Find out what it's worth. Then decide.
Photograph something and get an estimate in seconds — free, and without an account. Then we tell you plainly what to do about it, including when the honest answer is that it is not worth selling.
No card · No account needed to start · No dealer or auction house gets your name unless you ask
Three steps, and you can stop after the first
Most people come here to settle a question — is this anything? — and that is a perfectly good place to finish.
Photograph it
One photograph is enough, though several help. Marks, signatures, the underside and any damage are what change an estimate most.
Read the estimate
A range rather than a number, with how confident we are and why. It is an automated opinion from a photograph, not an appraisal — we say so on every result.
Decide, whenever
Keep it, sell it yourself, or ask us to find the right auction house. There is no rush: with an account it waits for you until you are ready.
We will tell you when it is not worth selling
This is the part most valuation services cannot do, because they are paid when you sell. What we say depends on the estimate, and two of the three answers send you somewhere other than us.
A specialist will want it. Ask us and we find the right one, confirm they are interested, and introduce you. You are never charged and we take no cut of what you get for it.
Real money, but a specialist's commission and fees would eat most of it. A local dealer or an online marketplace will do better for you, and we say which ones.
Fees and shipping would eat most of what the piece brings in, so keep it or sell it close to home. We would rather say that than waste your afternoon — and if you think the estimate has missed something, our guides cover what to look for.
Selling it yourself? Get a plan for it
For one item estimated at $300 or more, the Sell-it Plan turns your estimate into a plan you can follow. It is offered on your result.
- Three ways to sell, compared — auction house, specialist dealer, online marketplace — with what you would typically keep from each.
- Our recommendation for this item, and why.
- Auction houses in your country that take this kind of piece, with their fees.
- An enquiry email ready to send, a checklist for this item and the questions to ask before you agree anything.
Keep them somewhere
You can value things without an account, and plenty of people do. There is one thing worth knowing before you rely on that.
Without an account, your valuations live in this browser alone. Clear it, switch to your phone, or reinstall, and there is no way for us to give them back — we have no idea which ones were yours.
Making an account takes a minute, keeps everything you have already done, and costs nothing.
Everything in one place
Every item you have valued, what it is worth, and what you decided about it — on any device you sign in from.
Decide later, not now
The moment you learn a number is rarely the moment you decide to sell. Ask us to find a buyer weeks later, from the item itself.
Nothing is shown to anyone
Not unless you tick the box that says so. You can untick it again at any time and the item stops being shown. The one exception: items scanned in Türkiye are shown, without your name, to the auction experts we work with.
What happens to your photographs
The most common worry we hear is that uploading a photograph is the same as contacting someone. It is not.
A scan is not a message
Valuing something notifies no dealer, no auction house and no one here. It is a tool you used, not a message you sent. The one exception: items scanned in Türkiye are shown, without your name, to the auction experts we work with.
Only if you say so
An item goes nowhere unless you ask us to help you sell it. Then we check the request ourselves and send the photographs and the estimate — never your name, email or telephone number — to a few auction houses that take pieces like it.
You decide
When a house wants to see the piece, we introduce you both by email. You compare their terms and choose one, or none, and you can withdraw at any time.
What has been through it
Live figures. We are not going to tell you we have sold anything for anybody, because we have not yet — the introductions side of this is new.
Questions
How do you make money?
Valuing is free. Some people buy an optional extra, such as a Value Report or a Sell-it Plan. If you consign with an auction house we introduced, that house may pay us an introduction fee, and if we point you at a marketplace and you sell there, it may pay us a commission — those links are marked. None of these changes what you pay a house, what we tell you an item is worth, or which route we suggest.
How accurate is the estimate?
It is an automated opinion formed from your photographs, so treat it as a starting point rather than a valuation. It cannot judge condition properly, cannot authenticate anything, and will sometimes be wrong by a wide margin. We show a confidence figure with every result for exactly that reason.
Do I have to sell?
No, and most people do not. Finding out is the whole service for the majority of the people who use it.
Who sees my items?
Nobody outside Estimonia, unless you ask us to help you sell — except items scanned in Türkiye, which are shown without your name to the auction experts we work with. When you ask us to help you sell, a few auction houses see the photographs, the estimate and roughly where the item is — never your name or contact details. Those go to a house only when it wants the piece and we introduce you.
Can I delete something?
Yes, an item or the whole account, at any time. Deleting an item removes it from anywhere it was being shown.
Start with one thing
Photograph whatever has been sitting there unexplained. It takes a few seconds and costs nothing, and you are under no obligation to do anything about the answer.
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