Abacus
Antique Dealers: Antique Art Appraisal
Antique
art collection is a popular hobby for many people
across the globe. But, as a collector/seller, the
biggest problem he/she is to encounter is in assessing
the true value for the piece or in simple terms, to
reliably get the antique art appraisal done. As this
is a business that has huge money at stake, one cannot
afford to have any pitfalls while performing the antique
art appraisal. The value of antique arts varies with
time and hence to remain updated about its current
value is important before striking a deal. In fact,
antique art appraisals are a necessary first step
for both the antique collector and seller before getting
into the finer details of the business.
Antique
art appraisals are usually performed by experts who
have a thorough understanding of the antique arts
from all over the world. Only thing one need to do
is to find the contact of any such antique art appraisal
firm and ask for help. Remember, in antique art appraisals,
professional assistance can only help one to deduce
the actual value of the treasures.
The
advent of internet has changed the world of information
and communication beyond recognition. It had revolutionized
the way people had access to information. Like in
any other field, this trend had transformed antique
art appraisals as well. Now it is possible for one
to sit back at home and find out or get the antique
art appraisal done with a few click of the mouse.
Since it is been done through the firm’s website,
professional assistance can be guaranteed. Such a
way to do antique art appraisals will save a lot of
time as well, since no physical movement from one
place to another I involved here.
Even
if, at a later stage, the collector/seller has to
go to the antique art appraisal authority in person,
an introduction through the internet makes the job
easier as the professional there in the firm gets
a chance to prepare before the client arrives.
But
it is not all that well out there with antique art
appraisals. There is chalk amidst cheese! There are
firms which lure the sellers by convincing them that
their piece worth a fortune. And after putting your
pen on the contract, they reveal that they have lowered
the price so as to give the piece a better chance
of getting picking up. The client won’t have
any way out as the small print obligates him/her to
expensive catalog illustrations, hidden insurance
costs and outrageous buy-back reserve fees. In a way,
this is outright cheating.
Such
things happen in the business of antique art appraisal.
Hence it is the collector/seller’s duty to find
out the genuine antique art appraisal firm to get
his/her antique art appraisal done. It is all about
being a bit rational in your thoughts and the business
deal.
Also
keep in mind, a consignment to a dealer, even donating
to a museum or giving an ad in trade publication fetches
a higher return than an auction could muster. This
is something related to antique arts economics. The
owner should make it a point in the contract to specify
the way he wants it to be sold. For collectors, it
is the reverse. He/she could fetch things at a lower
price in an auction.
Notice!
Please only call us if you have
a lot of antiques for sale. For single items contact
us by email.
Freephone
0800 0352653
Abacus
Antiques Dealers Cover The Following Areas:
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire
- Arlesey - Bedford - Biggleswade - Dunstable - Henlow
