Guided Buying Trips
Full-service sourcing. We meet you in Budapest and drive you into the countryside to buy directly from local dealers, private sellers and traditional sources. Trips run 2 to 5 days.
For dealers, designers and wholesale buyers
Buy Hungarian antiques at the source
We take you to the dealers and handle shipping, customs and delivery.
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Three ways to buy
Travel with us, buy from current stock, or walk the warehouse live from home.
Hungarian Antiques 2 You
Buy remotely from current stock. Send us item numbers and receive prices, measurements, condition reports, high-resolution photos and a full landed cost to your address.
Virtual Buying Trips
A live, real-time tour of our warehouses and current buying locations by FaceTime, WhatsApp video or Zoom. Request close-ups and select pieces on the spot.
Why buy with us
- Direct sources
- Local dealers, private sellers and traditional country sources, not re-sold stock.
- Warehouse consolidation
- Everything you buy is collected and safely transported to our central warehouse.
- Professional container loading
- Your truck or container is packed and loaded by people who do it every week.
- Customs and permits handled
- Hungarian customs clearance and the required permits are taken care of for you.
- Door-to-door delivery
- Final delivery to your location, anywhere in the world.
- Hungarian-American team
- Local knowledge and translation on the ground, familiar communication at home.
How it works
- 01
Tell us what you buy
Share your categories, volume and travel window. We confirm what is realistic.
- 02
We plan the route
Dealers, villages and private sources are arranged around your list and budget.
- 03
You buy, we collect
Purchases are picked up, transported and consolidated at our warehouse.
- 04
Loading and delivery
Container loading, customs, permits and door-to-door delivery to your location.
Past finds
A selection of pieces bought on previous trips: rustic farmhouse furniture, painted folk art, architectural elements and lighting.
Meet the team
Larry in the USA and Judit in Hungary, one point of contact on each side of the Atlantic.
Larry A. Licata
United States
Your contact in the USA for planning trips, questions and follow-up.
Judit Gáti
Hungary
On the ground in Hungary: sources, buying, translation, warehouse and logistics.
Ready to buy at the source?
Tell us what you are looking for and we will come back with a plan.