bkay raises excellent points. One thing I would add is without a provenance (who made and when, where that info came from) its' value historically is lessened. Even just as an antique, without provenance its monetary value will be less. You don't say where it comes from, but if you know that info , along with date made, etc (helps to have the info written by either original maker, or the person that had it before you,etc) certainly would get it appraised before you do anything else with it.