- Leighton Buzzard - Luton - Sandy & Shefford
Berkshire
Berkshire
- Ascot - Bracknell - Crowthorne - Hungerford - Maidenhead
- Newbury - Reading - Sandhurst - Slough - Thatcham
- Windsor - Wokingham
Bristol
Bristol
City - Avonmouth - Bishopsworth - Brislington - Bristol
- Clifton - Fishponds - Henbury - Horfield - Knowle
- Redland - Shirehampton - Trym
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
- Amersham - Aylesbury - Beaconsfield - Buckingham
- Chalfont - Chesham - Gerrards Cross - Great Missenden
- High Wycombe - Iver - Marlow - Milton Keynes - Newport
Pagnell - Olney - Princes Risborough
Cambridgeshire
Cambridgeshire
- Bar - Bottisham - Cambridge - Chatteris - Cherry
Hinton - Christchurch - Comberton - Ely - Fulbourn
- Great Shelford - Histon - Huntingdon - Ive - Littleport
- March - St Neots - Newark - Peterborough - Soham
- Swavesey - Waterbeach - Willingham - Wisbech
Cheshire
Cheshire
- Alderley - Chester - Congleton - Crewe - Ellesmere
Port - Frodsham - Knutsford - Lymm - Macclesfield
- Malpas - Middlewich - Nantwich - Neston - Northwich
- Runcorn - Sandbach - Tarporley - Warrington - Widnes
- Wilmslow - Winsford
Cornwall
Cornwall
- Agne - St Austell - Bodmin - Boscastle - Bude -
Callington - Camborne - Camelford - Columb - Delabole
- Falmouth - Fowey - Gunnislake - Hayle - Helston
- Launceston - Liskeard - Looe - Lostwithiel - Marazion
- Newquay - Padstow - Par - Penryn - Penzance - Perranporth
- Port Isaac - Redruth - Saltash - Tintagel - Torpoint
- Truro - Wadebridge
Cumbria
Cumbria
- Alston - Ambleside - Appleby-in-Westmorland - Askam-in-Furness
- Barrow-in-Furness - Beckermet - Bee - Brampton -
Broughton-in-Furness - Carlisle - Cleator - Cockermouth
- Coniston - Dalston - Dalton-in-Furness - Egremont
- Frizington - Grange-over-Sands - Holmrook - Kendal
- Keswick - Kirkby Stephen - Kirkby-in-Furness - Longtown
- Maryport - Millom - Milnthorpe - Penrith - Ravenglass
- Seascale - Sedbergh - Shap - Ulverston - Whitehaven
- Wigton - Windermere - Workington
Derbyshire
Derbyshire
- Alfreton - Ashbourne - Bakewell - Belper - Buxton
- Chesterfield - Derby - Dronfield - Glossop - Heanor
- Ilkeston - Matlock - Ripley - Swadlincote
Devon
Devon
- Axminster - Barnstaple - Beaworthy - Bideford -
Braunton - Brent - Brixham - Buckfastleigh - Budleigh
- Chulmleigh - Colyton - Crediton - Cullompton - Dartmouth
- Dawlish - Exeter - Exmouth - Great Torrington -
Holsworthy - Honiton - Ilfracombe - Ivybridge - Kingsbridge
- Lifton - Lynton - Molton - Newton Abbot - North
Tawton - Okehampton - Ottery St Mary - Paignton -
Plymouth - Salcombe - Seaton - Sidmouth - Tavistock
- Teignmouth - Tiverton - Torquay - Totnes - Umberleigh
- Winkleigh - Woolacombe - Yelverton
Dorset
Dorset
- Beaminster - Blandford - Boscombe - Bournemouth
- Bridport - Broadstone - Canford - Colehill - Dorchester
- Ferndown - Gillingham - Lyme Regis - Lytchett Matravers
- Moor - Parkstone - Poole - Shaftesbury - Sherborne
- Sturminster - Swanage - Verwood - Wareham - Weymouth
- Wimborne - Winton
Durham (County)
Durham
(County) - Auckland - Barnard - Billingham - Chester-le-Street
- Consett - Crook - Darlington - Durham - Ferryhill
- Hartlepool - Newcastle - Newton Aycliffe - Peterlee
- Seaham - Shildon - Spennymoor - Stanley - Stockton-on-Tees
- Trimdon - Wingate - Yarm
East Riding Yorkshire
East
Riding Yorkshire - Beverley - Bridlington - Brough
- Cottingham - Goole - Hessle - Hornsea - Hull - North
