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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 196062, member: 51"]Yes, check anything else that may be down in that cellar. Tell your mum not to throw anything out from that section of the house for now. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>A quick note on Christies. I made a U.S. inquiry on something, mind you this was six years ago so my brain is a bit foggy, rules might have changed, etc. Also Christies in the UK might be different, but from the US branch, didn't get much of a result.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I recall they had a minimum value or they weren't even interested, I think it was around $2K. I was invited to send photos for a valuation, but in the end just got an email that the item I sent "didn't meet their requirements", no specific estimate of value. (Later learned from research that the item I sent was worth about $900.)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of these tiles, I could imagine someone at the UK Christies taking a personal interest (they are wonderful!) and maybe writing more of a response, but just a bit of warning that it isn't necessarily a detailed response or valuation if the item doesn't meet their minimum value requirements.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 196062, member: 51"]Yes, check anything else that may be down in that cellar. Tell your mum not to throw anything out from that section of the house for now. :) A quick note on Christies. I made a U.S. inquiry on something, mind you this was six years ago so my brain is a bit foggy, rules might have changed, etc. Also Christies in the UK might be different, but from the US branch, didn't get much of a result. As I recall they had a minimum value or they weren't even interested, I think it was around $2K. I was invited to send photos for a valuation, but in the end just got an email that the item I sent "didn't meet their requirements", no specific estimate of value. (Later learned from research that the item I sent was worth about $900.) In the case of these tiles, I could imagine someone at the UK Christies taking a personal interest (they are wonderful!) and maybe writing more of a response, but just a bit of warning that it isn't necessarily a detailed response or valuation if the item doesn't meet their minimum value requirements.[/QUOTE]
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