watches and pens

czabby

hope this is the right forum and if not i apologise..my dad died before christmas and has left a number of watches and fountain pens...some are a bit cheap looking but there are a couple of things that do look good quality..gold parker pen..stylish omega watch....my problem is i have no idea of their worth and was wondering does anyone have any advice on where to look online or otherwise for an estimate as i dont want to be diddled!!! and would e-bay be the best to sell or are there any more item specific sites people know for collectors of that kind of stuff...cheers all

duncans_mum

I took my stuff into my local jewellers, they did a valuation, some will charge you 10% of the value (big named jewellers), some (one man types) are just nice people and do it for free

greenoak

see my pm

avoid ebay. There are quite a few secondhand watch shops that sell on commission, but without boxes and papers values are very much lower.

old omegas hold value very well.

want2Bdebtfree

I had my grandparents jewellery watches and pens valued at a small local jewellers. I was staggered how much some was worth. They did not charge for the valuation, but I have now had two of the gold watches and a pocket watch serviced with them, and have recommended them to everyone. If they had charged 10% of the valuation I wouldn't have bothered, they would be left in a draw not working!!!