Ferriby - Withernsea
East Sussex
East
Sussex - Battle - Bexhill - Brighton - Crowborough
- Eastbourne - Etchingham - Forest Row - Hailsham
- Hampden Park - Hartfield - Hastings - Heathfield
- Hove - Leonard - Lewes - Mayfield - Newhaven - Peacehaven
- Pevensey - Polegate - Portslade - Ringmer - Robertsbridge
- Rottingdean - Rye - Seaford - Uckfield - Wadhurst
- Winchelsea
Essex
Essex
- Alresford - Basildon - Benfleet - Billericay - Braintree
- Brentwood - Buckhurst - Burnham-on-Crouch - Canvey
- Chelmsford - Chigwell - Clacton-on-Sea - Colchester
- Epping - Frinton-on-Sea - Grays - Great Dunmow -
Halstead - Harlow - Harwich - Hockley - Ingatestone
- Leigh-on-Sea - Loughton - Maldon - Manningtree -
Ockendon - Ongar - Purfleet - Rayleigh - Rochford
- Saffron Walden - Southend-on-Sea - Southminster
- Stanford-le-Hope - Stansted - Tilbury - Waltham
- Walton-on-Naze - Westcliff-on-Sea - Wickford - Witham
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire
- Badminton - Berkeley - Blakeney - Campden - Cheltenham
- Cinderford - Cirencester - Coleford - Downend -
Driffield - Drybrook - Dursley - Dymock - Fairford
- Filton - Gloucester - Hanham - Kingswood - Lechlade
- Longhope - Lydbrook - Lydney - Mitcheldean - Moreton-in-Marsh
- Newent - Newnham - Patchway - Ruardean - Sodbury
- Stonehouse - Stroud - Tetbury - Tewkesbury - Thornbury
- Warmley - Westbury-on-Severn - Winterbourne - Wotton-under-Edge
- Yate
Guernsey
Guernsey
(Channel Isles) - Alderney - Guernsey - Peter - Sampson
- Sark
Hampshire
Hampshire
- Aldershot - Alton - Andover - Basingstoke - Bordon
- Brockenhurst - Eastleigh - Emsworth - Fareham -
Farnborough - Fleet - Fordingbridge - Gosport - Havant
- Hayling Island - Hook - Lee-on-the-Solent - Liphook
- Liss - Lymington - Lyndhurst - New Milton - Petersfield
- Portsmouth - Ringwood - Romsey - Southampton - Southsea
- Stockbridge - Tadley - Waterlooville - Whitchurch
- Winchester - Yateley
Herefordshire
Herefordshire
- Bromyard - Hereford - Kington - Ledbury - Leominster
-obs
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
- Alban - Baldock - Berkhamsted - Borehamwood - Broxbourne
- Bushey - Harpenden - Hatfield - Hemel Hempstead
- Hertford - Hitchin - Hoddesdon - Kings Langley -
Knebworth - Letchworth - Much Hadham - Potters Bar
- Radlett - Rickmansworth - Royston - Sawbridgeworth
- Stevenage - Stortford - Tring - Ware - Watford -
Welwyn
Isle of Man
Isle
of Man - Douglas - Onchan - Peel
Isle of Wight
Isle
of Wight - Bembridge - Cowes - Freshwater - Newport
- Ryde - Sandown - Seaview - Shanklin - Totland -
Ventnor - Yarmouth
Isles of Scilly
Isles
of Scilly - Higher Town - Hugh Town
Jersey (Channel Isles)
Jersey
(Channel Isles) - Brelade - Helier - Jersey
Kent
Kent
- Ashford - Aylesford - Birchington - Broadstairs
- Canterbury - Chatham - Chestfield - Cobham - Cranbrook
- Dartford - Deal - Dover - Edenbridge - Faversham
- Folkestone - Gravesend - Greenhithe - Herne Bay
- Hythe - Longfield - Maidstone - Malling - Margate
- New Romney - Queenborough - Ramsgate - Rochester
- Sandwich - Sevenoaks - Sheerness - Sittingbourne
- Snodland - Swanley - Swanscombe - Tenterden - Tonbridge
- Tunbridge Wells - Westerham - Westgate - Whitstable
Lancashire
Lancashire
- Accrington - Bacup - Barnoldswick - Blackburn -
Blackpool - Burnley - Carnforth - Chorley - Clayton-le-Moors
- Cleveleys - Clitheroe - Colne - Crawshawbooth -
Darwen - Earby - Fleetwood - Great Harwood - Haslingden
