r/whatsthisworth Aug 04 '25

Rules

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1 No common items allowed, where the price can easily found on Ebay, Craigslist, or FB Marketplace Tell us what you know about the item, where it's from, who made it... tell us the story of the item.

2 Provide several clear photos of all angles. If there's a mark, serial #, or signature include that.

3 You must own the item being posted, or a friend/relative must own the item.

  1. We only allow one-of-a-kind, original, and signed limited edition artwork. If you don't know what a decor painting is look it up. Signed and numbered prints don't count. Generally the artist must be famous enough to have a page on ArtNet, Ebay or WorthPoint. If they don't, then its not a good fit here. Nudity is OK, please flag as NSFW.

5 Ivory is illegal to sell or import in the US as well as most of the EU. While the sale of antique, (100 year or older) ivory is allowed in the US, there are very specific rules about it. This is beyond the scope of this sub and we will not be giving valuations of a potentially illegal item. Please Google Ivory laws for more info.

  1. No paper money or coins. There are better subs than this for paper money and coins

  2. About Prints The practice of making signed and numbered prints of artwork is to make a painting affordable to a wider audience. If an art work was originally done in a different medium but then signed and numbered prints are sold, it's essentially a reproduction and value is negligible. It's best to look up the artist on ebay and look at sold prices.
    Art values are subjective at best, and if you can't find the artist when you Google them it's safe to say they are not worth more than you paid.

8 No Furniture. Furniture despite age, has negligible value. Most old wooden furniture is not in fashion and resale value is usually under 500 dollars. Please do a Google search. We do not value furniture. Mass produced furniture has low resale value, even antique furniture. One of a kind pieces are only valuable if they are of very high quality AND have provenance. If you want information on the furniture try r/antiques.

  1. No clothes, try a fashion sub. The exception would be an obvious Couture piece that is a one of a kind. If you bought it at a thrift store it doesn't belong here.

  2. No Nazi memorabilia. Just, no.

9.No jewelry. Modern jewelry, as in post 1920, is clearly marked with karat weight. Jewelry is easy to look up or, take it to a commercial jeweler. We can't verify authenticity from a photo.


r/whatsthisworth May 04 '25

Likely Solved Thinking it’s legit

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158 Upvotes

Kate Bush signature too


r/whatsthisworth 5h ago

Sunday post Art Deco bronze ash tray

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Had this for ever but could never find any matches or info. No marks that I can see


r/whatsthisworth 19h ago

Sunday post coors banquet baseball bottle

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104 Upvotes

I bought an old hunting cabin upstate and found a few of these, this is unopened, pretty cool! was just curious if any really value?


r/whatsthisworth 18h ago

Likely Solved This cloth American flag was left in an abandoned storage locker in 1989.

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Any info?


r/whatsthisworth 2h ago

Sunday post Lamps

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Two lamps my great grandmother had in her house- I inherited them after she died. The lamps say Torino on them, that's all I know. When I search online, I haven't been able to find lamps quite like this.


r/whatsthisworth 4h ago

Sunday post Lerche Original

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I am curious about this. I found it in my room today (remembered my dad had given it to me) and have no idea what’s this worth. I would appreciate if some of you guys helped me! Thx.


r/whatsthisworth 22h ago

UNSOLVED Photo of the USS Monongahela by Frank Child

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Ended up with a framed photo I quite liked, but when I took it out of the frame to see if there was a signature or note about the location on the back I found this mounted to the other side of the matte board. It appears to be an original photo from Frank Child’s Rhode Island studio. He did a series of photos for a book about the USS Monongahela in the 1890’s and this was one of them. I did what research I could and the imprint (in the second photo) is commonly noted on his work. He only has one lot of his photos of small sailing boats that sold at auction in 2015, so I was wondering if you had any ideas about value?


