ANTIQUE APPRAISAL: FREE ANTIQUE PRINT APPRAISAL ONLINE

When you have a need for an accurate market value of an antique print appraisal, a free antique print appraisal online or in the presence of a print dealer is usually not in your best interest. An accredited appraiser should adhere to a professional code of ethics. The most important role an accredited appraiser plays is as an independent, disinterested provider of value. When you compensate an appraiser for his time he can provide the due diligence necessary to produce an accurate value and maintain impartiality. On the other hand, when you receive a free antique print appraisal online from a print dealer who has an interest in buying and reselling the print or selling you other service, it is unlikely you will receive full due diligence and an impartial value. The fact is experts in all fields don’t normally give their time and expertise to strangers for free. The online print dealer has a motive to appraise your print low in order to purchase low and sale higher. The difference in the buy and resale is the revenue that allows him to provide a free antique print appraisal online while continuing to operate his for-profit-business, or attract you to his site for other selling opportunities.  

By paying for an antique print appraisal online and more importantly, by paying an accredited appraiser, you protect yourself from being deceived. In actuality, any person can claim to be an appraiser of prints and perform appraisals. Only an appraiser bound by the professional code of appraisal standards is required to provide their service in an ethical manner. An antique print dealer may also be accredited by an appraisal society or organization. However, when receiving a free antique print appraisal online it is important to understand why the dealer/appraiser is offering his time and expertise at no cost. If it is out of kindness and he shows no interest in purchasing your print or offering other services then you are fortunate. However, if the dealer/appraiser offering the free antique print appraisal online also offers to buy the print or help sell at his “appraised” value – beware. An accredited appraiser who also deals must disclose his interest in your item before beginning the appraisal.  

If you want a free antique print appraisal online we suggest the next best thing, an inexpensive online print appraisal by an accredited appraisal expert at EmailAppraisals.com. The minimal fee will assure the receipt of an independent, disinterested valuation based on the market comparison approach to value. The modest fee could save you hundreds of dollars in lost revenue from an uninformed sale to a dealer acting as an independent appraiser.