From Pop-Up Gallery to European Buying Trips: Building a Resilient Antiques Business with Olga Granda

About this episode

Toma Clark Haines interviews Olga Granda about building a resilient antiques business and their new collaboration in Italy.

In this episode of The Business of Antiques , host Toma Clark Haines, CEO of The Antiques Diva & Co, sits down with longtime friend and industry icon Olga Granda, a property and art advisor, licensed auctioneer, realtor, and antique dealer based in Miami's historic Coconut Grove neighborhood. Olga shares her remarkable journey from growing up on international buying trips with her antique-dealer father, to launching one of the early online antiques marketplaces, pivoting through nonprofit theater, and now running a curated pop-up gallery inside a 1925 historic bungalow. Together, Toma and Olga dive deep into the real business of antiques: why the most successful dealers maintain at least three revenue streams, the 10% rent rule every dealer should know, how to avoid self-sabotaging pricing decisions during slow periods, and why right now is actually a great time to enter the antiques market. They also reveal their exciting new collaboration; the Chianti Cucina at Toma's Chianti Clubhouse in Italy and explore how buying slowly and strategically in Europe can transform your inventory and your bottom line. Check out the links from our episode. Olga: Instagram | Email |…

People in this episode

Host: Toma Clark Haines

Guest: Olga Granda

Topics covered

• antiques business
• revenue streams
• online marketplaces
• European buying trips
• pricing strategies
• collaboration

Keywords

• antiques
• business strategies
• revenue streams
• online marketplace
• pricing decisions
• European buying
• pop-up gallery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Antiques Diva & Co, Chianti Clubhouse

Books & works: Chianti Cucina

Places: Miami, Coconut Grove, Italy

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