Contents insurance claims & EQC valuations 

Providing independent and professional valuation services for all major insurance companies. Often commissioned to provide written valuations for private collections, living estates, and postmortem probate / deceased estates.

Canterbury Earthquakes have created extraordinary demand on valuers within the canterbury region. As a Christchurch based company, Fine Antiques has provided a huge number of valuation documents for EQC and insurance companies without issue and importantly, 100% acceptance.

EQC contents claim documents

Full retail replacement valuations

Our valuation methods ensure that you will receive full value for your items, allowing fair compensation or purchase of similar or comparable objects. If the object is only available Internationally then we also consider for other related costs such as purchasing commissions, postage, duty and taxes.

Fine Antiques has an in-depth long term market knowledge of early Victorian china, porcelain and pottery through to mid 20th century retro collectables, Asian works, glass and crystal.

Valuations fee fully refunded

Rest assured,

• EQC have always re-imbused our valuations fees without issue.
• Many Insurance companies commission our written valuations on your behalf, however you can often approach us and the insurance companies will also re-imbused our valuations fees.

Replacing damaged items

Although objects with special meaning can never by fully replaced, however Fine Antiques is often able to arrange restoration to the highest quality, or find replacements.