Sometimes, people do not realise what is it like to consider themselves as lucky. Imagine you are doing some gardening and suddenly, you dig up a pot. What would you do? Would you keep it? Or determine it and then sell it? If you choose the latter, to whom? Well, I would suggest you to:-
1. Take the item to the museum or a dealer. This would help you to get an opinion on
it.
2. If it's valuable, you may want to keep it and pass it down to your family.
3. If you choose to sell it, there are three options. First, put it into an auction.
Second, sell it to a dealer. And third, sell it online. If you choose the third
option, be warned that they are many fake dealers out there...... :)
Be careful when buying and selling antiques. Suddenly, everyone is an expert.
ReplyDelete1. What is "rare" depends on where you live and how old something is.
2. What is 'valuable' depends on who wants it, and how badly they want it. It has nothing to do with age, rarity, condition, manufacture or anything else. Those are all variables. Supply-and-demand is the only constant.
3. Always seek multiple opinions (and do loads of research) if trying to value something. Never take the first offer.
4. If you see something you know to be special, and want to buy it - keep your mouth SHUT. It's damn hard to haggle if the owner thinks he has something worth the moon.