{"id":177,"date":"2012-12-19T18:16:21","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T23:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/datlas.com\/dev2012\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:08:44","slug":"fees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fees For Appraising"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Currently, we are available at two locations on Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Kent Island, or St. Michaels<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>We visit The 1916 Co. in Ardmore, PA, every month<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>First item insurance or divorce:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $150 to $200 minimum.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Additional items insurance or divorce:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$80 to $95 per item.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>All fees are subject to adjustment to reflect the time required.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Estate work is often more time-consuming.\u00a0 We will estimate the cost before taking on such work.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"color: #333333\"><em>We always provide binding fee estimates after a physical examination of all items to be appraised.\u00a0 This is necessary, as there are occasionally extraordinary items that require intensive research.<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Our goal is the most professional job.\u00a0 W<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">e take pride in work that is correctly done and worth the necessary cost.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Were you pleased with our services?\u00a0 Do you have questions?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong>Please feel free to send me an email:\u00a0 datlasco@gmail.com<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>We generally do not appraise or identify items containing jade, turquoise, meteorites, or organic materials such as ivory, bone, or teeth. We are not experts in American or Asian Indian jewelry.<\/p>\n<p>While we appraise watches for replacement, we do not open sealed cases to inspect components, and we are not watch authenticators.\u00a0 We do not authenticate maker&#8217;s marks on jewelry.\u00a0 If the mark, the metal purity, and the workmanship appear proper, we assume it is correct for insurance or divorce.\u00a0 For tax work, we may need to obtain proper authentication directly from the maker or an outside expert.<\/p>\n<p>We won&#8217;t tell you we are experts in everything.\u00a0\u00a0When we don&#8217;t know something, we will advise you of our limitations and suggest what steps might be taken.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;padding-left: 40px\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently, we are available at two locations on Maryland&#8217;s Eastern Shore: Kent Island, or St. Michaels We visit The 1916 Co. in Ardmore, PA, every month First item insurance or divorce:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 $150 to $200 minimum.\u00a0\u00a0 Additional items insurance or divorce:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0$80 to $95 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-177","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177"}],"version-history":[{"count":174,"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3479,"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/177\/revisions\/3479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.datlas.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}