if their work was a thing of excellence in their life of course it will go up when they die as it can never be reproduced by the artist.
Go on the website www.rebelscum.com.
Their is a great site to go that will tell you what the value of what your ornaments are. It is www.bizrate.com/...collectibles-books/ornament-value-guide.
According to Stamps to go between 1.75 to as much as 50.00. Yes there is a big span between the two numbers but as Collectibles go value is in the eye of the collector.
Antique collectibles can be purchased from a number of places. One can look on eBay, go to jumble sales, dealers' shops, and fairs to purchase these collectibles.
You can buy lots of collectibles at Amazon.com or HotTopic.com. Or you can go to a local Hot Topic store.
Go to any store and be creative
just go to gamestop.com or go to the store
just go to ringside collectibles online.
Depends on the plate. There is a secondary market for collectibles and there are books that list the name of the plate and maker that give market value of the plate. The values are not constant and change daily. It is a little like the stock market. The value of a plate is determined by how rare it is and the subject. If you have the box and papers that came with the plate the value goes up. One way to find the value of your plate is to go on eBay and see what plates like yours are selling for. You can also go to a large book store and look in the collectibles books for your plate. I wouldn't buy the book but just look up what you have. Another resource is collectible magazines that are on plates. The market for plates and other collectibles is very active. I have sold many items on the secondary market, but to do this you need to know your values and facts.
One can go to trade Cadillac collectibles from the following sources: Amazon, Cadillac Jack Antiques, Yahoo Local, Trade Me, Trading Post, Patrick Cadillac, Auto Trader Classics.
Go to the Ebay collectibles forum.
It would be best to go to an art appraiser to learn the value of the paintings. Not every painting by an artist is valued the same.