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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.

• American Quilter's Society List of Certified Quilt Appraisers
  http://www.americanquilter.com/about_aqs/appraisers.php
• Professional Association of Appraisers
  http://quiltappraisers.org/findAppraiser.html
• Quilt Heritage ListServ's List of Quilt Appraisers
  http://www.quilthistory.com/quilt-appraisers.htm

Insurance companies will want to see a current appraisal if it is ever necessary to establish the value of your quilt.

• Eugenia A. Barnes, [email protected], Marcellus, NY
• Cindy Brick, [email protected], Castle Rock, CO
• Carol Butzke, [email protected], Slinger, WI
• Jean Carlton, [email protected], MN
• Anne Copeland, [email protected], Lomita, CA
• Dee Dadik, [email protected], Columbus, OH
• Carol Elmore, [email protected], Manhattan, KS
• Karen Housner, [email protected], Gilbert, AZ
• Dawn Hunt, [email protected], Canmore, AB
• Kathy Kansier, [email protected], Ozark, MO
• Edie Idleman, [email protected], Bella Vista, AR
• Marilyn Maddalena, [email protected], Sacramento, CA
• Ann Bodle Nash, [email protected], La Conner, WA
• Deborah Roberts, [email protected], Costa Mesa, CA
• Caryl Schuetz, http://www.quiltvalues.com/, [email protected], Indianapolis, IN
• Alexandra (Sandy) Schweitzer, [email protected], Crystal Lake, IL
• Nell D. Smith, [email protected], Odessa, TX
• Nancy Kunst Smith, [email protected], Stevens Point, WI
• Laura Hobby Syler, [email protected], Richardson, TX
• Phyllis Twigg, [email protected], Annapolis, MD
• Ann M. Watkins, [email protected], St. Charles, MO

• Is Your Quilt Worth More Than A Blanket? Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Quilt Appraisal Before It's Too Late to Ask! by Deborah Roberts
  http://planetpatchwork.com/appraise.htm
• Learn the Facts Before Considering an Online Appraisal by Deborah Roberts
  http://quilting.about.com/hobbies/quilting/library/weekly/aa000131.htm
• Are You Considering an Internet Appraisal for Your Quilted Textile?
  http://www.quiltappraisers.org/internetappraisal.html
• Quilt Appraisal Frequently Asked Questions by Deborah Roberts
  http://quilt.com/debbieroberts/appraiserfaq.html
• Appraising Your Quilt by Shelley Zegart
  http://www.shellyquilts.com/Appraisingquilt1.html
• Guidelines for Selecting a Conservator
  (http://aic.stanford.edu/select/select.html)

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.