Free Antique Price Guides

Free antique price guides are an invaluable resource to anyone interested in buying or selling antiques.

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Whether you are a newcomer to the world of antiques or a seasoned antique buff, knowing where to find the current market value of pieces of interest helps you make informed decisions. In addition to current market value, free online antique price guides also provide detailed information and pictures making it easier to identify authentic antiques from fakes, reproductions and reissues.

When collecting and buying trends change, prices also change based on supply and demand. Having free access to current market trends is another important benefit of free online price guides.

Fondly referred to as the duke and duchess of the antiques world, the late Ralph Kovel and his wife Terry, have been world renowned experts in their field for many years. Together the couple authored more than 100 books and price guides on antiques, had their syndicated antiques column in more than 150 newspapers and co-hosted several television series about antiques.

Their website, Kovels, features an extensive free online price guide of more than 700,000 antique and collectible items. Included in each entry of the price guide are a description of the item, the price it sold for and the year of the sale. This information allows collectors to track market trends and price items according to those trends. The information in the price guide also can be used for estate and tax purposes.

Although registration is required to access the Kovels price guide database, registration is free. The items are listed in thirty-five categories with hundreds of subcategories. Membership includes a free weekly newsletter. Members can opt to join as a premium member, giving them online access to the past six years of newsletters, thousands of colored photos and many more benefits.

Collectibles-Museums is a compilation of three of the largest online directories of information pertaining to antiques and collectibles. This website includes:

• More than 100 antique and collectible price guides
• More than 1,000,000 pictures of collectibles from over 800 online collectible museums
• More than 200 glossaries about collectors
• More than 100 antique and collectible reference guides
• A wonderful collection of blogs, trivia and articles about collectibles and antiques

From prices of antique bicycles and Steiff bears to the value of rare books and cigarette cards, links to their free price guides are provided by Collectibles-Museums. This comprehensive website includes links to the Kovels database, the database for the online auction results for Bath Antiques and several doll collector price guides. There are also links relevant to art including:

• Artprice.com auction results for 1987-2006
• Art auction results from Doyles
• Art prices for more than 400,000 artists

Examples of additional antique and collectible price guides provided by Collectibles-Museums include:

• A Carnival glass price guide and pattern index
• Historic Case Tractor values
• Coin collectors price guides
• Searchable auction results from Hakes
• Numismadia fair market value
• Sports cards, autographs and collectibles price guides
• An archived price guide for Star War memorabilia
• Auction prices of mechanical banks
• Values of head vases
• Back issue price guide of collectible magazines
• Secondary market prices of Disney collectibles
• Antique radio price guides

Bath Antiques provides a free price guide on their website. With more than 100 categories of antiques and collectibles, the items offered by Bath Antiques range from the medieval period through the Art Deco years. Each sold item is included in their online price guide database. There is not any fee to access the price guide. Bath Antiques also offers a valuation and appraisal service for a nominal fee.

Using a free antique price guide is a great way to find out the value of a family treasure or determine your spending limit for a comparable item at an auction. The price guides are valuable resources for everyone that shares a love of things from yesteryear..

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