Joel Xavier was overjoyed. The store's sales had soared recently. The saying in the antiques trade is that you either go three years without a sale or make one sale that feeds you for three years. The constant stream of transactions made Joel Xavier ecstatic, even though the two of them had anticipated this all along.
The shop's antiques were sold not just to collectors and investors, but more often to business owners looking to add a touch of class to their companies, or to people buying gifts. These clients lacked the expertise to appraise items themselves, so they could only choose well-known, large-scale establishments with clean reputations. Apex Collections fit the bill perfectly. With the Lunar New Year approaching, the number of gift-givers swelled, and so did the volume of sales.
