Inherited a collection?

Inherited a houseful of antiques and heirlooms? Photograph everything in one sitting and get a documented valuation for every piece — the sale evidence, the condition, and what to do with it — plus a strategy report for the whole estate: what to sell where, in what order. Nobody will try to buy your things afterwards.

What you get for every item

Each piece gets a documented record, not just a number: maker's marks identified, condition noted, period dated, and comparable sales referenced. Your selling options are set out side by side — dealer, auction, online listing, private sale — with the net range, timeline, and effort for each. Legal and tax issues are flagged on the items they apply to, including ivory and endangered-species rules, export restrictions, and capital-gains thresholds, before you offer something you cannot legally sell. If a piece genuinely needs a hands-on specialist to value properly, the report tells you up front.

The strategy report for the whole estate

Photograph everything you have inherited and you walk away with two things. A documented valuation for every single piece. And a collection-level strategy report: what to sell where, in what order, with the issues flagged and outreach to specific auction houses already written for you. A real one scrolls past on the page, so you can see what it contains before uploading anything of your own.

How to value a whole house of items at once

Walk through the house with your phone — the cabinet, the loft, the boxes you have not opened yet. Drop in up to 100 photos at once; nothing needs organising first. Photos of the same object from different angles are grouped automatically, so each item is researched once. You check the groupings before anything starts and can drag a photo across if something was grouped wrong, or add anything missed. Then every item is researched in parallel, each with the same depth as a single-item valuation.

How the estimates are supported

No number in the report stands on its own. Each one is attached to a sale that actually happened — the lot, the date, the price paid — and you can click straight through to it. Nothing is invented. Where the identification or the condition is not certain, the report says so, gives a confidence figure, and tells you what to check before you rely on it. If someone offers you a round sum for the lot, you can hold that offer up against the sales the estimate came from.

Sharing with family, the solicitor, and the record

Items stay documented in one place and can be grouped however helps you keep track — by room, by person, by type — and moved between groups freely as you sort through the estate. A collection view shows total estimated value, item count, what has been valued, and what is still outstanding. Exports come as per-item PDF reports, an Excel workbook with item photos embedded, or CSV for the accountant, and you choose which fields are included. A read-only link shares the whole collection with anyone who needs it.

What this is, and what it is not

Findthevalueof provides research-based value estimates and structured documentation. The reports are designed to inform decisions — about sale, insurance, or division between beneficiaries — not to replace a formal appraisal. For probate filings, large insurance claims, or items of exceptional value, have the report reviewed by a qualified appraiser. Estimates can contain errors and should not be relied on as definitive appraisals. Start with what is in the front room: photograph a few pieces, see the depth you get back, then do the rest at your own pace. Your first valuation is free.