Goebels

[diggummup]

Skinners is one of the largest auction houses there is and I highly doubt they will accept many of the items that sell regularly on ebay, for starters. So to say that they are the go to for real world values on common collectibles is a joke. For the record you can access auction results on the internet for most large auction houses (and many small ones too), I know this because I do it. Skinner's included. Also, in case you didn't know, most auction houses usually charge 30% to the seller and (depending on the auction house) another 10-25% to the buyer. So, something that sells for $1000 is going to have 30% plus state taxes taken out of it. You'll be lucky to walk away with $640 of that grand. So to see what something sold for at a local auction house is just a gross worth, not what you the seller will receive. Now if the item is of high interest and a large dollar item that will create a buzz and draw in potential bidders, the auction house will sometimes reduce or even erase the sellers fees. But that is a rare bird indeed. In conclusion, when it comes to auction houses what you see is not what you get.

 

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[diggummup]

Already did that,sold my VERY RARE 1923 first model Italian officers fighting knife to the guy that appraised it,4000 bucks.Have fun in ebay

And how much of that 4 grand did you receive? Hmm?

 

[Red James Cash]

Seeing as the guy also collected military items i got 4 grand for it,not auctioned off.You wont find the knife on ebay.Before selling I had the knife for about 10 years,in that space of time i only saw one on the internet,but it was missing the gold fascines mounted in the handle which signified it as an officers knife,plus the ebony handle had shrunk quite a bit.The knife i had was in about 50 percent better condition than the one i saw up for sale,that one sold for almost 3000 bucks.You want the right money for your items,find a collector who wants what you have.

 

[hunts with son]

Go to eBay and search the completed/sold items. One of the best ways to establish true value.

Yes, it is. LOL

 

[Baltimore]

Seeing as the guy also collected military items i got 4 grand for it,not auctioned off.You wont find the knife on ebay.Before selling I had the knife for about 10 years,in that space of time i only saw one on the internet,but it was missing the gold fascines mounted in the handle which signified it as an officers knife,plus the ebony handle had shrunk quite a bit.The knife i had was in about 50 percent better condition than the one i saw up for sale,that one sold for almost 3000 bucks.You want the right money for your items,find a collector who wants what you have.

Sure, for your super rare military knife that may be the way to go. However, I think what most of us are trying to say is that for 99% of the stuff we find, the best way to find the real world value is to look it up on ebay and find the prices that other people have paid. If I find a pair of Brooks Brothers loafers or an old license plate, I'm not going to contact an auction house to get them appraised, I'm going to check sold listings on ebay. Same for the figurines posted on this thread, same for most of the things that any of us buy to re sell. I'm sure your auction house worked great for your knife, but please don't claim that what we are doing is wrong when ebay truly is the best option available for what most of us are trying to do.

Sorry for the off topic posts OP, good luck selling your Goebels!

 

[VERODIGDUG]

Hahaha....thanks and no worries!

 

[diggummup]

.Before selling I had the knife for about 10 years,in that space of time i only saw one on the internet,but it was missing the gold fascines mounted in the handle which signified it as an officers knife,plus the ebony handle had shrunk quite a bit.The knife i had was in about 50 percent better condition than the one i saw up for sale,that one sold for almost 3000 bucks.You want the right money for your items,find a collector who wants what you have.

10 years huh? Care to rephrase that statement? http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/i...n-officers-fighting-dagger-found-picture.html Come on now Red.

And by the way I found a collector for my rare set of wings that I found not too long ago. Ended up with $2500 and no fees. http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/w...rts-rare-set-shreve-co-ww1-pilot-s-wings.html
Besides nobody can force you to sell an item for less than your willing to accept anyway so what's the argument again? Oh yeah Ebay isn't good to use for research for real world pricing. Well, it's not an untrue statement and it is not all encompassing either as already mentioned. For most of the items we find on here, completed sales on Ebay is the real world since uhh, that's where the stuff is getting sold at. Ya think? How could you even argue with that?

 

[Tallone]

Not to put too fine a point on it but... just because the appraiser at Skinners gave you four grand for your knife is no guarantee you got full value for it. It is possible the appraiser knows another collector who will pay him more than four grand for it.

 

[diggummup]

Not to put too fine a point on it but... just because the appraiser at Skinners gave you four grand for your knife is no guarantee you got full value for it. It is possible the appraiser knows another collector who will pay him more than four grand for it.

Thanks for adding that. I was gonna mention that and then I went on another tangent after I found out he just got the knife a couple years ago. By the way, You'd be hard pressed to find a sucker that would pay $4000 for a knife that looked similar to the one shown in that thread. They sell for $2000 or less all day in better condition. Hmm?