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<p>[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 25407506, member: 307"]Charley, while I understand your incredulity at dealer's willingness to do the right thing for their clients, let me try to enlighten you as to a few details.</p><p><br /></p><p>The shop I work for will do a written appraisal of your collection for the purposes of insurance or estate for $250/hr. (yes, Coin Corgi, at that rate, I will work with alacrity to get it done.) We also at that point, will not offer to buy the collection because it would create a conflict of interest, and I think that this where people make a mistake when appraising a collection.</p><p><br /></p><p>We don't see it as a risk, we see it as business. The only reason to fear is that you have not done your due diligence, or you truly don't know what you're talking about. If your appraisal is accurate, there is NO risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>We employ experts in the respective fields to properly identify and appraise items for our clients. We're not just taking a guess, and we CAN properly value your collection, but if we do, we will remove ourselves from the pool of potential buyers as that is the ethical thing to do.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 25407506, member: 307"]Charley, while I understand your incredulity at dealer's willingness to do the right thing for their clients, let me try to enlighten you as to a few details. The shop I work for will do a written appraisal of your collection for the purposes of insurance or estate for $250/hr. (yes, Coin Corgi, at that rate, I will work with alacrity to get it done.) We also at that point, will not offer to buy the collection because it would create a conflict of interest, and I think that this where people make a mistake when appraising a collection. We don't see it as a risk, we see it as business. The only reason to fear is that you have not done your due diligence, or you truly don't know what you're talking about. If your appraisal is accurate, there is NO risk. We employ experts in the respective fields to properly identify and appraise items for our clients. We're not just taking a guess, and we CAN properly value your collection, but if we do, we will remove ourselves from the pool of potential buyers as that is the ethical thing to do.[/QUOTE]
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