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.Numerous other collections have been dealt with because the owner/collector was organized and knew their collection:

Appraised record collections (over 1,000 LP's) in 2024

Appraised collection of magic card (over 200,000 cards) in 2024

Appraised collection of hockey cards in 2023

Appraised collection of prewar lionel trains in 2019

Appraised collections of dolls in 2018

Appraised collections of Militaria in 2017

The list goes on. All performed at reasonable costs due to the collector knowing his/her stuff. Thus lists were obtained, pictures and measurement were made. All was readily verifiable. Hence appraisals at replacement values (accepted by insurance companies)were attained at reasonable costs, e.g., $200 to $600.

Another example: In the appraisal of a collection of 18th century Worcester porcelain, this collector knew most every detail of his collection. For example look at this 18th century porcelain slop bowl, which featured both the “Comorant” and “Fisherman“ pattern along with the cresent moon mark. The owner knew that the curved wavy fishing line, signified that it was made by Flight (1783-92). Although, we were familiar with the cresent moon marks and its association with the famous Worcester porcelain, the curved fishing line was something we did not know, nor would have known. So not only did this add to our knowledge, it also saved him money by allowing us to accurately identify the piece quickly.

When dealing with a collection, you (the prolific collector) often know much more about your collection than we (the appraiser) will ever know.

Often such collections do not fall into the category of household goods that your insurance company will cover in the event of damage, e.g., flood, fire or theft. Therefore, you should ask your insurance company about your collection.

If you need an appraisal of your collection for insurance purposes, we can help you out. Especially, if you have a good idea of your collections values and can show us that you are right.

If you can provide a list (preferably in a common program e.g., word, excel etc) that we can download then we can provide a cost effective appraisal.

We will certainly need to verify the values that you provide.

.An example comes to mind: An ambassador’s residence, whom had a large collection of ball point and fountain pens. Rather than us spending countless hours researching each pen, we based our appraisal upon his assessment of the pens, thus saving time. However, we only did so, after specifically checking his assessment of a dozen or so pens, of our choosing. Since his assessment did coincide with the real values of these pens, we then took his assessment of his collection at the values he stated.

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