- Lancaster - Lytham St Anne - Morecambe - Nelson
- Ormskirk - Padiham - Poulton-le-Fylde - Preston
- Rawtenstall - Rishton - Skelmersdale - Thornton
- Whalley
Leicestershire
Leicestershire
- Coalville - Hinckley - Ibstock - Leicester - Loughborough
- Lutterworth - Market Harborough - Markfield - Melton
Mowbray - Wigston - Asby De-La-Zouch
Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
- Alford - Barnetby - Barton-upon-Humber - Boston
- Bourne - Brigg - Cleethorpes - Gainsborough - Grantham
- Greatford - Grimsby - Horncastle - Immingham - Lincoln
- Mablethorpe - Market Rasen - Scunthorpe - Skegness
- Sleaford - Spalding - Spilsby - Stamford - Ulceby
- Woodhall
London
London
- Acton - Addington - Addiscombe - Alperton - Ardleigh
Green - Arkley - Balham - Barking - Barnes - Barnet
- Barnsbury - Battersea - Bayswater - Beckenham -
Becontree - Becontree Heath - Beddington - Bedford
Park - Belgravia - Bellingham - Belmont - Belvedere
- Bermondsey - Bethnal Green - Bexley - Bexleyheath
- Biggin Hill - Blackheath - Bloomsbury - Brentford
- Brixton - Brockley - Bromley - Brondesbury - Camberwell
- Canonbury - Carshalton - Catford - Chadwell Heath
- Chalk Farm - Charing Cross - Chase Cross - Cheam
- Chelsea - Chessington - Chingford - Chislehurst
- Chiswick - Clapham - Clerkenwell - Cockfosters -
Collier Row - Coulsdon - Cowley - Cranham - Crayford
- Creekmouth - Cricklewood - Crofton - Crouch End
- Croydon - Crystal Palace - Cudham - Dagenham - Debden
- Deptford - Drayton - Dulwich - Ealing - Edgware
- Edmonton - Elm Park - Elmstead - Eltham - Emerson
Park - Enfield - Erith - Feltham - Finchley - Finsbury
- Finsbury Park - Foots Cray - Fortis Green - Fulham
- Gidea Park - Goddington - Golders Green - Goodmayes
- Greenford - Greenwich - Gunnersbury - Hackney -
Haggerston - Hammersmith - Hampstead - Hampton - Hanwell
- Hanworth - Harefield - Haringey - Harlesden - Harlington
- Harmondsworth - Harold Hill - Harold Wood - Harringay
- Harrow - Hatch End - Havering - Havering Park -
Havering-Atte-Bower - Hayes - Heathrow - Hendon -
Heston - Highbury - Highgate - Hillingdon - Holborn
- Holloway - Homerton - Hornchurch - Hornsey - Hounslow
- Hoxton - Ickenham - Ilford - Isleworth - Islington
- Kenley - Kennington - Kensal Green - Kensington
- Kentish Town - Kenton - Keston - Kew - Kidbrooke
- Kilburn - Kingsbury - Kingston upon Thames - Knightsbridge
- Lambeth - Lewisham - Leyton - Leytonstone - Limehouse
- Malden - Marks Gate - Marylebone - Mayfair - Merton
- Mill Hill - Mitcham - Morden - Mortlake - Mottingham
- Muswell Hill - Neasden - New Malden - Newham - Newington
- Norbiton - Northolt - Northwood - Norwood - Notting
Hill - Old Bexley - Orpington - Osterley - Paddington
- Palmers Green - Peckham - Penge - Perivale - Petersham
- Petts Wood - Pimlico - Pinner - Plaistow - Plumstead
- Poplar - Pratts Bottom - Purley - Putney - Rainham
- Redbridge - Richmond - Richmond upon Thames - Roehampton
- Romford - Rotherhithe - Ruislip - Selsdon - Shepherds
Bush - Shoreditch - Sidcup - Sipson - Snaresbrook
- Soho - Southall - Southgate - Southwark - St Johns
Wood - St Marylebone - St Nicholas - St Pancras -
Stamford Hill - Stanmore - Stepney - Stockwell - Stoke
Newington - Stratford - Streatham - Surbiton - Sutton
- Sydenham - Teddington - Thamesmead - The Isle of
Dogs - Thornton Heath - Tolworth - Tooting - Tottenham
- Tottenham Green - Tottenham Hale - Totteridge -
Tower Hamlets - Tufnell Park - Tulse Hill - Twickenham
