Not very reassuring

[scipio_usmc]

Collecting old pottery is highly risky it would seem it is not very reassuring that the experts can be so wrong in dating items:

https://www.yahoo.com/style/pot-valued-50-000-antiques-133429924.html

[G-Unit]

The antique business is pretty much a lottery, because there's so much of it. No expert knows everything. In the UK they rely on stamps, signatures and hallmarks more - this item had none, I think. The expert's advice is usually to buy what you like, not for future profit. Good advice.

[mercury]

Collecting old pottery is highly risky it would seem it is not very reassuring that the experts can be so wrong in dating items:

https://www.yahoo.com/style/pot-valued-50-000-antiques-133429924.html

Ive watched some of these experts on antiques shows and they get so much wrong alot of the time

When youre dealing with known designers and known artwork and known datez  you cant go wrong, but bring in a "foreign object" to the general field it can all go awry

If you have a curio get as many valuations as you can, it might  worth a few pounds or thousands

[G-Unit]

I used to work in the business. Any antique has a range of prices. The shops I was working with had codes on the tickets. They showed the desired price and the code showed the cost. The actual price was anything above the cost price. If an item had been there for a long time the actual price could be lower than the cost price. Always haggle is my advice. Valuations should be from reputable Auction Houses; use several but remember the item will be worth whatever the highest bidder offers if you put it in a sale. Best buys atm are precious metals with a meltdown value, but that can fall. I'm not an admirer of antiques, I always found the items I found the ugliest were the most valuable. I have no taste, it seems. I liked old beautifully made tools and interesting items like old sewing boxes with hooks and eyes marked 9d.

[mercury]

I used to work in the business. Any antique has a range of prices. The shops I was working with had codes on the tickets. They showed the desired price and the code showed the cost. The actual price was anything above the cost price. If an item had been there for a long time the actual price could be lower than the cost price. Always haggle is my advice. Valuations should be from reputable Auction Houses; use several but remember the item will be worth whatever the highest bidder offers if you put it in a sale. Best buys atm are precious metals with a meltdown value, but that can fall. I'm not an admirer of antiques, I always found the items I found the ugliest were the most valuable. I have no taste, it seems. I liked old beautifully made tools and interesting items like old sewing boxes with hooks and eyes marked 9d.

Got a 1900 draughtmans set, compasses and all sorts of other things and things lol sell ut to you for a fiver
I like china, so many beautiful types of cups and saucers, tea and  dinner sets