Info on queen knives

[JAMESC41001]

Recently inherited some queen knives. I do not know much about them as I do not collect queen and do not have any reference material. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

[treefarmer]

A very nice pile of Queens!
The #39 folding hunter has real Winterbottom bone handles, that's a good one.
Treefarmer

[JAMESC41001]

Thank you sir. I kind of like that one myself.

[Reverand]

You will probably not get the information you want, unless you can be more specific with what you want to know.
I don't mean to sound snarky, just trying to drill down on what you want to learn.
By looking at them you already see that some have a pattern number stamped on the tang, and others have it etched on the blade. If one does not appear to have a pattern number at all, then it probably had an etch that has worn off.
At the top of the screen you will see a "Research" tab. You can spend a lot of time going down that rabbit hole and researching each knife, including finding the approximate year of production based upon the tang stamps.
As far as value, I would look at similar knives in the AAPK store, and also look to eBay under Completed sales. This will not give you exact numbers, but it should help you to find a price range based upon condition and collectability.
As was previously stated, you have some really nice knives in that group! Queen knives have become more collectable since the original company went out of business, but as with any brand it all depends upon the individual knife.

[JAMESC41001]

Thanks reverend, I guess I’m trying to see if any of these patterns are more scarce or sought after then others?? I’m not going to hang on to these so I would probably offer the patterns that queen collectors would be most interested in first. These are the first queen knives I’ve had. I know more of the history than I do the knives. Thank you for the info though. I should have elaborated a bit more in my original post

[robpa]

Nice lot of knives but they are pretty common and the only ones being sought by other than new collectors are the minty pieces. I see lots of Queens at shows around here and there are lots of Queen collectors on the hunt! There was a period when Queen did not mark their knives, 70s maybe? I cant recall fer sure.

[bighomer]

You might want to Google Queen historical catalogs. Really can't tell much what the condition is looking at the photos.There's a couple that might bring decent money if in good condition. The ones with no tang stamp were made between 61 and 71. The last time I was on the ebay Queen site they were asking some ridiculous prices, it's seems to be a sellers market if they are getting the prices they are asking.

[JAMESC41001]

Thank you for the input. Much appreciated