I have an antique chandelier with leaded glass tear drops, how do I find out what it's worth?

Answer 1

I would suggest you call in an expert - some of the bigger auction houses (Sothebys, Christys, Phillips) will give you a free valuation if you say you are going to put it in a sale - otherwise speak to your insurance company - they often have valuers.

If it is a big one, or, you suspect, valuable, it is worth having a proper valuation done as, although ebay is great, chandleliers can be worth a lot of money.

Answer 2

There is a lot of information available on the internet. A Yahoo search for "antique chandeliers" (include the quotation marks in the Yahoo search box) yields 45,300 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find lots of useful and interesting information. Just the first two pages (20 results) offer several websites where you can view photos and determine what you have. Several of the sites feature reader forums where you can submit a digital picture of your antique chandelier and let the experts offer an opinion as to value.

I'm guessing that it is not practical to take the chandelier down and take it to your local antique shops for appraisal. Pictures and any identifying manufacturer's marks will suffice and you should be able to get a pallpark idea as to value from almost any knowledgable shop owner.

Good luck with your search for information.

Answer 3

An antique is worth no more or less than what a buyer wants to give for it. Keep that in mind. Do not be too excited about Antiques Show on Public TV those prices are plain nonsense. That is baloney "at AUCTION this would bring .........easily" You need a buyer!!!!! Ready to write you a check or give you cash.

About the best way to really get a good indication is to use EBay. That site has about 99% of the active wholesale buyers of antique Chandelier constantly searching for new antiques.. Sure they buy those and sell them in their stores, generally marking them up 30% or slightly more.

Post on Ebay, get several digital photos and sit back and wait. In the end, you can buy back your own chandlier by setting a price of like $300,000 as your max bid. No risk at all and it will cost you like $20 or so to advertise on EBay.

Answer 4

My parents have something similar. I would suggest contacting the show "Antique Road Show" and see what info they give you. Do a google search for the show title.

Answer 5

Sounds gorgeous! ebay is your best bet. Type in some search words and compare what you have to what is currently for sale and in auctions that have already ended.