Help with finding a valuer

[mpw83]

Hello otca members,

As the title of thread states I am trying to find information on any valuers, that would be able to have a look at my collection.

Searching the board only brings up insurance and using Google / Net search, I can only find real estate / property valuers.

Any information would be helpful.

Cheers.
Michael.
Werribee, Melbourne, Vic

Sorry if font is big or to small, first time posting.

[5FDP]

The best advice I can give you is value it yourself based on current Ebay pricing.

Welcome to the boards BTW. Feel free to introduce yourself here

[kup]

I don't think that there is such thing as a local Australian Transformer toy valuer. Even if you get the top toy collector in the country to evaluate your collection, chances are he won't know crap about TF values.

5FDP has the right idea - Check several ebay and G1 toy dealers (such as Transformerland) and pull a value from that. It's not hard to get an average out of 3 different price points for each figure.

Another thing you could do is get a Transformers G1 pricing guide and get the costs from there but they are hardly perfect. Several toys are undervalued when compared to real market costs.

[griffin]

It depends on what you need a valuation for - your own personal interest or for something important like for insurance purposes.

For personal interest, ebay is an option.
For something important, you'd probably need a registered business (like a toy dealer), provide a written statement of the estimated value, with letterhead proof of their legitimacy.

Either way, a single quoted value will be a rough estimate, and can fluctuate greatly depending on how and where the items are sold.
A better 'value' would be a quoted range, based on best and worst case sale scenarios. If you need a single figure for a reason, you could take the average of that best and worst range.

[mpw83]

Thanks guys,

Sorry for the late reply, but got shaped until this week.

Thanks for the info and help,

Cheers Michael.