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Fiona Shoop draws on her twenty years of experience in the antiques trade. Fiona runs her own antiques business and is a regular columnist in The Antiques Trade Gazette and The Antique Dealer. She is based in Sandy, Bedfordshire.

I - Establishing the basics 1. Why do you want to be an antiques dealer? 2. What type of dealer do you want to be? 3. To specialise or not 4. Can you afford to be a dealer? 5. Communications II - Where to buy stock 6. Let's start at the beginning - how much should I pay for things? 7. Buying tips 8. Antiques fairs 9. Antiques centres 10. Antiques shops 11. Auctions 12. Markets 13. Car boot sales 14. Damaged pieces III - Where to sell 15. Can I sell anywhere I want? 16. How to sell 17. The importance of careful wrapping 18. Antiques fairs 19. Antiques centres 20. Antiques shops 21. Auctions 22. Transport 23. Safe cleaning IV - The internet 24. Should I or shouldn't I? 25. Let's start at the very beginning 26. Selling over the internet 27. Photographs on the internet 28. Do I need my own website? 29. Do I even need the internet to be a dealer? V - What to sell 30. What is a collectable? 31. What is an antique? 32. Art Nouveau and Arts & Crafts 33. Art Deco 34. Furniture 35. China 36. Glass 37. Gold and silver 38. Jewellery 39. Costume jewellery 40. Lights 41. Books and ephemera 42. Childhood favourites 43. Toys 44. Film merchandise and pop memorabilia 45. Pop Classics (probably not what you're thinking 46. Tins 47. Commemoratives 48. Novelties 49. Other popular areas 50. Fads VI - The bad news 51. Tax 52. Customs and excise 53. Insurance VII - To conclude