- Upminster - Uxbridge - Vauxhall - Waddon - Wallington
- Waltham Forest - Walthamstow - Walworth - Wandsworth
- Wanstead - Wapping - Wealdstone - Welling - Wembley
- West Ham - Westminster - Whetstone - White City
- Whitechapel - Wickham - Willesden - Wimbledon -
Winchmore Hill - Wood Green - Woodford - Woolwich
- Wormwood Scrubs - Yeading - Yiewsley
Manchester (Greater)
Manchester
(Greater) - Altrincham - Ashton-under-Lyne - Blackrod
- Bolton - Bury - Cheadle - Dukinfield - Farnworth
- Heywood - Horwich - Hyde - Leigh - Littleborough
- Manchester - Oldham - Ramsbottom - Rochdale - Sale
- Salford - Stalybridge - Stockport - Tottington -
Westhoughton - Wigan
Merseyside
Merseyside
- Bebington - Birkenhead - Bootle - Formby - Halewood
- Helen - Heswall - Hoylake - Kirby - Kirkby - Knowsley
- Liverpool - Newton-le-Willows - Prescot - Southport
- Speke - Wallasey - Wirral
Norfolk
Norfolk
- Attleborough - Cromer - Dereham - Diss - Fakenham
- Great Walsingham - Great Yarmouth - Harleston -
Holt - Hunstanton - Melton Constable - North Walsham
- Norwich - Sandringham - Sheringham - Swaffham -
Thetford - Wells-next-the-Sea - Wymondham - Kings
Lynn
North Yorkshire
North
Yorkshire - Bedale - Catterick - Filey - Grassington
- Harrogate - Hawes - Knaresborough - Leyburn - Malton
- Middlesbrough - Northallerton - Pickering - Redcar
- Ripon - Saltburn-by-the-Sea - Scarborough - Selby
- Settle - Skipton - Tadcaster - Thirsk - Whitby -
York
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire
- Brackley - Corby - Daventry - Guilsborough - Kettering
- Northampton - Rushden - Towcester - Wellingborough
Northumberland
Northumberland
- Alnwick - Ashington - Bamburgh - Bedlington - Belford
- Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth - Chathill - Corbridge
- Cornhill-on-Tweed - Cramlington - Haltwhistle -
Hexham - Kirknewton - Lynemouth - Mindrum - Morpeth
- Newbiggin-by-the-Sea - Prudhoe - Riding Mill - Seahouses
- Stocksfield - Wooler - Wylam
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire
- Attenborough - Mansfield - Nottingham - Retford
- Southwell - Sutton-in-Ashfield - Worksop
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
- Abingdon - Bampton - Banbury - Bicester - Burford
- Carterton - Chinnor - Didcot - Faringdon - Henley-on-Thames
- Kidlington - Norton - Oxford - Thame - Wallingford
- Wantage - Watlington - Witney - Woodstock
Rutland
Rutland
- Oakham
Shropshire
Shropshire
- Bridgnorth - Broseley - Bucknell - Craven - Ellesmere
- Ludlow - Lydbury North - Market Drayton - Much Wenlock
- Oswestry - Shifnal - Shrewsbury - Stretton - Telford
Somerset
Somerset
- Axbridge - Backwell - Banwell - Bath - Bridgwater
- Bruton - Burnham-on-Sea - Cary - Chard - Cheddar
- Clevedon - Congresbury - Crewkerne - Dulverton -
Frome - Glastonbury - Hambon - Highbridge - Hinton
St George - Ilminster - Keynsham - Langport - Long
Ashton - Martock - Merriott - Midsomer Norton - Minehead
- Nailsea - Paulton - Petherton - Pill - Portishead
- Radstock - Saltford - Shepton Mallet - Somerton
- Street - Taunton - Templecombe - Watchet - Wedmore
- Wellington - Wells - Weston-Super-Mare - Wincanton
- Winscombe - Worle - Yatton - Yeovil
Staffordshire
Staffordshire
- Burntwood - Burton - Cannock - Leek - Lichfield
- Rugeley - Stafford - Stoke-on-Trent - Stone - Tamworth
- Uttoxeter
Suffolk
Suffolk
- Aldeburgh - Beccles - Brandon - Bungay - Bures -
Bury St Edmunds - Eye - Felixstowe - Halesworth -
