Identifying and selling old porcelain/china

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I've got to clear a house that's full of old niknaks/trinkets/tat. There's a big stack of porcelain/china ornaments. I know nothing about this sort of stuff, so I don't know if it's worth 20p, or 20k. My nan collected it all over years of travelling. I imagine most of it's junk, but it would be good to find out in case it's worth something.

The only stuff I've been able to identify is a shelf of Lladro figurines. The rest is a complete mystery.

Any suggestion on how to identify what they are and whether they're worth anything? There's half a dozen boxes of the stuff, so it's not easy to just pop into a antiques shop and get them to have a look.

I'm tempted to just stick them all on eBay starting at 99p and see what happens, but boxing/shipping ~200 items is going to be a major pain+expense.
 
I had a similar problem and took photos on my phone and did the circle to search thing. Surprisingly it found most items online which gave some idea of values.
 
Wife's grandma passed away few years back and we went through her old china.

Had a full set, unused, of some 1930s dinner service by a reputable Swedish designer of the time. Apparently a wedding present...

Bit morbid but very interesting at the same time.
 
If you think it might be valuable you can ask a local auction house for a valuation someone will come and look at them be aware that most people's "treasures" are nothing more than junk
 
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