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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Dear Paul, As you mention, your colleague could indeed take the item to an auction house for a valuation, but it is not unusual for auction houses to 'make house calls', especially if there might be some other items that could benefit from being evaluated. Best wishes, George -- George FERZOCO [log in to unmask] On 19 Jul 2011, at 12:09, Paul Chandler wrote: > A librarian friend has been asked to send an incunabulum (Johannes > Maria de Poluciis, Vita S. Alberti de Drepano, Venice: Christophorus > de Pensis?, 1499) to an exhibition. For insurance purposes he must > provide a current valuation, but is not sure how to go about this > short of taking the item to an auction house for a valuation. I > suppose a book-dealer would check auction records and the like, but > I imagine this would require specialised resources (?). How would > one go about this? Any help appreciated, perhaps off-list. -- Paul > > -- > Paul Chandler, O.Carm. > Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld > 4014 | Australia > office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 > [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html