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There are many reasons why antiques and collectibles end up in op stores or charity stores as well as garage or boot sales.In this article, I will tell you how to find valuable antiques and collectibles without much knowledge.I will tell you what to look for, how to check, and how to sell what you find.
I have been buying and selling antiques and collectibles most of the time, a large part of which I have found in this way.Please note that the staff of the charity will find the most valuable items and then be stolen or sold privately to antique dealers or collectors.I'm not interested in anyone here.This is just a fact in life.Anything you see in the op store marked with a collection value or a higher price antique should be avoided.
The Op shop has identified the item and knows its value.Once this happens, you don't have any room to make money.Why is this happening in op store or garage sales?Keep in mind that during the first and second world wars, many of Germany and Europe were robbed for their precious works of art, antiques and other works of art.
The items found their way back to the United States, Britain, or Australia by soldiers returning home.These items have been around for years in different families.When the owner of these items moves into a nursing home or dies, the items are either donated to the op store or given to young family members who do not know what they have, they then put the stuff in the garage for sale or donate it directly to the charity store.
We have also entered a period when people who grew up at the age of 1950 and 1960 are getting older.Their children have grown up and moved away, and they are scaling down into smaller homes or retirement villas. So a lot of their unwanted stuff was donated to the op store or charity store or put into garage sales.
To help your research and search for antiques and collectibles, you should first have a little knowledge of what antiques or collectibles are.Visit museums, antique shops and art galleries as much as possible.If you are reading this, then the author would like you to know something about antiques.
Look at the items and try to remember to recognize them as the main feature of antiques.With ceramics, many times they have a good mark at the bottom.Prepare a pottery mark identification guide and a digital camera for yourself.
If you come across an interesting tag or item, take a picture of it, review it later, or look it up online.A lot of old pottery is not marked, so you have to rely on the knowledge you get from what you see in antique shops and museums.Also start to get a reference library together.
The Miller and Carter guides are nice but expensive.They will provide you with a great deal of information about antiques and collectibles.Finally, invest in a laptop to connect it to the Internet.
Take a notebook, pen or pencil and a camera with you.First of all, when you walk into an op store, you can walk around and feel the feeling of this place.Your first stop should be the book area.If you find old or collectible books in this department, then op shop will most likely receive a shipment of items that may contain other collectible items.
As far as books are concerned, you need a lot of knowledge to identify rare or valuable items.First, check if this book is the first edition by looking at the flyer where all the information is located.You can find the version number and publication date here.
In general, anything from Ian Fleming's first edition of the James Bond 007 series is valuable.It's better to sign.You can also find Ernest Hemingway's works.Anything he wrote about hunting is valuable.
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Looking for Stephen King or John Steinbeck, this is a world original war launched by HG Wells and you are the winner.The old Bible is sometimes valuable.Books with dust shields are preferable.Anything 1960 or earlier involving a crime or detective story should be written down and reviewed later on the Internet.Alibris books or any rare book collection website on the Internet has information about rare and collectible books.
The original Motor Manual 1960 or before is usually valuable.Any 1965 or previous book title, the first edition, must be written down or photographed and checked on the Internet.If you think or know that an item is valuable and it's less than a dollar, then you just have to buy it and then worry about checking its value later.
Any book that has an obvious early stage, such as 1750, should be checked out.You can always look for all the great fathers who are rare and collect books, and if you find one of them in any case, you are a millionaire.Many children's books are rare, especially the original copy of the Doctor is valuableFrom Zeuss in 1950 or 60 years.
They don't indicate the date, so if they don't have a computer barcode, you can buy it for a few dollars, then invest it, and then do the research again.The same is true of comics, which you often find in children's books, and they must be valuable.Look for titles like Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, Phantom, Xmen.
The sooner the better, once you find anything from 1930, you can look at some serious money, but other than that, you can take the number, the date and title of the comic, write it on your notebook and do your research later.So you can learn.If comics are cheap and you think they are worth buying, buy them before someone else buys them.Be especially careful when shooting or recording anything on your notebook.
Try to be cautious, because if the owner sees you, they will know what you are doing and you may pay extra when you try to buy any item.Other shoppers can also be reminded of what you are doing and will have a firm interest in what you are doing and what you are interested in.When you leave the op store, check everything you wrote or photographed online immediately and buy it immediately if you think it is valuable.
The problem with the Op store is that they are not experts in everything.They may have experts in books or ceramics, but they still miss something.Next, look at any paintings that may be available in the store.
If you find old books, it is also possible for the charity shop to get old paintings from the same estate.Print is also valuable.The first thing to look for is the obvious signature of the artist.Then look at the back of the painting and see any obvious clues such as auction lot number, Gallery number or artwork supply stamp.
Then, these things should be thoroughly checked out on the Internet, and in the end only experts can tell you, so if you find something that you feel is very valuable, give it to a professional antique.Don't believe in antique shops.In 2006, I bought a painting for $25 in Toodyay, a small town near Perth, Western Australia, called "miners ".It turned out that he was a famous popular artist.
The painting is also famous and I sold it for $25,000.I also purchased a tryptcih (three paintings in the series) by Dion Florence Jones in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) for $120) A week later, op shop sold on Ebay in Indonesia for $10,000!Now, keep an eye out for movie posters when you're looking for paintings.Real movie posters should be obvious, but only experts can know.
