Dudley Dowrong. Salary: $30,000 or less 

You flunked out of college. The only jobs you get are in customer service, and by the point you make management and start saving, it's for your family and/or retirement, not your own antiques shop. Who has the time?

"Excuse Me, Shopkeep!" Salary: $30,000

You got a history degree with honors, but despite your best efforts, you couldn't get a job at a good dealership. You float around a few offices, but you keep the passion alive and are eventually hired to co-manage a local consignment shop.

"McGee! Where's my coffee?!" Salary: $45,000

You got off on the right foot at a nice-sized auction house, rose to the middle on schedule, did solid work, and stayed there. No rabbits out of a hat from this guy. There's a chance your boss still doesn't know your name after fifteen years though....

"The kid's a natural!" Salary: $70,000

Like the example above...but you've got that Kobe factor: You always hit the three-pointer in a clinch, sales-wise. Your boss loves that. He calls you Skippy. You're quickly brought into the upper management circle. You represent the company, and you are paid accordingly.

"I ever tell you I used to be that little hot shot's boss?" Salary: $100,000 

You are very good at making friends. You wait until you have about a hundred friends who like to buy the type of antiques you sell. Then you quit your job at Big Box Antiques Conglomerate, take out a second mortgage on your house, buy up an inventory's worth of stuff, and sell like the devil himself. Hey, you're pretty good at this. Oh yeah, you've already been doing it for thirty years.