How to sell antiques

[Anonymous No.50785568]

Hey bros I have a ton of old ass collectible and antique items.

Now I’m a poorfag but my family of old was very wealthy and that’s how I acquired these pieces. My question to you guys is how about would I go to sell some of these?

How do I get them properly appraised, what websites should I go to get them sold, ideally get the most out of it as I can.
>why would you sell your family heirlooms?
Because my grandparents were multi-millionaires that literally squandered all their wealth. I was supposed to inherit a 5million dollar stock portfolio and it disappeared after their 5th business starting attempt. They were loved but extremely foolish with their financial choices. I have the opportunity now to reignite my families generational wealth. Any help bros?

I’m gonna post various pieces as tribute for your help today, enjoy!

Starting off with a thick ass piece of 18k gold, this I can easily sell but won’t for a long time as it’s extremely precious to me.

[Anonymous No.50785609]

>>50785568
>selling off family heirlooms in exchange for money

[Anonymous No.50785680]

SER DON'T SMASH THE IVORY STATUES SER

[Anonymous No.50785681]

Here’s some ivory!

[Anonymous No.50785705]

>>50785609
I have literally about 100 pieces and honestly I can’t store everything

>>50785680
The ivory pieces are among my favorite, won’t be able to sell those unless I can find the documents that prove we brought them over from China in the 50s

[Anonymous No.50785732]

>>50785609
his story justifies this

[ANTIQUE DEALER No.50785816]

>>50785568
Amazing thread.

I am actually an antique dealer and deal in a variety of antiques and collectables. Just woke up and saw this thread. Not sure how to contact you safely here- it would be fairly easy to assess values if I get a general idea of the collections/estates contents.

Please let me know and this would be an interesting challenge

Pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.50785820]

Sotheby's for three good stuff, don't let boomers get shit off you in package deals

[Anonymous No.50785849]

Send to an auction house, retard. They kinda do this thing

[Anonymous No.50785854]

>>50785568
>>50785816
FUCK OFF LARPING FAGGOTS >>>/reddit/

[Anonymous No.50785875]

>>50785816
>>50785854
Not larping, went from phone to PC a minute ago.

I would like to be able to contact OP

[Anonymous No.50785939]

A mid 15th century gothic Hymn, I have the song name somewhere but this piece is fantastic

[Antique Dealer No.50785983]

>>50785939
Antique Dealer here again, is this the quality of items the estate has? If so, impressive.

Like >>50785849 >>50785820
said, you need to be careful with how you sell this stuff, but the goal should be to move it. Certain areas such as watches as much easier to appraise than art. Ivory can be tricky depending on how you sell it though huge Asian demand. Do you have any coins, documents, military items, mid century modern items?

Also not sure how to contact you without email etc etc

[Anonymous No.50786015]

>>50785875
set up a proton email account and post it here yeh dingus.

[Antique Dealer No.50786030]

>>50785939
Also if you have any questions please let me know, will be back in 10 minutes just getting up

[Anonymous No.50786056]

ok boomer

[Antique Dealer No.50786064]

>>50786015
Done.

It is [e-mail]

Talk soon

[Anonymous No.50786074]

>>50785939
Meh. Got any more gold?

[Anonymous No.50786129]

>>50785568
Call a reality TV show. Antiques in the attic etc. Send them the photos. They might want to film appraise and sell everything for you.

It'd be good TV too, judging by your items.

[Anonymous No.50786174]

>>50786074
I have a lot of gold jewelry but that’s a lot easier to sell than art/sculptures. Here’s a cool piece.

It’s either a replica of the Codex Manesse (15th century piece) or it’s the original which was stolen from the Nazis I believe. Most of my family was in Germany and I did have family that participated in warfare during the early 20th century

[Anonymous No.50786282]

>>50786174
How much gold we talking?

[Anonymous No.50786303]

A really shit photo here sorry about that. All the white pieces (even the tiny ones) are ivory, there’s this mouse you can kinda see on the right that’s the size of your pinky nail, great artwork.

Here’s a translation for the Hymn posted earlier
“This man, despising the world and triumphing over earthly things, heaped up riches, riches in heaven by word and deed”.

[Anonymous No.50786313]

>>50785568
Hey OP I'm actually super interested in some items you have. How can we set something up to make a transaction??
You have discord?

[Anonymous No.50786322]

>>50785983
Just create a temporary email to let him contact you, protonmail or throw away mail

[Anonymous No.50786365]

>>50786282
I’ll post some of my rings but the bracelet in OP (125grams 18k) is by far my best gold piece. I have a diamond that’s worth 20-25k that I just attached to a wedding band and I’m using that for an engagement, but most of my jewelry is probably in the hundreds to low thousands range of price.

