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Updated May 4, 2026

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Use a free clock appraisal app to identify old clocks, maker, movement, case, condition, and whether a professional appraisal is warranted.

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Use a free clock appraisal app to identify old clocks, maker, movement, case, condition, and whether a professional appraisal is warranted.

Auction records are market evidence, not a final appraisal. Condition, authenticity, provenance, size, material, completeness, restoration, and demand can materially change value.

Quick checklist

  • Photograph the full item, marks, maker labels, measurements, materials, construction, backs, undersides, interiors, and accessories.
  • Document condition before cleaning: fading, tears, stains, losses, cracks, missing parts, rewiring, repairs, odors, moth damage, and restoration.
  • Keep receipts, service records, provenance, appraisals, tags, boxes, weights, keys, shades, cases, or related sets together.

What similar items actually sold for

To help ground this guide in real market activity, here are recent example auction comps from Appraisily’s internal database. These matched sales are market context only, not an object estimate or identification, and they do not guarantee a price for your specific free clock.

Source-reported amounts. Buyer’s-premium treatment is stated in each row when known; otherwise it is unknown. Native currencies are not normalized.
Comparable What sold Auction house Date Lot Source-reported amount
Gilbert Free swinger Wall Clock sold by Schmidt's Antiques, lot 279 — auction record photograph Gilbert Free swinger Wall ClockSource blocked; provenance matched Schmidt's Antiques 2020-10-10 279 USD 50 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown)
A MID 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FUSEE BRACKET / TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT BY WILLIAM WEBSTER, LONDON the bell top with brass handle over circular and shaped glazed apertures to the sides, the breakarch door with quadrant pierced gilt brass sound frets, the signed 5.75" brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, with matted centre and mock pendulum aperture, with chamfered date aperture below and silvered name plate inscribed 'Willm Webster LONDON', with strike / silent to the arch, the twin fusee movement with verge escapement striking on a bell, with pull repeat, the backplate finely engraved in the Rococo style with pedestals topped with urns and rocialles, signed 'Webster London' within a cartouche, the pendulum with pear shaped bob,  47cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed. B. Loomes 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" (NAG Press, 1988, page 823) n records William Webster as being apprenticed in London in 1727 and made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1734. His father, also called William, was apprentice to, and journeyman with, Thomas Tompion. He worked in Exchange Alley and was made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1710. He died in 1734. sold by Chiswick Auctions, lot 199 — auction record photograph A MID 18TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FUSEE BRACKET / TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT BY WILLIAM WEBSTER, LONDON the bell top with brass handle over circular and shaped glazed apertures to the sides, the breakarch door with quadrant pierced gilt brass sound frets, the signed 5.75" brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, with matted centre and mock pendulum aperture, with chamfered date aperture below and silvered name plate inscribed 'Willm Webster LONDON', with strike / silent to the arch, the twin fusee movement with verge escapement striking on a bell, with pull repeat, the backplate finely engraved in the Rococo style with pedestals topped with urns and rocialles, signed 'Webster London' within a cartouche, the pendulum with pear shaped bob,  47cm high The movement is winding, ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed. B. Loomes 'Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" (NAG Press, 1988, page 823) n records William Webster as being apprenticed in London in 1727 and made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1734. His father, also called William, was apprentice to, and journeyman with, Thomas Tompion. He worked in Exchange Alley and was made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1710. He died in 1734.Source blocked; provenance matched Chiswick Auctions 2018-09-12 199 GBP 4,000 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown)
G Becker Free swinger Wall Clock sold by Schmidt's Antiques, lot 185 — auction record photograph G Becker Free swinger Wall ClockSource blocked; provenance matched Schmidt's Antiques 2020-10-10 185 USD 450 (buyer’s-premium treatment unknown)
How these auction records were verified

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