Replacement Insurance: Full replacment value is often used for insurance and is the price you would expect to pay to replace your item at a typical retail outlet or gallery.
Sales Estimation provides the likely price range you may be able to sell your item(s) for, it is similar to an auction estimate and is lower than a replacement value.
Deceased Estate Division, and Matrimonial Division reporting typically provides a low end value often refered to as a fire sale value. We can vlaue using different methods where requested.
CITES Reporting is more based around dating and describing the item(s) for exporting purpose.
We appreciate you are contacting us to understand the value of your items - where they are well known to us and we feel their value does not warrant our fees, we will let you know without charge.
Prior to any fees we are happy to discus and review your items to see if the exercise is worthwhile. General reporting is charged by the item, starting from $150+gst. Items of high value may incur higher fees due to additional research requirements.
Discounting is provided for large quantites, and where items are of the same maker or artist. We charge hourly where we are valuing for an estate verbal walkthrough or cataloging for later reporting.
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