There was a roundtable at the COA Meeting last week about what to do with
your collection when you die. In order to get a tax deduction for donating
the collection to a museum, you need to have it appraised by a full-time
shell dealer.  I imagine your insurance company would need a similar
appraisal to cover your collection.

Rich Pierce
Massacusetts

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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 12:22 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Shell Collection Insurance

Hi Listers,

Does anyone have insurance on their shell collections, perhaps through their
homeowners or renters insurance policies?

I have recently inquired into this, and while I realize the policy itself
would be a type of rider or very specialized insurance, I wanted to know if
anyone did indeed have their collections covered. For most of us, this is a
large financial investment and if something were to go wrong....well, you
know the outcome so I am planning to get it somehow.

my insurance agent helped tremendously by giving me some avenues to go down,
but so far no luck. Any advice, strategy, policy carriers or etc would be
helpful.

Thanks!

Lyle Therriault

Lyle Therriault,
Property Manager
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