Price Guides
Kovels’ Antiques & Collectibles Price ListCall Number: NK1125 .A39Most recent edition that KU owns is shelved in the Reference area in the Art & Architecture Library. Features actual prices in 700 categories and more than 2,500 full-colour photographs for items in all price ranges. Covers American and international items that are of most interest to collectors.
Online Guides:
Kovel's Price Guide List of more than 750,000 prices for antiques and collectibles sold in the United States, Canada and Europe. Includes real prices, not estimates, in a wide variety of categories. Each entry gives a description, price, and year of sale. Must register for a free account to access price information.
Miller's Antiques Price Guide In addition to the Price Guide (free registration required to access), the site includes articles by experts, a dictionary, information on hallmarks, and a reference guide for care and repair of antiques and collectibles.
Printed Guides:
Schroeder’s Antiques Price GuideCall Number: NK1125 .S32Most recent edition owned by KU is shelved in the Reference area at the Art & Architecture Library. 300 different advisors, each an expert in their field(s), and 700 categories accompanied by representative listings, photos, and brief histories about each subject.- Warman's Antiques and CollectiblesCall Number: NK1133 .W332015 edition shelved in the Reference area of the Art & Architecture Library. Lots of color photographs along with values, perspective, and history for everything from ceramics to glass, furniture to jewelry, American art to toys, photography to luxury handbags, and beyond.
Auctions & Sales
eBay A good place to look for antiques and collectibles is eBay. You can browse the categories and look for similar objects to the item you may have in your possession, or shop for a specific type of collectible. eBay is a good way to determine prices, or the current market value for a particular object.
Go Antiques.com GoAntiques, headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, is the only virtual marketplace in the art, antiques and collectibles industry offering an integrated, one-stop solution for both storefront and live auction selling. GoAntiques also offers the world's largest antiques and collectibles price guide, PriceMiner, with over 20 million antiques and collectibles prices. PriceMiner also now includes Info Center, with hundreds of articles about collecting, repair and restoration and more.
Antiques Roadshow Online The popular TV show goes online. There are many useful sections. One is "Tips of the Trade," which details a particular facet of collecting each month, and the previous articles are still accessible. Another section, "Antique Speak," is a small, but growing, glossary of antique terms. Make sure to check out "Stories from the Road," where you can get sneak previews of appraisals on upcoming shows.
Sotheby's This is the site for one of the world's premiere auction houses. If you have what you believe to be a really high ticket item, you can peruse their site for recent auction results.
Christie's This is the site for another of the world's best known auction houses. Christie's is known for dealing in high priced, rare art items, such as paintings.
Appraisals
American Society of Appraisers Visit this site to find an expert appraiser in your area. You can search for appraisers by their specialty.
The Appraisers of America Another professional appraisers association, also with an appraiser database, searchable by location and specialization.
AntiqueAppraisals A properly prepared appraisal will clarify questions of property value in any circumstance. This site's appraisals are above national conformance standards, and adhere to a much higher standard than a general appraisal.
Fee-Based Online Appraisals
Here is a sample of fee-based appraisal services available online.
WorthPoint Offering market data on collectibles, including prices, descriptions, pictures and sale dates, compiled from hundreds of auction houses.
Value My Stuff Evaluations of collectible items (from uploaded images) within 48 hours. This service is based in England.
Old and Sold A fee-based appraisal service. Responses within 48 hours to requests submitted via online form and uploaded images.