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If a gallery or dealer tells a client that a given work has been appraised at a certain value, how does the client confirm that affirmation?

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If a gallery or dealer tells a client that a given work has been appraised at a certain value, how does the client confirm that affirmation?

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Ideally, clients should get an objective appraisal from an independent appraiser. We are bound by ethical rules not to have a conflict of interest, as in appraising a piece we have sold or buying a work of art we have appraised.

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