Here’s an English Victorian piece, so far to be confirmed the oldest ring I have but there are others where I cannot identify the mark.

[Anonymous No.50786369]

>>50786322
This as well.
Let me know OP, super interested in some of your items and if you have more please post more.

[Anonymous No.50786446]

Here’s an email for everyone to contact, one of my throwaways

[e-mail]

I have more photos at home, currently at work, gonna post as many as I have on my phone

[Anonymous No.50786489]

This was made in Chicago in the early 1900s, can’t remember the name off top of my head but a famous jeweler in that city.

[Anonymous No.50786516]

For sake of interest, here’s some war medals from my family.

I don’t have many more antique photos on my phone so if we can somehow keep the thread alive for 4 hours I can post more when I get home, in particular more ivory, Peruvian 19th century sculptures, and unique Chinese craftsmanship.

Wish I had photos of all my pieces but the ages and areas they all come from vary, no real theme.

[Anonymous No.50786520]

>>50785681

Looks for signatures, the lady on the right looks nice. All three seem Japanese.

>>50785705
Seems Chinese, lesser quality.

>>50785939
Not great on these, not 19th century reproduction? (aesthetic/arts and crafts).

>>50786303
Ivory rooster? Signature?

In terms of selling this stuff, ivory seems to be getting harder and harder to deal in as time goes on. In the UK you are not allowed to deal in like 90+ percent of ivory items (need to have certificate of historical importance).

[Antique Dealer No.50786572]

>>50786516
These are what I mostly buy (not saying you should sell family Medals)- its interesting that there is a Mixture of WW1 German Medals there and a earlier 1870's one, I almost though the Egyptian Vulture was some sort of Military pin

[Anonymous No.50786762]

>>50785568

Basically there is no easy answer to getting a proper valuation and selling for 'the right price'.

If you can afford to wait a long period and be very considered with your sales you have less of a chance of letting something go to cheaply.

Otherwise you could chuck everything in auction houses to sell quick and get the money (starting with Sothebys/Christies/Bonhams and then working your way down the scale of lesser auction houses to get rid of the stuff s/c/b won't take).

But even in the case of S/C/B you are not guaranteed to get the best price.

You cannot trust any expert opinion or auction house 100 percent and value is malleable. The task is for you to know for yourself, but that is not 100 percent reliable either. When consulting with other people you have to think about their incentives too. Another dealer will want to give a low valuation so its cheaper for them yo buy from you. An auction house will give a low estimate because they would rather your item sells than fails to sell with a high estimate. Not to mention and auction/dealer can just be wrong yet they state the incorrect valuation with certainty (very common!).

[Anonymous No.50786854]

>>50786520
Thank you! All the pieces I have indeed have signatures. The hymn is definitely not a replica however the codex piece may be. If it’s an original I have many Germans that may be upset with my family, and I think the price would be priceless.

Here is my only platinum piece and two gorgeous pearls attached with a nice emerald in between.

[Anonymous No.50786923]

son, you need to go on the TV show, antique roadshow.

[Anonymous No.50786928]

>>50786854
Would be hilarious if real and posted on biz. Your best bet to get rich off any of this is to take the money and throw it all into chainlink and forget about it for a while.

[Anonymous No.50786942]

>>50785816
Dr lori? That you?

[Anonymous No.50786968]

ill give you about tree fiddy

[Anonymous No.50786972]

This thread is very interesting even though I'm just a poorfag. Good luck anon

[Anonymous No.50787022]

>>50786854

np sir. Would be cool to figure out the artists for the ivory figures (signatures should be artist or workshop names). You might have some luck googling 'japanese ivory okimono signature artists' or something and comparing the signatures to the ones on your figures.

In terms of Ivory and even Japanese antiques to some extent, the market is not great at the moment (though Japanese antiques are starting to show some signs of life recently). I like to collect Japanese antiques, I hold onto my ivory but it is pretty much illegal to buy or sell it in my country so I stick to what I have already. I have hope that in the future rationality can return to ivory legislation.

If you have any Chinese porcelain I can help you out with a valuation. I know a bit about Japanese ceramics too.