Haverhill - Ipswich - Kedington - Leiston - Lowestoft
- Newmarket - Saxmundham - Southwold - Stowmarket
- Sudbury - Woodbridge
Surrey
Surrey
- Addlestone - Ashtead - Bagshot - Banstead - Betchworth
- Bramley - Byfleet - Camberley - Caterham - Chertsey
- Cranleigh - Ditton - Dorking - East Molesey - Egham
- Epsom - Esher - Farnham - Godalming - Godstone -
Guildford - Haslemere - Hindhead - Horley - Knaphill
- Leatherhead - Lightwater - Lingfield - Molesey -
Oxted - Redhill - Reigate - Shepperton - Staines -
Sunbury-on-Thames - Tadworth - Virginia Water - Walton-on-Thames
- Warlingham - Weybridge - Whyteleafe - Windlesham
- Woking
Tyne and Wear
Tyne
and Wear - Blaydon - Boldon - Gateshead - Hebburn
- Houghton le Spring - Jarrow - Newcastle upon Tyne
- North Shields - Rowlands Gill - Ryton - Shield -
Sunderland - Wallsend - Washington - Whitley
Warwickshire
Warwickshire
- Alcester - Atherstone - Bedworth - Coleshill - Henley-in-Arden
- Kenilworth - Leamington Spa - Nuneaton - Orton -
Rugby - Shipston on Stour - Southam - Stratford-upon-Avon
- Studley - Warwick
West Midlands
West
Midlands - Bilston - Birmingham - Brierley Hill -
Bromwich - Coldfield - Coventry - Cradley - Dudley
- Great Barr - Halesowen - Handsworth - Kingswinford
- Northfield - Oldbury - Rednal - Rowley Regis - Rubery
- Smethwick - Solihull - Stourbridge - Tipton - Walsall
- Wednesbury - Willenhall - Wolverhampton
West Sussex
West
Sussex - Angmering - Arundel - Billingshurst - Broadwater
- Burgess - Chichester - Crawley - East Preston -
Ferring - Findon - Gatwick - Goring-by-Sea - Grinstead
- Hassocks - Haywards Heath - Henfield - Horsham -
Lancing - Littlehampton - Midhurst - Petworth - Pulborough
- Regi - Rustington - Shoreham-by-Sea - Steyning -
Worthing
West Yorkshire
West
Yorkshire - Allerton - Batley - Bingley - Bradford
- Brighouse - Castleford - Clayton - Cleckheaton -
Denholme - Dewsbury - Drighlington - Elland - Halifax
- Hebden Bridge - Heckmondwike - Holmfirth - Huddersfield
- Ilkley - Keighley - Knottingley - Leeds - Liversedge
- Mirfield - Normanton - Ossett - Otley - Pontefract
- Pudsey - Queensbury - Shipley - Silsden - Sowerby
Bridge - Todmorden - Wakefield - Wetherby - Wilsden
Wiltshire
Wiltshire
- Bassett - Bradford-on-Avon - Calne - Chippenham
- Corsham - Cricklade - Devizes - Highworth - Lyneham
- Malmesbury - Marlborough - Melksham - Pewsey - Purton
- Salisbury - Swindon - Tidworth - Trowbridge - Warminster
- Westbury - Wroughton
Worcestershire
Worcestershire
- Beckford - Bewdley - Broadway - Bromsgrove - Droitwich
- Evesham - Great Malvern - Kidderminster - Pershore
- Redditch - Stourport-on-Severn - Tenbury - Worcester
Wales
Wales
- Blaenau Gwent - Bridgend - Caerphilly - Cardiff
- Carmarthenshire - Ceredigion - Conwy - Denbighshire
- Flintshire - Gwynedd - Isle of Anglesey - Merthyr
Tydfil - Monmouthshire - Neath - Port Talbot - Newport
- Pembrokeshire - Powys - Rhondda Cynon Taff -Swansea
- Torfaen - Vale of Glamorgan - Wrexham
Scotland
Scotland
- Aberdeen - Caithness - Inverness - Nairn - Roxburgh
- Angus - Clackmannan - Kincardine - Orkney - Selkirk
- Argyll - Cromarty - Kinross - Peebles - Shetland
- Ayr - Dumfries - Kirkcudbright - Perth - Stirling
- Banff - Dunbarton - Lanark - Renfrew - Sutherland
- Berwick - East Lothian - Midlothian - Ross - Wes
- Lothian - Bute - Fife - Moray - Ross & Cromarty
- Wigtown
Notice!
Please only call us if you have
a lot of antiques for sale. For single items contact
us by email.
