How would I go about selling antique furniture to make sure I don’t get taken?
May 26th, 2009 Category Antique Furniture
I have some very very nice, valuable antique furniture and I don’t want to just give it away. I need to find the correct buyer.
Asked by: nalashelby
Tags: Antique Furniture, Selling Furniture,
May 28th, 2009 at 3:34 pm
If you’re talking about serious antiques, get an appraiser.
If you’re talking about older furniture, go around to antique stores and see what they ask for similar things. Don’t check on the web unless you’re going to sell on the web. Your local market is different from mine…
Auctions can be a good way too but you have to know who the buyers are. An antique dealer will usually not pay more than 50% of what he can sell for. You also have to realize that sometimes things go for much lower than they should…
I just sold an older oak desk for $100 dollars. I had paid $1 for it. The auctioneer had forgotten the desk and put it up for bid at the very end when people where already lining up to pay, plus it was big and a lot of people didn’t have the room to take it. I just took a chance thinking at worst I would have to come back and pick it up the next day. It turned out the whole thing came apart with about 16 screws…
Pricing antiques can take some time. There’s quite a bit to learn but it can be fun too.
Hope this helps.
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