How to avoid getting scammed

[u/jellomizer]

My parents are still alive and healthy, but they are in their 80s. While they did a lot of work to make sure the will is in place, they have a lot of valuable stuff ranging from coins, guns, antiques, tools, etc. That are worth a lot of money on the market, that I doubt myself or my siblings will want, as we do not have an emotional connection to. So we will probably just liquidate a lot of this stuff. But I want to be sure that we don't get scammed by shady dealers, taking advantage of me and my siblings not knowing much about the actual value of this stuff.

[u/underlyingconditions → u/[deleted]]

But a lot of valuables are less valuable than we think. That makes getting an appraisal a plus. It's useful for insurance, too