Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-05 Thread Brian Cox
Hi Folks, Most major insurance companies such as State Farm, Allstate or Progressive will simply tell you: GET a Safety Deposit Box for your valuable collections. They won't insure or don't want to tackle something that is worth over a few thousand dollars. I checked into this 12 years ago

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-05 Thread Jim Wooddell
] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance? ? Hi Mike and all, I've been down that path before. I think you will find that most insurance companies won't want to insure your collection. Mainly because they have no idea of true value and replacement cost would be difficult for them to figure. I'm

[meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Groetz
  Have any of you worked with your home insurance company to have your meteorite collection covered? I asked my agent about covering my collection (about 700 micromounts and a couple large ones) and she looked at me like I was crazy. She said she never had been asked that before

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-04 Thread David R Childs
: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance? Have any of you worked with your home insurance company to have your meteorite collection covered? I asked my agent about covering my collection (about 700 micromounts and a couple large ones) and she looked at me like I was crazy. She said she never

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-04 Thread Mike Tettenborn
Mike, Collections like that should not be too difficult to appraise but would be time consuming. I would make a spread sheet and list what you paid for each. Then ask some of the bigger dealers what they would charge to review your list and give an appraisal. Meteorites are primarily

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-04 Thread al mitt
. Best! --AL Mitterling Mitterling Meteorites - Original Message - From: Mike Groetz mpg4...@gmail.com To: Meteorite List meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2011 8:11 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance? Have any of you worked

Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Appraisal for Insurance?

2011-09-04 Thread Doug Ross
Hi all, I looked into this recently, and opted for a separate policy to insure my meteorites. The problem is that many homeowner/renter insurance policies have low coverage limits on collectibles, or exclusions/limits for precious stones. Precious stones seems to suggest gems and jewelry,