[Anonymous No.50787058]

>>50787022

Even just 5-10 years ago in the UK the ivory market was brilliant. An ivory snooker ball was £100-£150 each, it then dropped to around £15-£35 an ivory snooker ball and now it is pretty much illegal to buy or sell them. It was almost 100 percent Chinese people buying them. Just to give some idea of how the ivory market is. Though in countries with a more loose ivory policy the prices will be different, the trouble with exporting/importing ivory means that prices can vary a lot from country to country.

[Anonymous No.50787077]

Got a photo of a piece that is surrounded in mystery.

I looked it up before and asked on /his/, could not get an exact date it’s likely pre-Colombian South American pottery. If anyone can identify anything about the markings please let me know. Definitely no signature on this. I have some (I believe Mayan) sculptures that I can post later, and believe this came along with it but I don’t think this is Mayan.

[Anonymous No.50787087]

Really cool stuff OP. I wish my family had more cool antiques. Best thing we have is a deed for some land in New York from the 18th century and a figurehead from some old wooden ship.

[Anonymous No.50787135]

>>50785568

You will lose everything because you are from nigger cattle stock.

Build something on your own or you are no better than your retarded grandparents that started multiple failed businesses.

[Anonymous No.50787161]

>>50786174
No way you've got the original of that

[Anonymous No.50787262]

>>50787135
I work 7 days a week, have a full time job and a side business I run in order to build wealth, I have no extra expenses, I am determined and driven to become a millionaire like my great grandfather who built a large part of our wealth. Also 100% white.
>>50787161
Agreed I doubt it’s the original, apparently there are replicas out there made in 1900-1940 that are pig skin but mine isn’t pig skin so it’s a mystery.

>>50787087
Does your family own that land still? And that’s cool I wish I had more American antiques.

>>50787022
I’ll post some stuff later bro thank you!

>>50786972
You can become rich through hard work, I believe in you.

>>50786923
Maybe one day!
>>50786572
Yeah the medals here are unique I know I have members of the family that were in wars however the info I have from my grandparents is off from what the medals tell us. That’s a mystery I will have to solve over time. Old medals are based though could you show me your collection?

If anyone has any pieces they’d like to show feel free!

[Anonymous No.50787272]

>>50787262
>I’ll post some stuff later bro thank you!

Cool I will keep this thread open sir.

[Anonymous No.50787305]

>>50786516
So your family used to he national socialist?

[Anonymous No.50787318]

>>50787262
>You can become rich through hard work
No you can't.

[Anonymous No.50787355]

>>50787262
Got the spear of destiny? I'd definitely be interested in that.

[Anonymous No.50787356]

>>50787305
My great great grandfather fought in WW1, I believe his family members also participated in German wars previous to that, my great grandfather was just an investor but his wife was a nazi sympathizer, and likely they had stuff going on with the Nazis, they came from old money in Germany. I don’t have much info on them as my grandparents were ashamed of that part of our history, probably won’t find out more until I receive more family history when my aunt passes.

[Anonymous No.50787372]

>>50785816
My city bus driver has some professional and vintage pornography on film reels from the 70s, her husband left her after he died. Theres a collector market for it certainly but would it have value?

[Anonymous No.50787428]

>>50785681
Japanese here. Those are all ancient Japanese dildos. Depending on the condition they can go for as much as 20k each. Hope you wore gloves when touching them

[Anonymous No.50787531]

>>50786516
these go for anywhere between $30 to $100 each.

t. medal collector

[Anonymous No.50787555]

Here’s the back of the hymn for anyone interested

Translation
>His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things.:enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

[Anonymous No.50787730]

Do you have anything coin related?

[Anonymous No.50787764]

>>50787730
Nothing significant but here’s 2 items you might like

[Anonymous No.50787784]

>>50787730
Second

[Anonymous No.50788010]

>>50787077
any aztec stuff? particularly obsidian?

[Anonymous No.50788036]

really cool collection btw op

[Anonymous No.50788303]

>>50788010
I’ll be posting my sculptures once I get home (another hour or so) but I definitely don’t have any obsidian pieces, wish I did, looking them up and that’d be amazing to own.

Also guys I don’t plan on selling all, even most of it, I’ll keep many pieces I just have so many that I would need a huge home to house everything and plus rather than just having a ton of valuable collectibles and no wealth I’d like to have most of the collectibles while selling off some pieces to help grow my wealth for my future family.

Here’s a crap picture of a ring with many sapphires in it.

[Anonymous No.50788421]

>>50785568
Easiest route catawiki

Second route is asking for multiple appraisals with just a few items, choose the guy with the best rep and highest offer. Next time sell to the guy with the second highest offer.

Never show your full collection, keep them in the unknown how much you have. Try to research your stuff as much as possible but pretend to be in the unknown, that way you can check if they try to bs you.

