ANTIQUE APPRAISAL: FREE ONLINE ANTIQUE APPRAISAL

When you have a need for an accurate market value of an antique item, a free online antique appraisal is usually not in your best interest. An accredited antique 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 maintain impartiality. On the other hand, when you receive a free online antique appraisal from a dealer who has an interest in buying and reselling the item, chances are you will not receive an impartial value. The dealer has a motive to appraise your item low in order to purchase low and sale higher. The difference in the buy and resale is the revenue that allows him to appraise for free and operate his business. The resale amount he realized is much closer to the actual appraisal value.  

By paying for an antique appraisal and more importantly, by paying an accredited appraiser, you protect yourself from a motive to deceive. In actuality, any person can claim to be an appraiser 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 dealer may be accredited by an appraisal society or organization. When receiving a free online antique appraisal it is important to understand why the expert is offering his time and expertise at no cost. If it is out of kindness and he shows no interest in purchasing the item then you are fortunate. However, if the appraiser offering the free online antique appraisal also offers to buy the item at his appraised value – beware.

If you want a free online antique appraisal we suggest the next best thing, a $9.95 online appraisal by an accredited antique 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 within 3 days. The modest cost could save you hundreds of dollars in lost revenue from an uninformed sale to a dealer acting as an independent appraiser.