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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 216084, member: 25"]I would not pay a lot of attention to any 'market research ebay might have in the antiques field. They may know a lot about cell phones or soap bars, but I sincerely doubt they have any search model than can tell a replica from a genuine item, or maybe they'd allot it to look over the coin listings, which are littered with Chinese fakes.</p><p>Typically a pair of antique opera glasses can fetch from $20 to $500, ebay would probably add up all prices, divide and say that opera glasses are worth $100. </p><p><br /></p><p>Only a human can say which are common, routine examples, which are better than average and which are really finest kind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sold listings are the best guide, but it is from helpful to essential to have the correct item name or terminology to search for and some idea of what makes one set better than another. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is no real substitute for experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 216084, member: 25"]I would not pay a lot of attention to any 'market research ebay might have in the antiques field. They may know a lot about cell phones or soap bars, but I sincerely doubt they have any search model than can tell a replica from a genuine item, or maybe they'd allot it to look over the coin listings, which are littered with Chinese fakes. Typically a pair of antique opera glasses can fetch from $20 to $500, ebay would probably add up all prices, divide and say that opera glasses are worth $100. Only a human can say which are common, routine examples, which are better than average and which are really finest kind. Sold listings are the best guide, but it is from helpful to essential to have the correct item name or terminology to search for and some idea of what makes one set better than another. There is no real substitute for experience.[/QUOTE]
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