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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mirana, post: 9734347, member: 79705&quot;]Okay just looked at Sotherbys as an example and they offer this. Their whole presentation makes me feel like their rate will be hella expensive! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie76" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gen Terry didn&#039;t ever marry, so my guess is a fancy souvenir for his momma as he knew he&#039;d be enlisting (and did so right after he got back). Possibly someone he was courting, though he lived to his 60s and never put a ring on it... </p><p><br /></p><p>Good point about getting sale vs. ins values.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Way ahead of ya on the spreadsheet! I have one of those for just about everything, but when I started collecting antique jewelry and cameos over a year ago, I immediately started 2 fresh spreadsheets just for that, with photos in-line, size, weight, price paid, est worth, history, art movements, sitters, purchase invoices...you name it. Backed up in 3 places. I have one for art as well...I have rather a lot of that too. I know my insurance is particularly squirrely on &quot;art and collectables&quot; and I&#039;ve been putting off dealing with that for too long. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> I am safe on the flood plain map, but yes in an area with hurricanes and of course we all know how insurance companies are THE WORST with that. I just hate phone calls...sigh.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is my issue. I&#039;m fully aware that paid prices are your baseline proof of worth. And of course my whole collection is built on buying cheap what others didn&#039;t know, or buying ground floor that which has gone up! So appraisal(s) and reassessment is in order...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d get a safety deposit box but humidity being damn terrible here, a sealed box with moisture is the fastest way to destroy this.... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":nailbiting:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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