Others, such as antique dealers, prefer to buy rather than trade, returning with truckloads of objects, sometimes on assignment from private museums.
以物易物不成，就改為價購，許多民藝商人，都有收買整屋古董的經驗。門檻精的商人還能接受顧客訂貨，然後按圖索驥。這一類客戶常常都是頗有名望的收藏家，甚至公私立博物館。