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Nothing remaining but a chair to sit on. Ray Nugent in an empty living room managing the removal of the last remaining items from the most recent Downsizing & Estate Sale with online partner MaxSold.com. 100% of home’s items were sold and removed in 2 weeks. The online auction sale generated about $14,000 in sales. […]
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by David S. Bunton President, The Appraisal Foundation In the coming years, many people face the daunting task of helping their elderly parents move from a house to a smaller apartment or nursing facility. This year, the first of the baby-boom generation will turn 60. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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19th century Pennsylvanian blue and black painted pine and poplar blanket chest on turned feet, possibly Manheim or Lancaster County, circa 1830 24x48x20 Replacement Value: $16,000 The typical blanket chest, made from about 1650-1750, stood about thirty inches high and was usually four to five feet long. It had a deep well, bracketed legs, and
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Gilt framed oil on canvas entitled Footlight Flirtation signed and dated lower right by the artist Everett Shinn (American, 1876-1953) 1912 29×34 Replacement Value: $7,000,000 A prominent New York-based artist in the early 20th century, Everett Shinn was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation seems to be
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Replacement Value: $6,500 The first Eurocave cellar was made in 1976 in France and since then the team of their developers managed to maintain and even increase the quality of their legendary wine storage units. The French company has extended the range of their wine cabinets which are now available in 70 countries. In the
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Gemologist and Appraiser Olivia Nugent was off to Naples and Appraiser Ray Nugent was down in Miami earlier this week for Estate Settlement Appraisals. Beneficiaries of estates often utilize ValuePros for Value Protection – identifying the unknown items of substantial value in a family member’s residence before liquidating the more common, less-valuable items. After the
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By Michael Casey A hiker in Israel has found a rare, 2,000-year-old coin bearing the image of Emperor Augustus that is identical to one in the British Museum’s collection. Laurie Rimon was hiking with friends at an archeological site in the eastern Galilee when she saw a shiny object in the grass. After realizing it
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Fine Art appraiser Ray Nugent spent two days in a Palm Beach residence examining a collection of oil paintings and watercolors. The examination required the use of a 12-foot ladder and stairway railing to reach the highest works. ValuePros’s staff of independent, expert appraisers and gemologists perform onsite examinations of all personal property items including
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By Sarah Kaplan | March 3 at 7:06 AM For more than a century they lay hidden in a rural Southern town, on the floor of an abandoned home, at the very bottom of a torn and rumpled paper bag. Face down, as if they needed to be any more inconspicuous. They might have stayed
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One pair of classic diamond stud earrings. Two exceptional diamonds are radiant cut and brilliant faceted, elegantly set in four-prong settings on a double tiered 18k white gold pavilion mounting, reinforced by a traditional push-back post backing decorated with metal scrollwork. Metal was acid tested. Replacement Value: $102,000.00 Diamonds Color: G Clarity: VS1-VS2 Weight: 6.0
