Continued from page 16 He also gave this advice: “Don’t sell when
you have to sell. Sell when you’re not in need
our story,” he said.
of the money because then you might be a
Photographs, yearbooks, telegraphs, ledgers, furniture, textiles
little more willing to search around and
and others are the items that best preserve history, said the found-
make sure you get fair market value.”
er of the non-profit No History No Self Educational Services,
Either way, whether to preserve your
dedicated to educating Blacks about their heritage and the impor-
family history as a birthright to future
tance of preserving their history.
generations or to turn clutter into
“Go back now and start looking at what you have . . . I’m trying
cash, seeking out the hid-
to help the public to understand to tell their families’ stories,” he
den treasure in your
said.
home is an enterprise
While preserving history is important, finding and identifying
well worth under-
the antiques or historic artifacts in your home can also be quite
taking.
lucrative, Merrill added.
“Shows like ‘Antiques Roadshow’ and e-Bay have really
changed the world when it comes to selling collectibles and arti-
facts,” said the author of The Art of Collecting Black Memorabilia.
“...If you scan it and pop it up on E-bay people might get into a
bidding frenzy over it.”
But, again, knowing your history could decide how much you
make. Knowing the provenance—who, what, where, when—of
the item usually increases its value.
Many people sell valuables to an antique dealer or a pawn
shop for “crumbs” and then they turn around and sell the arti-
fact for a fortune, Merrill warned.
“If you’re going to sell your stuff yourself you have to do your
homework,” said Merrill. “Don’t be so quick to run to the pawn
shop because they’re going to give you next to nothing and by
the time you realize what it’s worth, you can’t go back and get it
because they’ve sold it to somebody else or they’ve taken it out of
Philip Merrill, author of The Art of Collecting Black
circulation.”
Memorabilia, said photographs are some of the greatest
Merrill said most major bookstores have guides on the market
items for preserving and weaving the fabric of Black history.
value of antiques and some antique dealers
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