Thank you for interest in selling at Lot 14 Auctions. Consigning at Lot 14 is simple: if your items meet our guidelines, we will put them in an auction. After your items sell, Lot 14 will keep a commission and send you a check promptly. Based on our experience, we have put together the list below of items that generally sell at auction, and a list of items that generally do not have much auction value. If you have any questions about whether your items are suitable to bring to auction, stop by or contact us and we will be happy to discuss.
Items that might be worth more than you think!
The following items can be good things to bring to auction. This is NOT an exhaustive list:
• Vintage coins and paper money (foreign and US)
• Gold and Silver jewelry and bullion
• Whiskeys (particularly vintage American and still sealed)
• Vintage advertising (posters and advertising products)
• Ammunition and some pre-1898 Firearms
• Swords, daggers, bayonets (particular from war-era time periods)
• Vintage farm/rural implements
• Swiss and some American Watches, especially military or precious metals
• Militaria (particularly unusual or rare pieces) and Trench Art
• Vintage police and fire memorabilia (badges, handcuffs, asps, axes, hose components)
• Pre-2000 perfume (even if open and partially used, condition is important)
• Pre-1975 sports cards
• Some sports memorabilia
• Vintage felt sports pennants
• Stadium giveaways from sporting events, particularly bobblehead dolls
• Vintage (1950s and earlier) toys and games (complete and in good condition)
• Murano glass
• Vintage Waterford crystal (pre-1980 retains some value)
• Swarovski crystal pieces (with box and in flawless condition)
• Lalique, Steuben and Baccarat Crystal
• Vintage German made steins
• Some vintage pocket knives
• USA made tools and toolboxes (particularly Sears/Craftsman, Crescent, Snap-On and Matco)
• Vintage automobile parts and advertising
• Vintage license plates (especially older, paired, or custom)
• Star Wars collectibles (pre-1985)
• Original movie posters for well-known movies
• Original concert posters for well-known bands
• First editions/printings of older, well-known books
• Some die cast car models
• Vintage (pre-1975) Matchbox cars
• Some video games & video game systems
• Some Old Computers (IBM, TI, Apple…)
• Gentleman’s magazines (pre-1975)
• Vintage (1950s and earlier) shaving equipment (some 1960s toys, too!)
• Vintage cigarette lighters (particularly table or floor lighters) and some other tobacciana
• Hand Made Persian Rugs
• Vintage manual typewriters with intact glass keys
• Vintage Portable typewriters, especially if not black
• O Scale Trains and accessories, especially pre-war (but not tracks)
• Fishing Lures and vintage reels
• Vintage Duck Decoys, especially in pairs
• Some U.S. made Cast Iron pans (Griswold, Wagner….)
• Cast iron toys and door stops
• Bronze statues and figures
• Ceramic signs
• Autographs with COAs
• Political relics
• Some Cameras and lenses
• Railroad marked items
• Gamblers’ articles
• Magicians’ Items
• Some Warner Bros. and Disney items
• Some Pottery (Rookwood, VanBriggle, Hull, McCoy…)
• Some Primitive tools and farm implements
• Metal bells
Items that might be worth less than you think!
The items on this list have tended not to hold value, even though a lot of people think they have. There are always exceptions!
• Furniture, unless it’s smaller and special
• China
• Crystal
• Lladros (these will sell, but unless they are still perfect in their factory boxes, they sell for considerably less)
• Department 56 / Christmas village pieces
• Glass (some colored-cut-to-clear, carnival and depression glass retains a small degree of value)
• Collectible figurines from collectibles companies (i.e., Precious Moments... original Hummels from Germany retain some value)
• Beanie Babies (there is a very short list of exceptions)
• Most collectible dolls of the last 50 years
• Collectible plates
• Thomas Kinkade and Norman Rockwell artwork / Bradford Exchange collectibles
• Post 1970s Franklin Mint collectibles, though silver is still silver!
• Silver plate (some antique - 100+ year old - may have some value)
• Furs (fur will still sell at auction, but not for the prices it did 12 years ago)
• Sports cards post-1980 (with a small number of exceptions)
• Old newspapers
• CDs, DVDs (DVDs in bulk may fetch some money)
• Vinyl albums/records (there are some exceptions, and it is worth checking)
• 78 Records
• Electric typewriters
• Sewing Machines
• Movie and Slide projectors, most movie and video cameras and screens
• Tripods
• American money that has no silver, minted after about 1950
• Machine-made Rugs
• Trunks and suitcases
• Lamps
• Jim Beam Decanters