How to have your antiques appraised?
The antique appraisal is a service that our antique dealer may possibly offer you during an inheritance, the purchase of flea market items in whole or in part, for example when your home is cleared out. His skills prove useful for the overall appraisal of your items, knickknacks of all kinds, your small pieces of furniture , paintings, bronzes, sculptures and luxurious antique trunks.. with the aim of determining their origin, style, period and the artist. In addition, our antique dealer can photograph your antiques for more in-depth research. In fact, photography has become an indispensable tool for appraisal.
Our antique and second-hand shop is located in Merville Franceville Plage in the Calvados
If you send photos. You should know that the appraisal can only be approximate and even sometimes incorrect. Indeed an item damaged by a chip or a glued break, a hairline crack in a faience piece, significant traces of wear on a piece of furniture, a tarnished silverware that needs reviving, loses considerable market value. Indeed, nowadays a damaged item does not sell. The remaining solution is restoration carried out by specialists, which is very expensive. For an accurate appraisal, the object must be seen and touched.
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However, antique appraisal is intended primarily for the purchase of your furniture, antiques and precious jewelry except for ivory where the legislation is getting tougher for the preservation of endangered species. It will be necessary to check whether it is gold. This professional can travel to your home to evaluate your goods overall with a view to a purchase. By mutual agreement, she will set the price for a clearance fee as fairly as possible. In no case can she substitute for the work of an appointed expert or a notary who will establish a detailed inventory, item by item, for the purpose of division. Antique experts group together in corporations, chambers, unions or companies. They intervene to appraise goods put up for auction by auctioneers or at the request of individuals in cases of estate inventories for example.
Expertise is also learned through training accessible to students of the Ecole du Louvre. However, they receive a percentage on sales. Furthermore, they can also be called upon by the courts, customs, and insurance companies. It is a profession that is very enriching from a cultural point of view. An expert conducts research on an object which can prove to be complex. This is particularly the case for paintings. Identifying the signature, authenticating its origin requires a lot of work. Modern techniques are then implemented, such as the use of the Wood lamp with ultraviolet rays for oil paintings.