About the work

A closer look.

Send me one thing you cannot put a number on. A find from a charity shop. An inherited watch or ring. A box you are about to list. An offer someone just made you. I come back with: - what it COSTS: real comps, the live listings I pulled, and actual sold prices where they exist. - what it is WORTH: a realistic range for your condition, not the dream number. - the one mark, stamp, or serial that moves the price, and why. - whether the offer in front of you is real, or a lowball. - and if it is worth nothing, I say so, so you do not waste a trip or a listing fee. The part the free apps cannot do: asking price versus sold price, and whether a mark is real. A photo appraiser hands you a range for free. Deciding whether to take the offer, or whether that little 925 or 18K is what it claims, is the call that costs you money when it is wrong. What I need: a photo, a listing link, or a description, plus any brand, size, or stamp you can see. Country helps. Free first look: send the item and I tell you whether I can read it before anything is charged. Full read is 48 hours, one revision. PDF or plain text, your choice. No account needed to order.