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Why You Should Get Your Items Appraised At a Pawn Shop

Whether you are a buyer or a seller, the most important piece of information for you to know is the true value of your item. Without an accurate assessment, you could be overpaying for a purchase, losing money on a sale, or be so overpriced that no one will be interested. A Pawn Shop can be an excellent resource for determining the true value of a wide range of commodities.

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Taking Care of the Goods: Five Collectible Cleaning Tips

Historic firearms require a certain degree of care to stay functional. If you want to preserve your collectible, you’ll need to make sure you’re doing a few things correctly. That said, it’s a good idea to stay away from traditionally effective cleaning methods. What may work on regular firearms can corrode or cause damage to your collectible. Take the following advice with care, and keep your valuable firearm protected.

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Historical Guns: How to Detect Fakes

When collecting antique guns, one of the major issues that you'll encounter is how to detect a fake. Detecting a fake antique gun can be a challenge, as they tend to be fairly rare, and thus there's often very little to compare them to. For the most part, you'll have to rely upon the condition of materials themselves and the build of the gun.

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Common Mistakes Made When Dealing With Collectibles

If you're short on cash, you might be considering either selling or pawning some of your collectibles. Collectible items -- whether antique or recent -- may often seem to have fairly arbitrary values and can be very difficult to deal in. Here are a few of the most common mistakes sellers often run into.

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How to turn Silver into Cash

Silver has been valued as a precious metal throughout history. Used in many pre-modern monetary systems as currency, it also sports value in jewelry, industrial and commercial applications and medical science, and has always been a staple of investment endeavors. The value of silver fluctuates in relation to economic conditions and market variables, but it has always persevered through good times and bad alike.             

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Metro Pawn and Rare Coins

Perhaps you once collected coins, but no longer have the time or interest in continuing to do so. Maybe you’ve inherited a collection from a relative, but it’s not something that you’re into. Or possibly the focus of your collecting has changed, such as from U.S. coins to world coins. Whatever the case, you can turn what has fallen by the wayside into cash today.

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