APPRAISAL AND PURCHASING POLICIES

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APPRAISALS

Except in special cases, and unless you are planning to sell your collectibles to us, we do not furnish free pricing information. We do prepare official, written appraisals for insurance and other personal and legal purposes. When the products have been or are being purchased from Don's Collectibles, documentation is more readily available.

FEES

For written appraisals, our minimum starting fee is $100 U.S., plus return shipping with payment in advance. The fee is increased in increments of $60, depending on the number of items involved and the projected time it will take to complete the work. A reasonable estimate can be determined by knowing we charge $60-$80 per hour for RESTORATION SERVICES. Details regarding having restorations done are available in a separate form.

If you have NOT purchased your collectibles from us, and unless you plan to ship the collectibles to us for examination, we can only make this appraisal with a disclaimer regarding their condition. In the latter cases, we provide current retail prices based on the current market values; however, buyers and sellers must be aware of the vulnerability naturally inherent in the antique and collectibles fields. This problem is especially critical since Bossons permanently closed their operations as of December 1996.

PRICE LISTS

We do not and have never published a price list for Bossons. Reasons are obvious when one considers the limited and high quality productions from Bossons over the years. To our knowledge, detailed records of numbers produced and released to the market are sketchy. Generally, those Bossons produced in the early years from 1943 to 1958 are extremely rare, even some of the many plaques are coveted. The 1960's to 70's saw many popular items being released and the ever-popular Dickens Characters Wall Masks are an example. With varying interest, most all of Fred Wright's sculptured works are extremely popular and command prices ranging from several hundred to several thousand dollars.

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The animal and wildlife studies have never been as popular as the Character Wall Masks to both collectors and the general public. Finally, higher prices now are being paid for Bossons produced in the latter years, 1985-96, when Bossons closed.

Finally, we have been pleased to contribute both written commentary and a limited number of prices for Bossons in the Schroeder's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guides, 1995 through 2010, the final year of publication. Both buyers and sellers can be reminded again: THESE PRICES ARE FOR MINT/PERFECT CONDITON BOSSONS. Any imperfections from normal soil to cigarette smoke, and surface damages to amateur paint touchups, decrease the values by 50-80%. Varnished or shellacked Bossons (not applied at the factory) decrease these values by almost one hundred percent.

PURCHASING

Should you wish to sell to us, we may be interested in purchasing some or all of your listed items. Generally we pay wholesale prices, mostly dependent upon the condition and our stock needs at that time; however, there are many exceptions to this qualification.

1. If you plan to sell your collectibles to us, in most cases we will need for you to provide your asking price(s) or a minimum you will accept for your items.

2. With prior agreements, we also ask that you forward your collectibles to us for final inspection and approval regarding the condition. If the condition is as stated, we will then forward payment to you. When the condition is not as expected/explained in our communications, we maintain the option of returning your properties to you with no further obligation to you or Don's Collectibles (see item 3, following)

3. When obtaining an official appraisal, having restorations completed, or purchasing from and/or selling to us, we request that you forward an advance deposit of (please seek advance information regarding the amount) for the return shipping costs of your collectibles. (Note: Foreign shipments will be the actual shipping costs).

Thank you for contacting Don's Collectibles.

3020 Majestic Ridge, Las Cruces, New Mexico USA 88011-4639

Tel: 575-522-3721 or 575-649-4191

Update: 7-21-11