The Valuation Roll

An insurer will not take "it's worth about two thousand." It will take a dated certificate with the method printed on its face. This reckons three figures — what it would cost to put the same piece back on your wall, what a willing buyer would pay, and the honest floor at a forced sale — and shows every step of the arithmetic, which is precisely why it can be trusted.

Name the piece and what it cost, and the certificate strikes itself.

Because when you see that dragon,
you know it’s strong and solid.

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