Valuing Antiques - Price Guides, Appraisals and Other Resources
By Pamela Wiggins, About.com Guide to Antiques
Resources, including online price guides, appraisal tips and feature articles, to help you identify and value your antiques and collectibles.
- Online Price Guides
- Online Appraisals - Information & Resources
- Value-It-Yourself Tips & Resources
- Articles with Price Points
- Books with Price Guides
Online Price Guides
From About Antiques and other points on the Net, online price guides are often useful in valuing an array of interesting antiques and collectibles.
- Celebrity Memorabilia
- Coca-Cola Collectibles
- Glassware
- Folk Art
- Furniture
- Holiday Collectibles
- Hubley Cast Iron Collectibles
- Jewelry
- Morphy Auctions - May 2008
- Morphy Auctions - September 2008
- Pottery and Porcelain
- Silver
- Toys
- Online Price Guides - Elsewhere on the Web
Online Appraisals - Information & Resources
While some antiques experts are adamently against online appraisals, others prefer to see them as one of many tools available to help you identify and value your antiques and collectibles.
Value-It-Yourself Tips & Resources
You don't have to be an expert on antiques and collectibles to value the items you own. With these tips and resources you can learn to do it yourself.
- How Do I Find Values for My Antiques & Collectibles?
- How to Do a Completed Item Search on eBay
- Rules for Valuing Antiques Like an Appraiser
- Valuing Antiques: Concerns About Condition
- Ways to Add Value to Antiques & Collectibles
- Resources Used by Appraisers
Articles with Price Points
These articles not only offer pertinent information and tips for collecting interesting items, but provide select values for the topics listed as well.
- Aprons
- Board Games
- Cat Collectibles
- Christmas Books
- Fenton Art Glass
- Hubley Cast Iron Collectibles
- Michael Jackson Memorabilia
Books with Price Guides
Building a good reference library goes hand in hand with identifying and valuing antiques and collectibles.
