I have some matching antique furniture. Where is the best place to sell it? A consignment shop? Advertise it? I don't know.
2007-02-24 00:33:48 · 6 answers · asked by soniaelizabethann 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Check your Yellow Pages for auction companies. Find one that is familiar with antiques, and see if they will sell the furniture for you on a consignment basis. They will charge you a percentage of the selling price.
For this percentage, they will advertise your pieces to get buyers on site the day of the auction. They also should have a good idea of what your item should sell for.
If there are two bidders who want your items, who knows what they will sell for, but I do guarantee that they will sell to the highest bidder. Antique dealers attend auctions all the time to buy antiques to resell.
Unless you know what your furniture is worth, or want do a lot of research to find out, I think an auction is the way to go
If you take it to an antique dealer, he will try to buy it as cheaply as he can to maximize his profit. An auctioneer is going to sell it for as much as he can to maximize his percentage of commission.
2007-02-24 00:52:34 · answer #1 · answered by Bare B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wherever you sell it check around as to prices. Don't sell it too cheap. Look, my grandparents had a pantry cupboard just outside the kitchen. Two, in fact, and my mother and one of my aunts sold them for a few hundred each when they were well worth at least a thousand apiece. They got ripped off out of ignorance. Study up. You can advertise in the paper. Antique shops, if they take assignments, often will price too high and after awhile if you take a lower price, or sell to them they will mark it up. They will take you for a ride. Better to sell yourself if you can, that is unless you know someone you trust who can sell it for you and do better. Ask around and check the Internet for the value and going prices for similar items.
2007-02-24 00:45:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The best place to sell is Craigslist....I had antique furniture and I sold all of it on this website....Its free~!
2007-02-24 05:59:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try antique stores but I would try ebay because all the other places won't give you what it is worth because they will resell it for a higher price and you will lose money.
2007-02-24 00:43:08 · answer #4 · answered by Lynnemarie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe at a Craft Show or something like a Hobby Shop.
2007-02-24 00:38:31 · answer #5 · answered by lillymypup 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2015-09-27 06:51:36 · answer #6 · answered by James 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