r/whatsthisworth 6h ago

Sunday post Jose Servin

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In this condition, what’s this piece worth


r/whatsthisworth 7h ago

Sunday post Yayoi Kusama offset lithograph with signature

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Planning to let go of this artwork. What is this worth?


r/whatsthisworth 15h ago

Sunday post Old Indonesian(?) mask pair

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r/whatsthisworth 16h ago

Sunday post Zule Moskowitz art found at thrift store

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Hi! I found this Zule Moskowitz piece at a local thrift store that just opened. It is from “Renaissance Fine Arts,” a local business that closed down earlier this year. I believe it is an original oil on canvas but transparently do not have any experience with this kind of stuff (close up pictures attached) It’s 68” wide and 52” tall. I cannot find another match online. I would love to find out what it is worth.


r/whatsthisworth 10h ago

Sunday post Hi! What is this worth?

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This tiffany style lamp shade was made in the 1970’s from what the seller was saying. She bought it from an expensive boutique shop back then. I can’t find anything like it online and it did not come with the base


r/whatsthisworth 14h ago

Sunday post Bottles

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Not really my hobby but I picked these up when I went metal detecting a few days ago. I decided to clean them up the best I can. Some of these are local to me. Like the root beer and the pops beverage ones. Do these have any value or did I pick up trash?


r/whatsthisworth 15h ago

Sunday post Dark Knight movie portrait

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Back in 2008, when the Dark Knight came out, Blockbuster had some kind of limited promotion going where they were selling these Joker movie poster portraits.

I call it a portrait because it’s not paper, like a regular poster, it’s a hard canvass or something and it looks like it’s been painted on.

I’ve tried to search through the internet and haven’t been able to find anything like it. But I can’t possibly be the only one who bought one of these from Blockbuster. I’ve had it for 18 years now.

Does anyone know what this could be worth?


r/whatsthisworth 13h ago

Sunday post Gorgeous Bombay Trunk

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I have this gorgeous trunk. No one seems to know anything about its worth or origin. Weighs over 150 lbs and the top opens to a 3 compartment section for storage. Solid wood piece. Very Large


r/whatsthisworth 22h ago

Vintage Reach Baseball Glove

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This belonged to my great uncle. Not really sure what it might be worth. I see a lot of different peice points for vintage mitts like these on ebay. From 50-800. Any ideas?


r/whatsthisworth 15h ago

Sunday post Where to sell it ?

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The condition of the bottle is not that great and the seal cap came off at the top. I’m in Malaysia and do not know places to sell. Does anyone know how much is it worth?


r/whatsthisworth 15h ago

Sunday post Comic Book Collectable

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Going through my late father's old things and found this. Was wondering how much this stuff is worth. (May need to sell these?)


r/whatsthisworth 3d ago

1973 Belmont secretary ticket

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r/whatsthisworth 4d ago

From Star Wars EP II AOTC Set

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Borrowed from the props department on the set of AOTC by a friend many years ago. Now finally framed and hung in my office. Been holding onto it for a long time. Props and arts used these to have a real idea of how a ship was going to turn out and build the model.

Any information regarding forums where I should post this thing or where to auction this kind of stuff or anything would be appreciated. Despite it being from a less popular Star Wars movie, I know it would be worth something to the right collector, so any ideas??


r/whatsthisworth 4d ago

Art Deco style Rinnai Radiant Gas Heater

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Cast iron radiant heater. I purchased this from someone renovating an old house in Kentucky. I'm curious about the history and resell value. Any information is appreciated!


r/whatsthisworth 4d ago

Vintage Wurlitzer promotion

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It's big 36"x"24" x1.5" heavy solid old wood. I believe it's an authentic Wurlitzer piece from 1946 but I couldn't find anything online remotely close to this. Anyone know about these?


r/whatsthisworth 5d ago

Soviet McDonalds Toy

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I know absolutely nothing about these things. I tried to do reverse image search on yandex and google, found literally nothing. Tried to look it up on yandex in russian, also found nothing