09-02-2014, 12:26 PM
You've got to turn the map 'round and see it from potential Buyers' perspective.
As Lawrence says, two of these sets are common so you're not going to get people willing to travel far to collect them when there are other examples available which the Seller is prepared to send.
It may be worth putting any others you want rid of in a job lot as somebody may feel it's worth the trouble to collect several where they wouldn't bother for just one.
"Value" is a strange notion anyway. A few weeks ago I saw a rather nice Alba console set on sale in a local antiques centre with £80 on it. There was one of the same model on e-Bay with a £20 starting bid which failed to sell yet a week later the local one had disappeared, presumably sold.
You've probably done better on e-Bay than you would at a BVWS auction at least. Oddly these things seem to do quite well in my local auction house; even allowing for their higher charges I bet you'd have got at least as much as you did on e-Bay, with far less humbug.
- Joe
As Lawrence says, two of these sets are common so you're not going to get people willing to travel far to collect them when there are other examples available which the Seller is prepared to send.
It may be worth putting any others you want rid of in a job lot as somebody may feel it's worth the trouble to collect several where they wouldn't bother for just one.
"Value" is a strange notion anyway. A few weeks ago I saw a rather nice Alba console set on sale in a local antiques centre with £80 on it. There was one of the same model on e-Bay with a £20 starting bid which failed to sell yet a week later the local one had disappeared, presumably sold.
You've probably done better on e-Bay than you would at a BVWS auction at least. Oddly these things seem to do quite well in my local auction house; even allowing for their higher charges I bet you'd have got at least as much as you did on e-Bay, with far less humbug.
- Joe
