Price It! Antiques & Collectibles

Quick Summary

The antiques and collectibles market is one of the fastest growing markets in the U.S., with an estimated 30% of the population collecting something — and that figure is expected to increase in the coming years. To support this rapidly growing trend, Gale offers Price It! Antiques & Collectibles — a ‘value maximizer’ for your patrons who purchase, sell or collect art, antiques and collectibles. This indispensable online tool helps your patrons ascertain an item’s current realistic market value by aggregating data from its own GoAntiques.com database as well as established, reliable sources like ebay, TIAS and dozens of land-based auction houses. Now your patrons will always have the latest information on the collectibles they seek. And Price It! Antiques & Collectibles can be used from wherever its users have remote access to your library’s holdings…at home, on the road, even from a live auction!

New "Info Center " Component
How do you go about hiring an appraiser for your antiques & collectibles? How do you spot a fake antique piece of furniture? What is the history behind one of the most collectible toys in America — the "Barbie"?

The answers to these and other interesting collectibles questions are now included in Gale's popular Price It! Antiques & Collectibles. This resource now includes articles on pottery, furniture, toys and other antiques and collectible categories of interest to even the most novice collector. With new subjects and content monthly, there are always topics of interest to your library patrons to read when they are searching the database to value their antiques & collectibles. New collectors will soon be able to speak 'the language' by perusing "What did he Say? Basic Vocabulary" instead of asking the reference desk, "The dangle that sits on the whatsit with the thingamajig — how much is it worth do you think?"