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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9734314, member: 79705&quot;]I&#039;ve never had to insure an art object before as I&#039;ve never had anything too crazy. Then I started picking up things in the past 2 years and my cameo collection in particular has risen steadily until this last acquisition that may be worth high 4-figures. That seems to be the point at which I should definitely have a rider policy, no? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have any of you gone through the process of individually insuring an item or collection in the US? I assume I would need to have an official appraisal done....and that&#039;s a whole other issue. Cameos are sort of a gray area in appraisals. They are jewelry, but jewelers rarely see them or know about them. This particular piece also happens to be the self-commissioned piece of a famous Union Civil War General by a famous Italian carver to royalty (with pieces in major museums). <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bored:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> So...Jeweler appraiser, Civil War Militaria apprasier, or generalist Art appraiser?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve done, or collected with help, all the research. A similar Civil War cameo went for nearly 9k in 2008. So, there is an auction record for the carver/carver workshop, and a similar-ish sitter, and certainly auction records for related CW militaria. A lot of leg-work done for the appraiser...I just need someone with the right associations to fill out the paperwork in the end, maybe? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The cameo in question was carved (and signed) by Tommaso Saulini:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474712[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>I found the original preparatory sketch with signature of sitter circa Dec 1860, in a <a href="https://gangemi.com/prodotto/tommaso-e-luigi-saulini/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gangemi.com/prodotto/tommaso-e-luigi-saulini/" rel="nofollow">Saulini book</a> by 2 historians:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474713[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>The signature of General Alfred H. Terry (mis-identified in the above book):</p><p>[ATTACH=full]474714[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://connecticuthistory.org/honor-and-duty-the-life-of-alfred-howe-terry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://connecticuthistory.org/honor-and-duty-the-life-of-alfred-howe-terry/" rel="nofollow">An article about Terry</a> noting that he travelled to Europe in 1860 (the cameo was sat for in Rome in 1860). <a href="https://caseantiques.com/item/an-important-cameo-of-confederate-colonel-randal-mcgavock/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://caseantiques.com/item/an-important-cameo-of-confederate-colonel-randal-mcgavock/" rel="nofollow">The other Civil War cameo sold</a> (found from a mention by PepperAnna!). Obviously it sold some time ago, during the recession, but it was also &quot;only&quot; carved by the Saulini Workshop and not a named carver, of a former TN mayor and Confederate colonel who died during the war. So, there are variations.</p><p><br /></p><p>This is such new territory for me and if it&#039;s worth that much it makes me nervous! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie17" alt=":bag:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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