Vivian's Blog

I am sure by now most of you know that Michael and I are Certified Appraisers.  Because I am so busy with the Estate Sales, I don't have time to do many appraisals, but Michael probably does more Personal Property appraisals than anyone else in the area.  He is currently doing an appraisal of the contents of the Chambers House for the Beaumont Heritage Society.  Over the past few years we have done appraisals on everything from individual pieces of glass to collections, small & large, to the contents of complete homes.

What kind of appraisals do we do? There are some obvious issues that arise.  A lot of our requests are for estate division.  We work with insurance claims.  After the last hurricane, we were busy with post disaster claims (proving the value of items that were damaged in the hurricane so the insurance companies would pay a fair amount).  We handle a lot of divorce appraisals.  Then there are a lot of appraisals where people just want to know how much one of their possessions are worth. 

So why in the world would you need an appraisal?  Most people don't realize that they really need to protect their possessions with an appraisal. 

So many people lost thousands and thousands of dollars after Rita and Ike.  In many cases, if not most, their losses were much higher than they should have been because they could not prove their losses that involved personal property. 

We offer a service to protect you from these losses, Pre-Disaster Appraisals.  These appraisals are a basic inventory of all of your personal property with a current value.  This is NOT JUST FOR ANTIQUES.  It is for the entire contents of your home.  

With a Pre-Disaster Appraisal, if you should have disaster such as damage from a hurricane, a fire, or any other event that destroys or damages your property, you can limit your financial losses.  When you make your insurance claim you will have factual PROOF of the value of your personal property.  Ask you insurance agent if that is important.  Ask anyone who loss thousands and thousands of dollars in one of the recent hurricanes, because they could not prove value of their losses.

 For more information about these services, check with me or contact Michael at 409.893.8803. 

We are currently working on a Pre-Disaster Appraisal of our home and it is really a lot of fun.

See you at a sale soon.

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to remind you that I am a certified appraiser, as is Michael.  We are both proud members of the Certified Appraiser's Guild of America.

If you ever need to have any of your antiques, collectibles, or any personal property appraised, let us know.  This can be for insurance purposes, estate planning, divorces, donations (IRS requires an appraisal for donations over $500), or any other reason.  We can appraise almost any kind of personal property.

The appraisal is a very formal written report that is accepted by the insurance companies and by the IRS.

We are also Expert Witnesses and can testify in court when needed.

Since I am usually busy with the estate sales, Michael does most of the appraisals.  There is more information about our service at our appraisals web site http://appraisalsofsoutheasttexas.com.

See you at a sale soon.

Vivian