Recent Questions by Tim in Antiques

Hi my name is ***** ***** I have a lot of "Military Collectables & antiques" that my husband collected all his life. He recently passed away and I would like to sell his collections. However I don't have a clue where to begin as I know that his collections are 99.9% NOT reproductions! I do not have the time nor the effort to go to auction sites and try to auction off his entire collections. Is there a company or companies that will come to ME and look and give me offers? He was a collector of the CIVILWAR through WWII (German/Japanese etc) and I now have his collections that I would like to sale. He has books of reference and history, plates, pictures (framed & not framed) uniforms, caps,helmits,swords,knives, medals,patches. and the list goes on.....Idealistically, it would be nice to sell to another collector not piece by piece. Where do I begin? I am in Salinas California and would like to get the ball rolling as it isn't doing me any good for all of his things to just gather dust and sit in my garage. It would be nice if I could get someone from a museum or military collectables to come and see what I have because some of his pieces are museum quality. He also collected numerous other types of antiques such as pictures, sculptures, figurines...how do I begin getting those items appraised and sold? Most of the collectors he bought his pieces from are either very old and are not collecting anymore, have moved and I am not sure how to contact, or have passed away like my husband has. So where do I start? I am certain there is someone or a company or a museum that would appreciate and enjoy having his over 40years of collectables. I would like to get what the items are worth as I am well aware of their values. I have also taken pictures of each and every item that is in his/my collection and have an album ready for viewing and for making offers. I just do not know who or how to contact anyone or how to get these items appraised and sold in my area. Mike, when alive, always wanted to sell his items to the Smithsonian Museum is that even possible? Please advise what steps I need to take. Thank you. Sincerely ***** *****

I have two oil paintings that I acquired from my family one is a Farris wheeler combing the range the other is a original oil painting of dancing clowns it has stamped numbers and do not copy stamped? I would like to know what I have if anything at all ? Thank you for your time
Mr Jacob may

Hi Tim, I have an oil painting of a farm scene. I don't see any signature. It measures 24.5 x 32". There are a couple of defects I've photographed. Thanks so much for your help.https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/?