How Can I Get Things Like This Appraised

I have so many stamps and no idea what to do with them. here is an example of some of the collection that I inherited.

I bet Floortrader would LOVE to get into the Cape Juby collection

Cancelthen- definitely a very nice collection of Cape Juby that has significant value. Would be helpful to see additional examples of what else is in the collection, focusing on uploading images of the earliest stamps from a few more countries. This is typically the first 3 pages or so of a country collection.

This will help the forum members provide additional help and advice. Are there other country collections similar to the one from J&H Stolow? Those would be good to show.

Here are a few pages, I have binders full

I believe in being honest so here goes. The Cape Juby has modest value. All of the stamps are hinged. The catalog value is perhaps a few hundred dollars, but you could realistically expect to net half of that at best. The US material is rough, very rough, as in probably not saleable. There are large pieces missing out of many stamps and there are no higher catalog value stamps. The balance that you show is common "packet" and approval material with little monetary value. None of what you show is worth getting appraised.

BUT, you have the beginnings of a wonderful hobby if you so choose. OR you can donate the stamps to a charity organization.

That is my opinion based upon what has been shown thus far.

Rodgcam, thanks for the honest feedback. I really have no idea what I am looking at in terms of value.

To those in the forum that chose to have their stamps appraised - from what CV do you start considering appraising?
And what is the goal? To have 100 certificates hanging on the wall or as preparation to sell them?

First, we need to not conflate appraisal values with certificates. Certificates are primarily to assure authenticity and call-out faults or alterations.

A general appraisal is not going to involve issuing certificates.

IMO having a philatelic collection appraised is something primarily for novices who have come into a collection or someone who needs or wants an appraisal for insurance purposes.

For valuable single items a certificate is enough to establish a catalog and market value using receipts and available sales data.

If you insure with someone like Hugh Wood an appraisal is unnecessary. Receipts and catalog values are sufficient. Photos are a must. You need to show that you possessed the insured item in a certain condition if a claim is necessary. Keep all of your paperwork in separate and safe place.

I have never known any fellow collectors to have a formal appraisal of their collection. Virtually an impossible task given that their collections are always in a state of flux with deductions and additions.

Thanks, I did mix up appraisal values with authenticity certificates.
Insurance is used by collectors to protect their collections, so for collections inheritors, the appraisal will most likely serve before selling?

Actually, the Cape Juby stamps may be of only modest value, but they are very scarce, and highly coveted by those of us that are trying to complete World collections. I've seen Cape Juby and other Spanish Colony sets being sold for many times more than C.V., and the sellers know that eventually the stamps will sell at those prices.

Can't understand why Scott has so many of the Spanish Colony stamps at such low C.V., but since they aren't sold often, Scott probably doesn't have a good baseline for valuing them.

And Floortrader may go ga-ga over the Cape Juby stamps, but he may also already have them. Now,I WOULD go ga-ga over them....

Ray

I should note here that when I wrote "significant" value, the statement was/is certainly true given how many "massive" collections we see that are worth like 50 bucks. With that one small collection shown first, I was anticipating a pretty decent overall holding that hasn't materialized.

Those Cape Juby stamps look very fine, and the pages give the impression the previous owner made an effort to complete the country with fine stamps. The other stamps posted are very different in character. At a glance, the Hong Kong and Netherlands pages are very limited in scope and primarily the commonest values and have no value.

Are there any more pages like the Cabo Juby pages?
What British, German, and French pages are there.

The Cabo Juby stamps are valued in the Edifil catalog of Spain and dependencies.
They are modest in value, as already written, but unfortunately hinged stamps are valued at used and that's almost half as much as new.
Like the stamps of other countries, the catalog values #8203;#8203;are indicative and can commonly be found between 50% of the key pieces and between 30 and 10% of the others.
In joint sale of the views of Cabo Juby I would say that it has between 250-300 dollars.

Here are some from the stack of east german stamps, I think these are from the 60s - 70s. there are probably 1000 stamps, none of them are hinged. I don't really know what I should take pictures of vs what's junk.

Don't necessarily consider any of it junk, but a good rule of thumb to follow is, Most issues post-WWII are very common and will likely have almost no value to collectors. There are exceptions (certain stamps from China, for example), but generally the rule will hold. Anything from 1900-1952 could be interesting, anything pre-1900 will be interesting.

Thanks, i'll have to take my time going through these to really get a handle on what's here. I appreciate everyone's advice