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Online is not a panacea for all things, and unusually in the internet world antiques presented online often tend to be either very expensive or poor quality there are exceptions of course like www.topbananaantiques.com, don't forget free post on most with us.
However there is a tendency for people to go online particularly when selling an items find the record breaking most expensive one ever, and then ask that price, bear in mind a dealer will need a profit and will have overheads, an auction house will take 50% of the value for themselves, so unless your items make considerably more in auction by time you have received your results much of the proceeds have been whisked away by the commission.
So like most things in antiques, be aware of over inflated online prices as will raise your expectations unfairly, good dealers get good prices as they have good business with great clients, with large financial investment in stock and staff.
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