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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bercrystal, post: 337880, member: 88&quot;]Although I am sure that most of the items are ID&#039;d correctly on the show, I have always thought the dollar amount put on the majority of the items are way out of the realm of reality.</p><p><br /></p><p>As we tell folks who come here wanting an appraisal, there are too many variables to put a dollar amount on items. Are you selling it on-line, at an auction or in a shop? Will it be a specialty auction or a local anything goes sale? Is it a high end shop in a large city or a booth in a local antiques mall? Do you want an insurance replacement value? If it is a family piece than you are dealing with sentimental value.</p><p><br /></p><p>We are also aware that not everyone can know everything about all items in a specific category. That is why a site such as this is so wonderful. We have multiple people who are knowledgeable about many different things so we can fill in the gaps for one another.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have told this story before, but my ARS story took place in Omaha Nebraska a few years back. I took this large Blue Opalescent Hobnail tray like piece that I had never been able to ID. The lady, who was a supposed expert in glass, they sent me to said that there was no way I would ever be able to know who made the piece. </p><p><br /></p><p>A few months later I posted it on the old PG&amp;P board on ebay. Within 15 minutes someone told me that it was a c.1900 ice cream tray by Hobbs Brockunier &amp; Co.</p><p><br /></p><p>Face it, these people are all looking for something that will get them on the show &amp; if you bring in something that is ho-hum they are not going to give you the time of day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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