Free Online Antique Price Guide

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A free online antique price guide can help a buyer, seller or owner determine the market value for an antique. These guides list the current value of items, providing you with a convenient resource to evaluate your antiques and collectibles. Such guides provides a reference point for determining the value of a particular item quickly and easily.

Where to Find Free Antique Online Price Guides

There are many guides available on the Internet. A good guide will explain how it has calculated its price. It may come from auctions, prices at shows, or by observing dealer pricing. Any one method alone does not give a true value. Auction buys may be too high because of an over-heated bidding war. Show prices may go up too high at the end of the show or too low at the beginning. Dealer pricing may also be misleading, as many times it will depend on how long the dealer has had the piece for sale; some drop the prices the longer pieces remain in inventory. The best price guides will use all three methods to determine a value.

All Antiques

Kovels has maintained up to date antiques price guides since 1958 and is highly respected by antique appraisers and dealers. While most online price guides specialize in one type of antique, Kovels lists antiques in almost every category.The website is easy to navigate, with antiques arranged according to type. There is also a chat board where you can ask questions and discuss your items with other collectors. If you have a piece of pottery or porcelain you can easily identify it by using the images provided.

Beatles

Find out the value of your Beatles Yesterday and Today memorabilia on this interesting site.

Books

There are several book searches online where you can find the market value of your old books.

Abe Books is an online database that allows you to search for antique and vintage books. You can compare several copies of the same book in different conditions to most closely match your own book to it.

Faded Giant has a searchable database of thousand of vintage and antique books. A search will usually turn up several prices for the same book based on condition. You'll just need to be honest with yourself about the condition of your book to match it to one of the books on site.

Boyd's Bears

Find out the values of your Boyd's Bears or Bearstone collection on The Bear Collector. Searchable database lists items several ways to make it easy to find them.

Cameras

Collectiblend has hundreds of antique, vintage, and classic cameras in its database. Many have images along with the excellent descriptions and prices.

Carnival Glass

David Doty's Carnival Glass site helps collectors evaluate and identify Carnival Glass. There are thousands of images of patterns and lists all of the colors that the item was made in. There is also a section with images of fakes to help the novice collector identify reproduction and fake Carnival.

Coins

If you are a coin collector, you will find the Coin Collector's Guide an invaluable resource for prices and other information.

Fiesta Ware

Happy Heidi is a site that specializes in vintage Fiesta ware. The prices listed are for items in mint condition, without cracks, chips, or other flaws. There are images as well as prices listed for the pieces in various colors.

Frankoma Pottery

Frankoma Family Collector's Association lists items from Frankoma Pottery. There are no images so you will need to know what piece you have before looking it up on site.

G.I. Joe

If, by chance, your old G.I. Joe survived your childhood the G.I. Joe Price Guide is an all inclusive price guide and database.

Head Vases

If you collect Head Vases then Chrissy.com is helpful. The items are listed by the auction prices categorized by month which can make it difficult to find specific vases but if you are looking for general prices this is a very helpful site.

Radios

If you love antique and vintage radios you will enjoy this site. W JOE Radio has an excellent price guide as well as parts to restore your radio to working condition.

Roycroft Copper

Roycroft Copper has listings of many Roycroft items from lamps to bowls. Each listing contains images, descriptions and how much the item sold for at auction. The site also has a number of helpful resources for the collector such as, How to Spot Fakes and Markings.

Stringed Instruments

If you have an old violin or other stringed instrument you can find out the value with this stringed instrument price guide online. It is very user friendly with categories and an alphabetical list of makers. You will need to know a little about your instrument before using this guide.

Use Other Resources

You can also use other Internet resources to help you decide on a value for your antiques and collectibles. Check antique malls like Ruby Lane and auction sites like eBay to find the prices that similar items sold for. Using a variety of methods in determining the value of an antique will help ensure that you have a more accurate idea of the item's worth.