You can go to musea and ask them if they can identify a piece.

Pro-tip, dont post your collection here, dont sell to anyone on 4chin.

[Anonymous No.50788424]

>>50785681
I will trade my ticket to SmartCon for the one of the left. It’s worth $1477. No wait, $777. No wait, $249. No wait, it’s fucking worthless so you can have it for free if you want

[Anonymous No.50788766]

>>50785568
>How to sell antiques
probably emphasize the fact that they're really old

[Anonymous No.50788906]

>>50787356
>as my grandparents were ashamed of that part of our history
Sorry to hear that Anon, I come from a facist family and thankfuly we never lost our pride even after having to leave to Spain, never too late to rekindle the family tradition though!

[Anonymous No.50788936]

And the posting continues bros

This is a hindu spinner, used for religious purposes, not sure of date but probably 100+ years old

[Anonymous No.50788940]

>>50785705
I'd keep them then

[Anonymous No.50788954]

>>50788421
This is good advice

Get an appraisal on one of your ivory statues by an auction house. Shit, I’d simply take one to auction and see what the market is like. Markets fluctuate over time. Sometimes items are fashionable or popularized by movies/tv and demand increases only to wane as time goes on. There’s a lot to consider but if you want some spending money then try selling a few items at a time and see how much you can get.

[Anonymous No.50788988]

Gonna get into more older pieces soon but wanted to post these medals for the couple medal bros.

[Anonymous No.50789030]

>>50788940
Likely keeping most of the ivory.

>>50788421
Thanks bro appreciate the post

>>50788036
Thank you! Gonna post my pre columbian pieces soon.

This one is my favorite ivory piece.

[Anonymous No.50789042]

>>50788936

Tibetan prayer wheel? Maybe has crossover with Hindu didn't know

[Anonymous No.50789091]

>>50788954
Not a bad idea, I wouldn't trust an auction house 100 percent though. Especially a small auction house, there word rarely means much. Most of the buyers at small auction houses are dealers looking to make a profit, it is possible you sell something for $50 that goes on to sell for $3000. Though it is also possible you sell that same thing for $4000 at the auction. So there is a bit of gamble there. But yes, you might as well show it to an auction house to get a free appraisal, but don't feel pressured to enter it to auction and don't believe them when they say the item will definitely sell for a good price.

Catawiki is an interesting blue between a traditional auction house and ebay. I don't have much experience with them, but there experts do often give the thumbs up to reproductions so they are certainly not foolproof. Not to say it wouldn't be a good option necessarily.

[Anonymous No.50789114]

>>50789091
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>>50789091
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>>50789091
>there
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ffs lel

[Anonymous No.50789150]

>>50789042
Not 100% sure but pretty certain it’s Hindu

Here’s a scarab bracelet from Egypt.

[Anonymous No.50789170]

>>50789150
More ivory posts

[Anonymous No.50789174]

>>50789150

I have one that I was playing around with today coincidentally. Think its Tibetan but wouldn't say 100 percent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel#/media/File:Tibetan_prayer_wheel.jpg

[Anonymous No.50789192]

>>50789170
Chinese I would think.

[Anonymous No.50789260]

>>50789174
Must be then! That’s cool!

[Anonymous No.50789271]

>>50788988
why do you have british medals

[Anonymous No.50789272]

>>50789260
Excuse my dirty ass nail in that picture

Here’s a really cool pipe with ivory encased on it.

[Anonymous No.50789318]

>>50789272

Should be a Chinese Paktong metal opium pipe I think.

[Anonymous No.50789390]

>>50789271
Those are from my great grandfather on my grandmas side, he fought in WW2, his story is pretty wild.

He was in the Philippines (I believe) at the time Japan attacked the US and also begun an invasion there, he was captured and was a POW for a time being. He escaped by hiding in the sewage system for 10 days underneath the prison during which he lost his sense of smell. Afterwards he couldn’t leave so he decided to work with local forces in the area to disrupting communications the Japanese were running and essentially led a band of men in sabotaging Japanese military operations stationed there. Eventually he was able to actually take back the prison that held him and became a hero, dude was a badass. A lot of these items were purchased by him as well, he had lots of connections with underground groups throughout his life and was very sketchy.

Here is a small set of either dining utensils or dining utensils that were actually weapons for assassins, probably just a dining set.

[Anonymous No.50789519]

My favorite bits so far, would want to research the signatures on 1 and 2. I don't know much about the paper hymns etc though.

