A visual and informative reference guide to Rudolph Valentino collectible items.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Beverly Hills Funeral Invitation
This is an invitation to the funeral service at the Good Shepherd Church in Beverly Hills. There was a very limited number of these sent out. Due to the limited number of these in existence these are not easy to come across.
Great to hear you inherited one of these, that is great! I wish I had some sort of answer for you as to the value. I have been on ebay since the 90's and have never seen one listed. My recommendation for you would be to list it on ebay or list it through an auction house. Both choices will charge you fees. Auction houses can charge upwards of 40% of the final selling price. Ebay has their fair share of fees as well. One thing to keep in mind is the current economy. This has an effect on collectibles as well. For example, when Valentino died most of his belongings were auctioned off, there was a book printed to showcase the items available for sale. These are highly sought after by collectors. About 10 years ago, you could not touch them for under $1,500. Today they sell for $200 to $600.
With this information in mind, values have unfortunately diminished. I would have to think it would still be valued around $400 to $800. That is a total guess. Good luck! I hope this helps.
This blog is a visual guide of Rudolph Valentino collectible items. Have any unique Valentino items? Please send me your scans, photos, and links to your Valentino items so I can post them on the blog for everyone to see. Please include as much information as possible about the item. If you send photos to post I will credit you for the photo unless you would like to remain anonymous. Send as many photos as you like, I will post them as soon as I can. Thank you and enjoy the blog!
My name is Brad Frick, I have been a Rudolph Valentino fan / collector for the past 20 years. I wanted to create a site where collectors, fans, and movie buffs could view photos of the thousands of Valentino items from the past 90 years or so. I hope you enjoy the site, feel free to contact me or comment on any of the items posted with your thoughts or if you have any other information. Thanks for visiting the site, enjoy!
I inherited one of these and would like to get a rough estimate of its monetary value...any help would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear you inherited one of these, that is great! I wish I had some sort of answer for you as to the value. I have been on ebay since the 90's and have never seen one listed. My recommendation for you would be to list it on ebay or list it through an auction house. Both choices will charge you fees. Auction houses can charge upwards of 40% of the final selling price. Ebay has their fair share of fees as well. One thing to keep in mind is the current economy. This has an effect on collectibles as well. For example, when Valentino died most of his belongings were auctioned off, there was a book printed to showcase the items available for sale. These are highly sought after by collectors. About 10 years ago, you could not touch them for under $1,500. Today they sell for $200 to $600.
ReplyDeleteWith this information in mind, values have unfortunately diminished. I would have to think it would still be valued around $400 to $800. That is a total guess. Good luck! I hope this helps.
My mother just showed one of these to me. She bought it at an estate sale some years ago and it lay forgotten in a closet until just today.
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