How do you find the value of antiques?
The value of any item is what someone will actually pay for it. This is true for antiques or for brand new merchandise. One very good way to find out what someone has paid for something is to look it up on the Internet.
eBay is a great source of information because it allows you to look up articles similar to yours and see what they have sold for in the past 60 days. It’s easy to use eBay this way- just type in the name of the piece you are trying to evaluate and click Search. A list of things currently for sale will come up. Next, scroll down the page a little bit and click on the phrase “Completed Listings” which appears on the left side of the page. Now stuff like yours that has been listed in the past 2 months pops up. You can sort the list several ways to give a nice price range; sort by Highest First to see the maximum you could expect if your valuable is in mint condition, or sort by Lowest First if your item is in poor condition.
Not sure what exactly your object is? Go to www.google.comand type in what information you DO know about the item. Often the manufacturer will print the name of their company and the year it was produced right onto the merchandise. For example, vintage dolls might have Mattel 1964 printed on the back of her head or on her bottom. Type in what you already know, like “Mattel 1964 blonde doll”, press search and several results appear. Still not sure what you have and don’t want to read all the listings? No problem! Just click on Images along the top of the Google page, and your browser will be taken to a page of Mattel 1964 blonde doll images. Simply click on the one that looks like your little beauty, and read what that website has to say. You may even find out the approximate value of your treasure.
Remember- the value of an item is only what someone is willing to pay for it.
Finding the value of antiques can be somewhat tricky depending upon the specific items that you are trying to value, but with a little determination it is something that can eventually be accomplished. Follow along to find out what you need to do in order to determine the value of any antiques in your collection. Start out by contacting antique dealers in your area. This is one of the best and easiest ways to find the value of antiques, and most dealers will offer this advice completely free. You may even find a dealer that is interested in buying some of your antiques which can save you quite a bit of time. Use the internet as much as possible to reach out to other people who own similar antiques. You may find other people online in forums and specialty sites that have the same type of antiques and are familiar with their range of values. Look through classified ads for antiques like yours to see how much they are being sold for. Sometimes just looking through the newspaper and findin
