Three Steps to Investment Success

Product DescriptionI am a successful specialty Certified Appraiser of art antiques and collectibles with forty plus years experience as a dealer academic and collector including two decades as a full-time appraiser.. I have written a new kind of book which deals cogently and comprehensively with the subject of art antiques and collectibles and investment in those properties. What I describe is what you need to know about art antiques and collectibles if you want to make smart financial choices about what you buy. My book will guide you through the personal valuable properties marketplace with a focus on VALUE. You can make art antiques and collectibles at once and the same time a source of enjoyment and value. What could be more pleasant in this life?. The purpose of this book is to make art antiques and collectibles buyers aware of the general characteristics that cause them to increase in value over time. In this book I relate my own experiences as an appraiser and investor in a field not traditionally accepted as investable. I also tackle the enormous social and intellectual obstacles standing in the way of the interested public who want to view their appreciable personal properties from a serious financial perspective.. Rave reviews for Three Steps to Investment Success: Buying the Right Art Antiques and Collectibles!. Brilliant and informative! A must-read for the industry and ‘meat and potatoes’ for the buyers of art antiques and collectibles.”—Bill Schroeder publisher of Schroeder’s Price Guides. “For me the power of the book is in the no-nonsense primer in collecting as an investment. Instead of dispensing platitudes about buying for enjoyment Scott Zema takes a business approach to buying and selling quality art antiques and collectibles for a profit. The author blows the usual misconceptions about art out of the water with real-world examples that demonstrate where people have gone wrong with their collections. He then proceeds to show the reader how to seek quality art items as an investment portfolio. I highly recommend Three Steps to Investment Success: Buying the Right Art Antiques and Collectibles by Scott Zema for anyone who is serious about purchasing quality art antiques and collectibles as an investment...(and) a solid and well-chosen collection can increase in value substantially providing a powerful and diversified portfolio option. Read Three Steps to Investment Success: Buying the Right Art Antiques and Collectibles by Scott Zema and you will never look at art and antiques the same way again. You will seek to acquire quality investment opportunities instead of overpaying for expensive junk. That knowledge alone makes the book a worthwhile investment for anyone.”—Wayne Hurlbert founder of Blog Business World. “This new book logically and thoroughly lays out investment principles in an informative and entertaining manner and actually guarantees a profit for you in your investment activities if you follow the step-by-step approach to transforming yourself into a focused collector.”—Nicholas Forrest art market analyst art critic and journalist based in Sydney Australia and founder of artmarketblog.com.