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Getting Your Quilts Appraised
• Get an appraisal for any quilt that you especially value
The appraiser should be someone who has been specifically trained for appraising quilts. Ask for a resume of their qualifications if you are not sure of their expertise. If you ever experience the heartbreak of losing a quilt through neglect, theft or a disaster like a fire, you at least have a chance of being compensated for your loss if you have insurance and a quilt appraisal. Here are a few sources that may help you.
• Update your appraisals every three years
Insurance companies will want to see a current appraisal if it is ever necessary to establish the value of your quilt.
• Direct Links to Some Quilt Appraisers' E-mail
- Eugenia A. Barnes, muzzy37@aol.com, Marcellus, NY
- Cindy Brick, Brickworks@fnmail.com, Castle Rock, CO
- Carol Butzke, cbutzke@charter.net, Slinger, WI
- Jean Carlton, QuiltsEtc@comcast.net, MN
- Anne Copeland, anneappraiser@yahoo.com, Lomita, CA
- Dee Dadik, deedadik@att.net, Columbus, OH
- Carol Elmore, celmore@ksu.edu, Manhattan, KS
- Karen Housner, texasthunder@cox.net, Gilbert, AZ
- Dawn Hunt, dawn.hunt@shaw.ca, Canmore, AB
- Kathy Kansier, OzarkQuiltmaker@aol.com, Ozark, MO
- Edie Idleman, edithidleman@aol.com, Bella Vista, AR
- Marilyn Maddalena, marilynquilts@earthlink.net, Sacramento, CA
- Ann Bodle Nash, annbow@cnw.com, La Conner, WA
- Deborah Roberts, QuiltEvals@aol.com, Costa Mesa, CA
- Caryl Schuetz, http://www.quiltvalues.com/, carylschuetz@comcast.net, Indianapolis, IN
- Alexandra (Sandy) Schweitzer, sandys@mc.net, Crystal Lake, IL
- Nell D. Smith, nell@nelldsmith.com, Odessa, TX
- Nancy Kunst Smith, nancykunstsmith@charter.net, Stevens Point, WI
- Laura Hobby Syler, texas_quilt.co@airmail.net, Richardson, TX
- Phyllis Twigg, ptwigg@radix.net, Annapolis, MD
- Ann M. Watkins, 3patches@prodigy.net, St. Charles, MO
• Sources for more information.
Internet:
Books and Periodicals:
- Henrion, Marilyn, "The Art Quilt," American Quilter, Vol. XV, No. 1, (Spring 1999), pp. 47, 49.
- Roy, Gerald, "A Question of Value," American Quilter, Vol. IX, No. 2, (Summer 1993), p. 40.
- Stuart, Victoria, "The Value of Appraising," Quilter's Newsletter Magazine, No. 321, (April 2000), pp. 56-57.
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