Stories from the field, notes from the trade.
Practical playbooks, case studies, and field notes from scouts, resellers, and the Value Scout team.
Featured storyFrom flea-market vase to $2,840 Han Dynasty jar.
She paid $40 in cash on a Sunday morning. By Tuesday it had sold for seventy times that. Here is exactly what happened in between — and what Scout saw that the seller did not.
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Fair Market Value is where the money is made.
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