Message-ID: <001401c8e776$b9822350$0301a8c0@Jensen> From: "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: Antique Appraisal and Open House Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:04:07 -0500
Not to put too fine a point on it, we have done Antique Road Show type
fund raisers and some of our antique dealers were nervous about our
using the term "appraise" or "appraisal" in our advertising and
promotion. We settled on "value" or "evaluate." Their concern,
warranted legally or now, I simply don't know, was that "appraise"
carries a connotation they were concerned with. If they estimated
Grandma's nightstand at $50 and the person sold it at that value and
later learned it was worth a thousand dollars, could that person have a
claim against the dealer or the institution for a grossly erroneous
"appraisal." We charged for the service. You are offering it free.
Perhaps that makes a difference. Perhaps this whole issue is nonsense
from a legal standpoint, I don't know. Did our changing of the word
from appraise to evaluate lessen legal liability. Again I don't know.
But it was a concern to our antique dealers and we changed the wording.
We have had no problems at all, I would stress. I only call the
matter to your attention, for what, if anything, it may be worth.
--don
----- Original Message -----
From: David Totten
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:38 PM
Subject: Antique Appraisal and Open House
The New Berlin Historical Society invites fellow history buffs to our
special Open House on July 20. Details are provided in the flyer below.
David Totten, President
New Berlin Historical Society