A value means nothing until you know exactly what you're looking at. So Worthzy identifies the specific item first — the model, the maker, the era — and works out what that particular thing realistically sells for.
Then we check that against the real market.
We pull comparable items from eBay and show them right on your result, so the number isn't a guess you have to take on faith. Where we can access completed-sale data we prefer it; otherwise we read what's currently on the market.
An asking price is what someone hopes to get, not what an item actually clears — so we lean the number toward the achievable sale, not the hopeful list price.
Search results mislead in one direction especially: a genuine antique or specialist piece gets buried under cheap look-alikes listed under the same words. Trusting those blindly would tell you a real heirloom is worth pocket change.
So when the market and the item disagree, we weigh what the piece actually is; when the comps are clean and plentiful, we trust the market. The honest number lives between them.
Condition, completeness and timing move prices a lot. A single number would imply a precision that doesn't exist, so we show a low–high range around the most likely figure.
If the photo doesn't show what we'd need — a hallmark, a serial, a maker's mark — we say "cannot determine" rather than guess. An honest "I don't know" is worth more to you than a confident wrong answer.
Items we think are reproductions count as $0 toward your collection total. We won't pad your number with a fake.
This is a pricing estimate built from identification and comparable listings — not a certified appraisal. For insurance or a high-value sale, get a specialist to examine the item in person.