2009, Russian specialists noted the rapid take-off of this sphere of business: antique salons, shops of antique furniture and interior items were opened all over the country. But this year, only according to antikvaram.ru, there is a decline in prices in this sector across the country from 5 to 25%. This cheapening is associated primarily with low demand. Negative dynamics most affected the furniture, equipment, books and documents, old weapons - in general, the most expensive products of antique shops. The lowest price reduction was reflected in the value of coins, souvenirs, small collectibles.

Another trend of recent years: from the shelves of specialized shops, the most rare and expensive antiques have slowly disappeared. Sellers, they are businessmen and they, as a rule, are collectors themselves, do not hurry to sell values ​​twice cheaper.
Almost no demand for musical instruments, but they take gramophones well. There is still interest in the subjects of Soviet paraphernalia: pendants, banners. Interestingly, the busts and portraits of Vladimir Lenin are actively bought up by the Chinese! For them, everything connected with communist ideology is very valuable. But porcelain "got up": before it was the most popular commodity, now the figurines stand on the shelves for months.

The fashion for collecting porcelain was caused by its high value. It is believed that ceramic products grow in price quickly: an average of 20-25% per year (such indicators were announced in the pre-crisis period), and therefore this hobby is also a good financial investment. Now the collectors of antiquities temporarily stopped buying this product actively, but the demand will inevitably return, sellers are sure.