Internet Antique Appraisals / Larry & Carole Meeker

We can help you sell your antiques and collectibles related to our primary interests. We deal in, buy, sell, and collect many antiques and quality vintage collectibles in specific categories.

Antique Consignment Sales

Our antique related internet websites are primarily devoted to helping sellers realize the highest possible value for their antiques through consignment sales.

Gurley Solar Transit This approach to selling antiques is becoming the dominant method of antique sales for many dealers and venues including auction houses and other venues or websites. Even the typical antique stores are now trying to claim they offer this type of service, but it is to a very limited and localized audience. We are a husband and wife team that are focused on, and devoted to, giving individual attention to each consignor and item. We do not farm out the photography, the write-ups, the book-keeping, or any other aspect of our operation. We do it all, we do it through the internet, and we do it well.

In a consignment sale situation, both the owner / you / original seller, and me, the end seller, are working together to realize the best price for your antique or collection. It is a mutually beneficial approach and is the way of the future in antique sales.

This approach eliminates the adversarial position in the typical buyer / seller situation with me trying to buy your piece or collection as cheaply as possible in an attempt to realize the lions share of the profit or proceeds. It also eliminates the uncertainly and hassle of the auction approach with wildly fluctuating prices and uncertainty, with you the seller realizing his / her asking price. If there is no sale, there is no fees or cost to you the owner, and no commission fee. A win-win for the seller.

I can and will help you sell your quality antiques on a consignment basis from our sales site www.Patented-Antiques.com or I will list your antiques on eBay if that is the way you want to go. I use the ID TheAntiqueMerchant at eBay when I sell there.

If you have antiques you are interested in selling, and want us to help you sell them please contact us at LCM@AntiqBuyer.com with all pertinent details and we will happily discuss it with you.

I am currently selling a large and diverse collection of antique tools (over 15,000) for one consignor, and we are handling another antique collection related to general store and advertising for some folks in OR. We are also currently handling a collection of over 3000 sad or pressing irons for another consignor. We are also selling over 300 antique and collectible sewing machines for yet another party on consignment. We are selling 2 collections of Bootjacks, a collection focused mine lighting and more. In addition to these large and small collections we are also helping numerous individual sellers sell individual antiques and collectibles related to our areas of specialty.

These arrangements are working out well for all parties, and there are many advantages in taking this approach for you the seller. There are certain restrictions and standards to be met. Please see the FAQ page for more info on this.

What We Buy & Sell

The Short Answer

We primarily deal in, buy & sell patented and mechanical American antiques. This includes Tool and Technology related antiques, Scientific related antiques, antique Advertising, General or Country Store antiques and antiques commonly referred to as Americana.

If you have antiques and collectibles that fall into these groups or criteria and want sell them please contact us and we will work out some sort of a deal, or negotiate a price we can both live with. That is the short and simple answer.

The Longer Answer / Appraisals / Offers

If you have an antique or antiques that you feel we would be interested in but do not know what you want for your antique, or are just curious as to its value while researching your antique, please read the FAQ page for further information before contacting us about your antique(s).

For general information about your antique and its value you can use the many resources available on this site, including the Patent Date Chart reference provided to help determine the age, and tell you the pieces function or design ideas. You can find numerous values for many antiques in the different Past Sales Archives found in the right column. You can also research values at our sales site for antiques currently listed for sale there. Or you can check current asking prices for given antiques by using eBay and by looking at completed sales to see what they actually sell for there. It is oftentimes two completely different numbers. .

If you still do not know the value, or do not have the time or inclination to do your own research, you can determine a value by simply paying the nominal sum charged by an online or other antique appraisal service. There are many services or individuals that can and do provide this service for a reasonable fee located on the Internet.

I offer appraisals as a paid service and if interested please see the FAQ page for further information.

NOTE: We have a standing offer to fully reimburse you for the reasonable appraisal fee you paid should you offer us that antique, and we buy it.

Offers for Antiques

Consignment sales not for you? Want a quick sale or an offer for your Antique? Read On.

If you want to sell your antique but cannot name a price, and you want me to make you an offer, I will

But there is a catch.

After determining I have an interest from the detailed information you provide, we will arrange for you to ship your piece to us. After examining it and determining its real condition and determining a reasonable value I will make you a fair and reasonable offer. If you are not happy with that offer I will re-pack it and send it back to you at my cost. Or I will try and help you sell from my website for the amount you did have in mind and neglected to reveal when you said you had no idea what you wanted and wanted me to make an offer. If within reason. You will be out some time and the cost of shipping one way if you have me ship it back to you. You get a free appraisal and offer for the cost of shipping. Fair enough?

Thank You!
Larry & Carole

Larry & Carole Meeker * * * * * * * Internet Antique Dealers & Brokers	www.AntiqBuyer.com Contact Us LCM@AntiqBuyer.com
Purveyors and Dealers of Americana / Patented & Mechanical Antiques