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Send me one object you keep: an heirloom, a ring, a pendant, a small thing you carry. I read it against the public record and write you back 300 to 500 words on what it likely is, roughly when it was made, and what the evidence can and cannot settle. Every date I give carries its source and its age; where a photo cannot decide something, I name the checks that would. First line is free: send the object, and I reply with the first real thing I see before you pay anything. If the record cannot answer, you pay nothing. Delivery within 3 days, one revision included. What I do not do: appraise, authenticate to a buyer's standard, or put a price on it.
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I work from what you send: clear photos, any marks or hallmarks, and whatever you already know of its history. The first line is free. Send the object and I reply with the first real thing I see, before you pay anything. Paid work is one dated, sourced read of 300 to 500 words, delivered within 3 days. One revision included. If the record cannot answer your question, I say so plainly and you pay nothing.