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The American automobile industry began in the early 1900’s. And since then the value of some of the classic cars built since then has continued to go up and up.

One of the best sources for finding antique car prices is to use what is called “The Gold Book”. The Gold Book was established in 1968 and is the oldest continuously published authority on collector car values.

The Gold Book’s database of collector car auction results and verified private transactions is the largest depository of antique and classic car information in the world. Its editors and auction reporters attend or monitor over 100 collector car auctions and private-owner sales venues in the U.S. and Western Europe each year.

This is a great resource used by thousands of collectors each year.

If you have a classic car and are looking to sell it, there are many ways of evaluating it. Using an professional appraiser to determine classic car value is one approach that many people use.

For those that don’t know much about classic cars, but are interested in owning them, using professional classic car appraiser can be a good shortcut to making sure that you get a good value. A good appraiser should be able to determine the appropriate classic car value for the vehicle that you’re interested in.

In addition, an appraiser will often act as a negotiator in helping you to actually obtain the vehicle as well as ensuring that you have all the right ownership papers, insurance, and so on. The problem, however, is where can you find such an appraiser?

When buying a classic car there are various factors that you need to take into consideration such as the condition of the car, whether it has custom features or not, if it has original parts on it, and so on.

The purpose of a classic car price guide is to provide, to the auto market, an approximation of the value of certain car models at a specific time. The prices typically listed in these guides is for a car in average shape.

A car in pristine condition, will probably fetch more than the listed price. Likewise, a car that is in poor condition and needs work will most likely fetch less. In fact, the best way to think of the prices in a classic car price guide is simply as a guide.

One of the factors in current classic car pricing is the age of the car. Generally, the older a classic car is, the higher it will be priced at in the marketplace. That is, a classic car that is very old will probably have a higher selling price than the same new model classic car.

Condition is another factor that definitely affects the price of a car. A classic car that is in perfect  condition is going to have a market price higher than the same model that is in poorer condition. As in most things, buyers prefer merchandise that they can purchase and begin to use right away.

Any defects, mechanical or otherwise, means that the buyer is going to be forced to spend some of his own money to refurbish it. Buyers take this into account when sending an offer to the seller and discount their offering price accordingly.