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Old 06-11-2008, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Beautiful place in Virginia
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I have an alabaster item that I bought from Egypt. The movers didn't pack it correctly so it sits in a box shattered to a hundred pieces.

How do I get an appraisal for it? And where?

I hate that moving company.
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Old 06-11-2008, 04:08 PM
 
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pick from: file complaint with said company, insurance, BBB, small claims court.
was there receipt for the item?
appraisal can probably done through auction houses. find professional appraisers in the yellow book or the like.
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Old 06-11-2008, 05:00 PM
 
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Don't even both doing anything - it probably didn't go with your new motif anyway.
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Old 06-11-2008, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Beautiful place in Virginia
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pick from: file complaint with said company, insurance, BBB, small claims court.
was there receipt for the item?
appraisal can probably done through auction houses. find professional appraisers in the yellow book or the like.
No receipt anymore. It was bought in Egypt in 97.

Those darn scumbags. The movers that is.
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Old 06-11-2008, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Jax
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If it's worth a considerable amount, I'd look for an auction house as Travelingfood suggested.

But if it's simply a decorative item and not an antique, check Ebay. Just find a comparable and print out the sale price of it for the moving company.

Unless it's something of great value (monetarily, not sentimentally), it's not going to be worth it to go through small claims (and small claims only goes to $5000 here anyway).
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