trying to appraise and sell a sword collection

Thanks - Ive been using paint 3D to resize, can get them close to 1mb to keep it as high res as possible

 

Just a question - if you are considering selling them at auction, it seems the most important decision would be what auction house to use. Presumably you would want one that handles arms, armor and ethnographic material regularly, and has clientele that would be interested. Why pay for any sort of separate appraisal when an appropriate auction would be the best determination of current value?

 

Well I'm new to this, which is why I came on here with questions. My initial understanding would be to get an appraisal so I would know the actual value of the collection before selling. If it's worth 50,000 and I didn't know that I would be happy getting 20,000 from an auction. But with more knowledge of the actual value of my swords, I could know what to expect and what kind of value they should bring. Also, I don't know much about auctions, I've never been to one or sold anything on one.

I've gone ahead and posted everything from the collection on here, with hopes to gain more knowledge and get the appropriate value. The challenge there is that when I get the knowledge of what kind of sword it is - I see so many different range of prices, for instance I saw one with much less detail and without the scabbard sell for 260 but mine has a scabbard and a lot of detail - so how would I determine the value? Another reason I wanted to get them appraised was so that I could be certain these are authentic and not reproductions, this and they (hopefully, at least with my experience getting the two appraised by ars guy) would be able to determine the value compared to others on the market based on the overall quality and condition of the sword - I would like to know the time periods and their worth compared to others on the market.

 

there is no one value.....but there is a range.....