Badges, orders and awards of past years are of great interest to passionate collectors, so if you have such an item in your hands, you can make a lot of profit from it. However, alas, it will not be so easy for an amateur to understand its real value. In order not to become a victim of a cunning reseller, it is worth evaluating all the ways to carry out such a transaction and choosing the best one.
Instructions
Step 1
Start by visiting antique shops and all sorts of shops for collectors who accept antiques from the population. Usually in each such institution there is an expert (often he is the owner), who competently evaluates the old curiosities that are brought to him by ignorant citizens. Look at the reaction of experts, try to draw conclusions, but do not fall for the hook if you are told that they are ready to buy a thing, but its price is a copper penny.
Step 2
Try to find some information about the award badge that you own, also in open sources. The easiest way, of course, is to look for a catalog of orders and medals on the Internet, visit the sites of collectors in this area. However, it should be borne in mind that the value of such an item sometimes depends on the smallest nuances, in the high price of the variety, factory defect and similar inconspicuous details.
Step 3
Find out where collectors meet, their club or society in your city. Now is the time to meet with those who, unlike resellers, can offer you a real price. But here, too, be careful, keeping in mind a certain common denominator of your information obtained in the course of previous research. If someone's suggestions meet your optimistic expectations, then you can immediately close a deal.
Step 4
Refer to the electronic auction system if you have not been able to find an acceptable demand in your locality. Online auctions (analogs of the famous American eBay) are one of the best ways to sell any collectible. Here, however, there are some tricks, but in general, the electronic trading system is intuitive to everyone. If the order is really of interest to connoisseurs (and awards are usually in demand), then there will be enough proposals, you just have to wait for the one that is most beneficial for you.
