Found in Virginia What Or They Worth

[tojo]

an old man gave me this stuff and am not a relic hunter,or collector so would like to get rid of this stuff (do not want to give it away)
tojo

 

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[gldhntr]

bud you have some collection there........it definantly has a very good value.........i sold 5 musket balls from a rev war site for 187.00 and a button from the same camp for 283.00......go ebay, or find a serious collector.....it would help if you knew where these were found also...............gldhntr

 

[JakePhelps]

Thats a nice collection Ill give you 5 bucks...Just Kidding!

 

[lonewolfe]

bud you have some collection there........it definantly has a very good value.........i sold 5 musket balls from a rev war site for 187.00? and a button from the same camp for 283.00......go ebay, or find a serious collector.....it would help if you knew where these were found also...............gldhntr

You can buy collections like this on ebay all day everyday for approx. $25

"take a look for yourself"

you must have found a 'real' sucker to pay $187 for 5 musket balls

 

[gldhntr]

i listed all these items for 1 dollar no reserve......there were about 16-18 people bidding on the button and 9-10 bidding on the balls........i consider the buyers to be great customers instead of suckers, wouldn't you ? now had i set the price this high, i would be a criminal, but i let the bidders set all my prices as nearly everything i list is 1 dollar no reserve...that way, if they pay way too much, it is their fault not mine..................... gldhntr

 

[DigEmAll]

I think fifty bucks would be fair if you just put everything in a box as is.

 

[DigEmAll]

Matter of fact, I'll give you fifty bucks for them.

 

[gldhntr]

many of these era buttons would be worth 50 bucks or more each........google ''civil war relics for sale'',,,,,,you will find many sites with many pics and prices.......gldhntr

 

[DigEmAll]

Yes GH, some buttons are worth fifty bucks, however many, many more aren't worth fifty cents. Sight unseen, I think fifty bucks is a fair price to offer. There could be nothing of real value there, in which case I would be over-paying for some minnie balls and other parts. Course, it is possible that he could have a hundred dollar button in the batch too. Unlikely, but possible. I think thirty bucks would still be fair if he was to take all the buttons out of the box!

 

[pepperpump]

If you have any buttons in the collection, you should do some research. Civil war buttons as well as coins can fetch some good money depending on what you have.
Pepperpump

 

[grizzly bare]

I think gldhntr's first post is the most informative. Go back to your source and find out as much as possible about these things. Were they dug in a battlefield? On a family farm? Where is important. That can help date some of these things and add provenance..somewhat. Without some form of identification or authentication they lose some of their worth.
Just as they are DigEm's 50 dollars may not be far off.
Go get some more info and your price can skyrocket...but don't get your hopes up. There are lots of relics out there.
All that said, those are some beautiful things even if you just keep them and make a display case for them.
My two cents

grizzly bare

 

[schlooppy]

Thats some nice stuff. If you did some research on them and found out where they were found maybe you could hunt there