Hey all, brand new around here and looking for some learned folks’ opinions.

I’ve been tasked with selling off an estate, part of which is a large collection of antique china/crystal/porcelain. I don’t know much about these things at all, but have a few ideas. There is one 72 piece tea/coffee Meissen from 1825-1925 based on marks and a 52 piece Royal Worcester dinner service set I haven’t dated yet. My ideas so far:

1. Sell em on Ebay.
Unsure of what a good starting price is and it’d be about 14% of the sale price after their fees. There does appear to be a decent market for it though, anyone have experience with Ebay for this type of thing?

2. Have a consignment store take it.
I’m in a pretty metro area and would expect to get a good price for em, but I anticipate their cut would be significant. I’ve also never dealt with a consignment store before.

3. Have the sets appraised online. Something like http://www.figurines-sculpture.com/antique-china-values.html ?
I expect it would be a fairly accurate pricing for a low-ish fee and would probably give me a better idea of a price to start at for Ebay.

4. Are there any better websites for this type of auction?

Here are some pics of an item from each set along with mark.
[img]http://i.imgur.com/nN8HbeD.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/eLK5yqi.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/4CDChaj.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/fek1nOs.jpg[/img]

Thanks for any help/suggestions!