Wilcox & Hall have known "What it's worth" since 1959 and have a highly recommended service. They can offer you quick answers for your antique appraisal questions or a standard appraisal, ready in only 2 days. They have a fantastic do-it-yourself appraisal tutorial they offer at community colleges for only $2.95! Check it out.
Try looking in this exclusive antiquing and collecting
directory. Search over 12,000 independently owned online shops to
find the value of your item.
Most people will start their search at eBay. You
can search through their completed
listings to see if your item has sold recently, and see for
how much.
Kovels' Antiques & Collectibles
Price List 2008: The Best selling Price Guide in America - 40th
Anniversary Edition
If you haven't updated your research library for a while, this is the year. Learn the latest prices and study the 2,500 color pictures, 42,000 prices, and hundreds of tips, marks and extra information stuffed into this new bigger and "Better than ever" book. It is a book that is attractive enough to set on the coffee table and useful enough to keep with you when looking for your favorite collectibles.
The Kovels are "arguably the authorities on antiques and collectibles in this country." —Los Angeles Times
If you haven't updated your research library for a while, this is the year. Learn the latest prices and study the 2,500 color pictures, 42,000 prices, and hundreds of tips, marks and extra information stuffed into this new bigger and "Better than ever" book. It is a book that is attractive enough to set on the coffee table and useful enough to keep with you when looking for your favorite collectibles.
The Kovels are "arguably the authorities on antiques and collectibles in this country." —Los Angeles Times
WhatsItWorthToYou.com offers a variety of appraisal
options. For instance, for $4 you can "Unlock
their Database" and spend a day searching through over
10,000 past appraisals.
They have another service they call getting a "Second
Opinion." For $9.95 their appraisers will check out an
item for sale online - whether it’s in an auction or on a
website and and give their opinion on its authenticity as well as
its fair market value and replacement
value.
If you don't want to buy their book, just visit
the Kovel's website. You can search and browse through their appraiser
approved database of actual prices for more than 450,000 antiques
and collectibles!
For the past 20 years, Country Living's "What
Is It? What Is It Worth?" appraisal column has been a favorite
among readers. Let the experts from the leading auction houses in
the country determine the value of your favorite collectible or
prized family heirloom free of charge.
You can read some good information about antique
appraisals at the Antique-Antiques website.
Bath Antiques offers extremely reliable, highly
accurate and completely impartial antique
appraisals as well as a free searchable antiques price guide
with over 120,000 items.
You can find a few ways to do some research at
collect.com. They link to all kinds or resources, have a nice forum
and a offer a weekly newsletter.
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Try doing some research at The Antiques & Collectibles Pricing and Reference Database. They provide detailed descriptions, prices based on condition, thousands of photos and a database searchable by keyword or category. | |||
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