However, I have done quite a few appraisals over the net. I believe that it takes a little getting used to. At this point, it seems to me that there are a lot of people trying to sell antiques for high prices on the Web. I think that antiques are going to have to be priced fairly to sell. Small items that are inexpensive to ship will always sell better.
Large items are just too expensive to ship long distances.
When the technical problems are solved, the first show will be on antique furniture construction details. It is the kind of site that can be put together with the Web authoring tools in any modern word processor. The firm sells both antique and modern furniture on line. Each category of furniture has a separate page, and all items are illustrated with a small photo. Prices are not given.