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Antique Value
Treasure or trash?
What’s the value of your Antiques and Collectibles, Antique Porcelain, Vintage Pottery, Antique Stoneware, Antique Dolls, Vintage Books, Costume Jewelry, Vintage Toys, Vintage Dinnerware, Antique China, Antique Metalware, Antique Resources, and more Antiques and Collectibles and Costume Gifts?
Maybe you could get six or seven dollars for it. Or it could be a rare specimen worth thousands of value at an auction. It takes an appraiser to value pricing and know whether you’ve got one-in a million treasure or run-of-the-mill trinket.
There is no licensing for appraisers (pricing pros), so anyone could take a Yellow Pages ad calling themselves an “appraiser.” So hire an appraiser to appraise – nothing more. Never ever sell your antiques to the person who’s appraising them. Only them do the pricing and determine the value. Skip internet appraisals. A good appraiser will need to see and handle a piece to determine its true value.
Get references, also interview several candidates. American Society or Appraisers, where members must pass an exam on how to value property and on ethical pricing standards. And where to find good value? Perhaps the best place to discover that perfect find, and a best-keep secret of antiques dealers, is the estate sale.
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