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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

So you've started a collection. Or maybe you've been collecting for years. As the cliche goes, if you can think of something, there is someone who is collecting it. The phenomenon of collecting is universal. Follow them, and you will be sure to get more and more pleasure out of your collecting activities.

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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

The camera pictured above actually looks a lot like the one I use in my own appraisal firm for photographing client collections but your phone will be fine if that is what you have available. To add a few notes of my own, I’d like to reassure readers that you don’t need to have a fancy camera to do this. PORCELAIN and CERAMICS: A.

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Household goods: Exclusive, iconic and designer pieces that should be valued

ValuePros Appraisal Services

In all these scenarios, the owners know the paid and historical value of things, but it often happens that, by inheriting these collections of objects, little by little the objectivity of the real / current value of said pieces is lost. In this area, the collections are usually analyzed by our ART specialists at VALUEPROS.

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Pocket Watch Prices: The Ultimate Pocket Watch Value Guide

Invaluable

A gold pocket watch in good condition could be worth anything from £1,000 – £10,000, but prices can fluctuate according to tastes and trends. The most expensive pocket watch sold to-date at auction was the Patek Philippe Henry Graves Supercomplication, which sold for $24 million in 2014. 366-440) Realized Price : £250 (approx.

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How to Appraise Your Jewelry: A Comprehensive Guide

La Jolla Gem Appraisal

Whether you're curious about the value of your collection, planning for insurance coverage, or considering selling pieces, understanding how to appraise jewelry is essential. Step 1: Know Your Jewelry Before diving into the appraisal process, take a close look at each piece in your collection.

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10 Tips for Buying a Diamond Engagement Ring

GIA 4Cs

Look at diamonds under different lighting Daylight, fluorescent light, spot lighting – a diamond looks very different under various lighting conditions. Moval Collection by Rahaminov Diamonds. Courtesy: Sylvie Collection 5. Most day-to-day situations do not consist of such dramatic lighting, however. carats of diamonds.

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7 Historically Significant Commonwealth Coins, Medals and Banknotes and their Values

Invaluable

The medal, engraved by hand on both sides, describes the full voyage of the Charlotte. The coin was engraved by Thomas Barrett, one of the convicts on board the Charlotte, when the ship anchored in Botany Bay in January 1788. This thin silver disc is widely believed to be the first Colonial Australian work of art.