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Practical guides to what Patina will help you do.
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- How to choose an antique identification app
There is no single best antique identification app, because the label covers four different jobs.
- Estate sale tips for beginners: how to work a sale
A beginner's guide to estate sales: how the day is structured, what to look at when you pick something up, how to price and negotiate, and what to do with the objects you cannot name.
- Pottery marks identification: a working guide to backstamps, numbers and dates
A practical guide to reading the marks on the base of a piece of pottery: backstamps, impressed marks, pattern and mould numbers, registry marks, and what each one can honestly tell you about maker, era and origin.
- What an antique appraisal costs, and when one is worth paying for
Antique appraisal fees are quoted hourly, per item, as a flat project fee, or upfront per item by online services.