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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2395321, member: 5833"]What an appraiser does: get enough information about an item to be able to describe it accurately; if she has any relevant reference books, check those; check the Internet for additional information; check the Internet for past sale history of similar items; if she has them, check any relevant catalogues from past auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we do, or help you do, is all of the above except, perhaps, check old auction catalogues. Nothing has an absolute value, only what someone has been willing to pay recently.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 2395321, member: 5833"]What an appraiser does: get enough information about an item to be able to describe it accurately; if she has any relevant reference books, check those; check the Internet for additional information; check the Internet for past sale history of similar items; if she has them, check any relevant catalogues from past auctions. What we do, or help you do, is all of the above except, perhaps, check old auction catalogues. Nothing has an absolute value, only what someone has been willing to pay recently.[/QUOTE]
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