Mesa
Super Freak
I know this has been brought up before, but I have a unique situation. I recently had to talk to my insurance company about my home policy, so decided to ask them how difficult it would be to set up a "rider" policy to cover my collection.
Lady on the phone asked what it was I wanted to insure, I told her high-end collectibles. She said I would just need to get them appraised and then provide that detail to the insurance company and they would setup the rider policy, and for ~$30,000 worth of coverage (including breakage) would only cost $80 a year added to my home policy.
So I asked her if I could just provide some proof as to their worth from an average of the past few months of ebay sales on each piece. She said that would NOT be acceptable because Ebay sales do NOT represent the items true value and I would need to get them appraised by a professional. I told her these are unique items and I had no idea where to find such a qualified individual. She then asked specifically what they were, and I told her they were limited edition statues based on comic characters. I don't know if she gave up right there, but recommended I take them into a comic shop to get them appraised. I thought this a little silly, seeing as how a comic shop's appraisal would be more accurate than what they are able to sell for on Ebay. I won't be taking each piece (probably over 100) into my LCS.
Anyone have any idea on how to get your collection appraised?
Lady on the phone asked what it was I wanted to insure, I told her high-end collectibles. She said I would just need to get them appraised and then provide that detail to the insurance company and they would setup the rider policy, and for ~$30,000 worth of coverage (including breakage) would only cost $80 a year added to my home policy.
So I asked her if I could just provide some proof as to their worth from an average of the past few months of ebay sales on each piece. She said that would NOT be acceptable because Ebay sales do NOT represent the items true value and I would need to get them appraised by a professional. I told her these are unique items and I had no idea where to find such a qualified individual. She then asked specifically what they were, and I told her they were limited edition statues based on comic characters. I don't know if she gave up right there, but recommended I take them into a comic shop to get them appraised. I thought this a little silly, seeing as how a comic shop's appraisal would be more accurate than what they are able to sell for on Ebay. I won't be taking each piece (probably over 100) into my LCS.
Anyone have any idea on how to get your collection appraised?
I'm just giving a hypothetical example. I mean when you own a collectible like the Hulk PF, it's going to take up quite a bit a room. 
oh well the hunt continues.
