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Cheryl LaGuardia

p4A Antiques Reference: Try It Here For Free!
September 16, 2008

The Smithsonian Institution Building (the Castle) on the National Mall in Washington, DC Antiques Roadshow fans probably already know about this file, but if you haven’t yet heard about it, now’s the time to see it firsthand. The Prices4Antiques reference database “contains actual auction sales history information, updated daily, including prices realized at auction plus when and where sold.” If you want to learn how to value your own and others’ antiques and

collectibles it’s a great place to start.

To try it for free, go to: https://www.p4aantiquesreference.com/login.asp

enter the username: lj

and

the password: eviews

and you’ll be in.

It’s active until September 30^th, so dive in and let me know what you think.

More as it happens, pricelessly,

Cheryl

Posted by Cheryl LaGuardia on September 16, 2008 | Comments (2)

September 16, 2008
In response to: p4A Antiques Reference: Try It Here For Free!
Dan Blank commented:

What an interesting resource. I typically use eBay's "completed items" feature to find the market value of something, but their database only allows you to see auction's ending in the past 3 months. This one shows data from much further back, and of course, has a different focus, and "window" into the collectors market. Thanks!

September 18, 2008
In response to: p4A Antiques Reference: Try It Here For Free!
Hollie Davis commented:

Should disclose upfront that I'm a librarian and an editor for p4A, but I wanted to point out that one of the things we really like about our database vs. eBay is that our items are catalogued by experts. Don't get me wrong - I love eBay, but that's partly because you can find some real deals when people don't know what they're selling. As information folks, we know how that goes - if you don't identify something correctly, it's hard to attach any value to the resulting usage, price, etc. Thanks for looking, and I so look forward to hearing feedback from others!