Hi,

I've been told that here in Canada if you want to insure your collection
you must first get it apraised (your word is NOT good enough that the
Cypraea leucodon in your collection isn't a Cypraea tigris, and how much
a C. leucodon is worth, and what condition yours is in). I was told
that to insure my collection for it's actual worth I would have to have
an expert (not a friend) come in and go through the whole thing and
apriase it first (at my expense, of course)...no chance that I can afford
that!

Good luck,
Peter Egerton,
Vancouver, Canada


At 08:17 PM 4/3/00 EDT, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if a standard homeowners policy provides insurance for a
>shell collection?  Does the collection need to be listed as part of the
>articles being insured?  Is there anyone who specifically insures
collections?
>
>Dave Corley
>Ossining, NY
>
>
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Peter Egerton, Vancouver, Canada
Collector of worldwide Mollusca,
student of zoology and computers for life.
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