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Insurance: Protecting Your Collection

Art Peritus

Establishing the Value Collectors who are just getting started often rely on their homeowner’s insurance policy to cover the value of their valuable items. How long after the date of purchase do I have to inform you of new acquisitions to ensure they are protected? While this provides some protection, “Is this enough?”

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The Essential Guide to Jewelry Appraisal and Insurance

Buckhead Jewelry Appraisers

When to Appraise Jewelry You need to consider getting insurance appraisal jewelry in these instances: When you acquire a new piece of jewelry of significant value, you establish its current market value and form the basis for insurance coverage.

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Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Artifactual History Appraisal

You may also see this level of the market described as “replacement cost,” which is a term used by the International Society of Appraisers. Actual Cash Value is Retail Replacement Value minus depreciation, which can be a deduction made for age, damage, or another factor. The next level is Fair Market Value.