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Protecting Your Collection and Your Wallet: What You Could Lose If You Suffer a Loss Without an Appraisal

McAllister Fossum Appraisal Services

Written by Kirsten Rabe Smolensky, JD, ISA CAPP As an appraiser, I have worked on a lot of insurance claims , including losses due to fire, theft, transit damage, and flood. Most insurance companies will require an appraisal to insure these items. And, it will often require a professional appraisal of the paintings in advance.

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Thoughts on Things

Artifactual History Appraisal

What I do have to share is my perspective as an appraiser, one gleaned from many years of studying the materials, construction, and design of things , and also from my role documenting what remains after someone has passed when I have to write an appraisal report for estate purposes. I am not against things. I LOVE things.