| If you want to buy and sell autographs for a living | | | | compare multiple auctions. In the catalogues you |
| then autograph values are very important to you. | | | | can see the final selling prices of all the lots |
| You need to know the values of the autographs | | | | together. |
| so you know if the signature you are going to | | | | · Autograph Dealers - There are |
| buy is cheap enough to make a profit on and how | | | | hundreds of dealers selling autographs on the net, |
| much to sell it for. You also need to know the | | | | take a look at their sites and see what they are |
| autograph values to enable you to sell the | | | | asking for certain signatures. You must again take |
| autographs for the highest profit that you can. | | | | into account that the presentation of all |
| When you have been collecting autographs for a | | | | autographs affects their sale price. |
| while you will have a good idea of autograph | | | | · Valuation Books - There are several |
| values, but if you are not sure there are lots of | | | | autograph price guide books for sale you can find |
| resources to find them. Here are some of the | | | | them at places like You must remember that |
| best places to find them: | | | | these books get out of date very quickly and are |
| · Online Auctions - Here you can view the | | | | regularly reprinted. They do however give you a |
| actual signatures and the articles that are signed. | | | | good guideline of autograph vales. |
| Sometimes the way the signature is displayed can | | | | There are certain other criteria to remember |
| affect the price. For example a 10*8 print | | | | when considering autograph values. Please |
| mounted and framed complete with the signature | | | | remember when looking at values of autographs |
| will sell for more than the signature alone. Using | | | | that prices vary and you might get more or less |
| the online auctions will allow you to see what the | | | | than the prices you are looking at. You also need |
| signatures are actually selling for. It is an idea to | | | | to remember that an autograph could be |
| compare more than one auction to give you a | | | | extremely valuable to one person due to a |
| true idea of real worth. | | | | specific incident in their life or provenance supplied. |
| · Auction catalogues - This is similar to | | | | This does not mean that this gives accurate |
| online auctions and you can view catalogues of | | | | autograph values; this is why I suggest that you |
| specialist auctions. Yet again it will depend on how | | | | look at more than one for any individual person |
| the autograph is presented and it is an idea to | | | | before setting your price. |