Appraisal of items is very important when selling antiques. Every owner of antiques wants to know the real value of his thing, so as not to miscalculate when selling it. How to determine the value of antiques?
Instructions
Step 1
In the antiques market, the main issue is always the price of an antique product. Each of the items has its own objective value. If you inherited an antique thing, and you decide to sell it, then take this operation very seriously.
Step 2
Please note that there are special catalogs for collectibles that can be examined in the antique market. Only for you, as a beginner, this job will be very difficult. When working with catalogs, remember that depending on the quality of the item being sold, it is necessary to make correction factors for its assessment. The way in which multiple factors are taken into account in an assessment is called correlation. But in practice it is usually not used due to its complexity.
Step 3
Use a simpler assessment method: invite an appraiser to your home. Now there are many firms that offer their services for the evaluation of antiques. For a more accurate assessment, you can invite several assessors from different firms. Of course, this is not always economically justified, because the cost of appraisers is not a cheap service. And here you rely only on the experience and knowledge of this antiquarian, on his personal competence.
Step 4
If you are going to sell your antiques to a museum, the following valuation method works there. Several specialists, based on their professional experience, inspect the item, confer and express their estimated value to the senior of such an assessment group.
Step 5
If you have an author's work of fine art, then use the analogy method. Determine the sales statistics from the analogue base. But here you can't do without an experienced expert either.
Step 6
The easiest, but perhaps the most ineffective way is to search for similar things in antique shops. Go through all such departments, examine closely similar items, compare their prices. If such a thing is not found, set the price by eye, as they say "from the ceiling." But on purpose, significantly overestimate the initial amount, so that later you do not regret that you have sold too low.