Looking for famous Classics, such as "Gone With the Wind", "Cleopatra", "Ben Hur Psycho", "Revelation of the present", "Bogart" or "James Dean" Boris Karlov or other eccentric things, for example, the killer tomato attack, you can see spots or Batman from 1966.I found an original 1966 movie poster of Batman supported by Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller psychology on the local "second tip"hand shop.I paid $5 for $200.Your next stop should be the recording area.
Please note that with records and books and all other antiques and collectibles, the better the conditions, the more valuable the item is.So ideally you are looking for something in the original state.Look for early records from famous artists such as the Beatles, mengji, Pinke Floyd and Led Zeppelin.
By ignoring old records such as Max Bygraves, Liberace, Cliff Richard, or Barry Manilow, comb the grain shells from the hay.Really old records, should record and check the old thick records before the acetate came out.Anything unusual should be noted on your notebook and then looked up online.
I found a humble record from Germany in the 1970 s called "dreams and memories", they are an underground psychedelic group, half German and half English, similar to pinkffloyThe cover picture is a snake crawling on a human skull.I bought a $10 record, checked it online and found its rarity, and sold it for $390.Now go to the toy section and see if they have board games on and before 1970.
Looking for the old monopoly suit from Batman board game Lost in Space board game in 1930, and anything quirky or unusual, it has to be rare, but notIn the toy section, look for the original 1970 Star Wars statue of a fairly high value, especially in the original packaging.Look for any toys with the Beatles or any souvenirs and Monkees.Search for tin or lead soldiers or military products.
You can also find tin toysEspecially robots and cars from Japan before 1975, or German tin toys of any time, they will be marked somewhere and they will be very valuable if they are in good condition.There is also a ready market for old cigarette cigarettes and sports bubble sugar cards.Australia's 19-year football rules are worth thousands of cards.
The same is true of old basketball, rugby and baseball cards in the United States.In addition, look for the original 1966 Batman cards, which are worth the same value as Batmobile's Matchbox car in 1966.The original value in the box is over $600, and you can still get $25 for use in harsh conditions.
.Also, look for old Matchbox cars from 1970, check them online, or buy them, and then check if they are a few cents.They must be in good condition.Anything related to the children's puppet series in the old 1960 s, Thunderbirds are valuable.Look for old dolls and teddy bears.Barby dolls need to be original in the box in 1960 to be valuable.
Plastic dolls are not worth anything.
You are looking for ceramic, paper machetes or wooden dolls.The manufacturer, mold marks and the usual year can be found on the bottom of the head on the back or on the back of the doll.The most valuable thing for teddy Bears is Steif Bears, which often have a button with a name on their ears.
Now enter the ceramic/glass section.
As I said above, look for the manufacturer's mark on the basis of the ceramic sheet.Clarice Cliff ware from the UK is the most popular, do some research!If there are obvious marks on ceramic statues, they are usually valuable.Precious glass will appear in the form of Murano, often in charity shops.
It is 1950 and 60 stained glass in Venice or Italy.Usually it has an identification tag on it.Be wary of cheap Asian imports/replicas.You should see a beautiful pontil mark on the base.
The other glass you will find is the 1930 Depression glass, which is still very common.It has amber, green and rare violet.Look for good examples of this glass in your local antique shop.I once found a 1750-inch original English high-foot Cup in a shop.
I bought it for a few dollars and sold it for $1200.At that time, in addition to the photos and descriptions I saw in the Miller guide in England, and what I saw in the museum, I knew nothing about the glass.The glass is stuck on me.The color of the glass is different. There are many impurities in it.You can see from the ripples inside.It is hand blown, and the shape of the glass is very unusual, unlike the color of modern glass.
As far as jewelry is concerned, the only valuable jewelry you may find in the op store is a string of pearls, and the obvious gold and silver jewelry has long disappeared before you have a chance to buy it.You can tell the real pearls by rubbing the teeth, they should feel rough.A string of beads is worth about $1000!The other thing to look for in the op store is anything from the Vietnam War.
I found an old Zippo lighter with dates engraved with "Vietnam" and "Soldier's tour.I bought it for a few dollars and got $850.Look for any memorabelia of the Nazi era, especially anything with the Nazi logo.
Old, original Levis jeans, before 1950.
Look up the description online and see what you have to look.Early computers, such as the original Ataris, are value-for-money if run in order of work.Instruments from guitar to keyboard and brass instruments are often found.
The piano is the only keyboard instrument of value and the price varies depending on the manufacture and conditions.The old electronic organs are worthless.Look for guitar from guitars ner in Germany, Washburn in Australia and Martin, Gretsch, Fender and Gibson in the United States.Brass instruments can be tricky.Search online in units of model, brand and year.
As for selling your items, do not sell glass, ceramics or any fragile items on Ebay.If you do use Ebay, insure your item for loss or damage.If the item is fragile or very valuable, you 'd better sell it at an antique/art auction or sell it to your local antique dealer or even consider a local newspaper or Local NoticeYou can also consider a market stall or a garage for sale.
Make sure your items are of professional value first.If the project is not worth the valuation then it may not be worth the time and trouble to sell it