[Anonymous No.50789535]

>>50787077
That's from the Indian Mounds in Mississippi around the Natchez Trace. I had a few pieces. I bet that's where it's from.

[Anonymous No.50789557]

>>50789519
Also only working from pictures of course, would want to handle to verify the material etc. The two ladies should be carved from one piece of ivory I would think? (rather than multiple pieces attached).

[Anonymous No.50789571]

>>50789519
3 could be signed too

[Anonymous No.50789611]

>>50789390
Japanese travelling set of knife and chopsticks in case I think. Though one of the 'chopsticks' has a sharp implement ending so I am not sure. Maybe assassins tool like you say.

[Anonymous No.50789623]

>>50789557
Yeah I think the large pieces are all just one solid piece
>>50789535
Really? That’s something got any photos?


This painting is odd because I know it’s vintage (been around 100 years) however I cannot identify the signature or name of the piece because the signature seems to be missing (the piece is damaged), and the title is backwards, upside down, and faded on the back of it. Really hard to identify at all.
>>50789519
I’m glad you enjoy the pieces!

[Anonymous No.50789688]

Next few pieces are Peruvian sculptures

[Anonymous No.50789755]

>>50789688
>ancient Bullrun symbol

[Anonymous No.50789772]

>>50789755
Another mini bull

Almost done posting, I have tons of more stuff but unfortunately no pictures at this time, as said before if anyone has pieces they wish to share please do!

[Anonymous No.50789776]

>>50789623
If that pottery is from the Mississippian culture then it is extremely rare and sometimes prehistoric. Not many photos exist except in the visitors center at the mound sites.

They are very similar to Mayan art and are likely distantly related.

Unfortunately I don't have any photos and no longer own my pieces.

I am an antique collector myself.

[Anonymous No.50789813]

great thread OP, nice bunch of old shit you have there

[Anonymous No.50789814]

>>50789772
This is a painting from a Peruvian artist in the 1900s, he was one of the notable artists at the time I wish I could remember his name. A similar size piece but different sold for $5,000, so nothing special but still a nice piece of artwork.

[Anonymous No.50789928]

>>50789776
Whoa! That’s the first I’ve had someone give me info on the piece besides pure guesses. I’ll check that out! Thanks bro.

>>50789813
Thank you I’m very proud of the collection!

Alright folks this is the last picture.

I believe these to be the pre columbian sculptures, I have not identified where they came from nor the age so if anyone has any info please share!

[Anonymous No.50789961]

>>50789928
God speed.

[Anonymous No.50790095]

Oh I found one more, it’s a geisha thread needle artwork.

[Anonymous No.50790162]

>>50790095
Any old books? Specifically history books written pre 1900

[Anonymous No.50790236]

>>50790162
Here’s some photos of some books but my aunt has the majority of our books including a first edition copy of the wizard of oz.

[Anonymous No.50790517]

this was cool to look at OP, good luck with your sales

i would see no point in holding the majority of this shit for another few decades or generations, it would have no sentimental value to me.

[Anonymous No.50791033]

>>50789272
This is cool, I don't smoke opium but if I had this pipe I'd have to get some to smoke out of it.

[Anonymous No.50792115]

>>50790517
Some of this stuff is extremely valuable. Basically if you've got a nice house you put it on display to look like a BOSS.

[Anonymous No.50792893]

>>50785568
> I have the opportunity now to reignite my families generational wealth.
Ok I will pick the bait. How many children do you have? lmao at your family generational wealth when you cant even have a family

[Anonymous No.50792959]

>>50792893
One on the way bud

[Anonymous No.50792979]

>>50792115
yeah after about the 10th ivory figurine i could get rid of a few

im good thanks

t. ivory holder

[Anonymous No.50792982]

>>50785609
Gold/jewelry is and will always be a store of value
Its an extremely strong hedge against inflation
I would be disappointed if my family decides to be poor instead of accepting the help I set aside for them

[Anonymous No.50792994]

hold 10y

no gains

what did they mean by this

[Anonymous No.50793471]

>>50789623
>and the title is backwards, upside down, and faded on the back of it
Its probably a DaVinci.

[Anonymous No.50793570]

>>50793471
Yeah totally

>his grandpa didn’t have a pony as a child

[Anonymous No.50793583]

>>50785568
Go to the antique road show.

[Anonymous No.50793800]

Got some cool stuff man

[Anonymous No.50794035]

I've got Herman Melvilles tobacco/snuff box from one of his descendants, made of ivory or whale bone not sure which. Any idea if it'd be worth anything antique anons?