Appraisals for Insurance Purposes

[kbmcvay]

 

 

Can anyone please direct me to a dealer or an individual that performs comic art appraisals for insurance purposes? I need one to add it to my homeowner's policy.

 

Thanks.

 

 

[AKA Rick]

One of the best things to do is of course keep receipts, so even when you buy online, keep print outs of the advertised pieces, copy checks or print out credit card/pay pal receipts. At least you'll know your cost basis regardless of value.

 

If you go to conventions bring your own receipt book and have sellers fill out the contact info and price, so you'll again have record, whether it's a commission or a published piece, through an artist direct, rep or dealer.

 

It also provides added substantiation to the authenticity and ownership of the piece(s) if ever questioned.

 

As for providing value and estimates, it may be tougher and could be one of those things of insuring your own value to reasonably what it's worth to you since these are all one of a kind possessions and value is somewhat subjective. You can get guidance off of coupling what you paid along with current market trends (historical sales precedent from places like Heritage, ComicLink, eBay, etc.) of similar pieces (usually guided more by artist name than character title, so you'd of course look at values of a Frank Miller Daredevil piece based on the sales of his art more so than the title of the book)

 

I'm not sure if there's a tried and true authority within the hobby/industry 'tho.

[DocR]

I thought the mannarinos do comic art appraisals

[kbmcvay]

It seems that Anthony Snyder provides this service if anyone is interested.