My wife was impressed because I called the appraised value on the nose. Sorry, I haven't ever had luck embedding video, but here is the link and a screenshot.
https://www.pbs.org/video/jaeger-lecoultre-memovox-polaris-watch-ca-1968-e5cgu7/
You mean your wife didn’t laugh at you and call you geek? Oh, is that just me? 😵💫
I always love the expressions of disbelief in this age of instant information. Given this is a very rare bird in good shape, I thought the number should have been higher. I could have pictured the appraiser having an off camera convo with the owner, nit picking the watch, scaring him with auction fees and offering him 10k. (Just like pawn stars)
I always love the expressions of disbelief in this age of instant information. Given this is a very rare bird in good shape, I thought the number should have been higher.
To be totally honest, I put a value of ~$25k on it, and the appraiser said $20k-$25k. Some examples obviously go significantly higher, but this was a LeCoultre (not JLC) and had some cosmetic issues, so I think it's realistic. I agree that the appraisers generally give more inflated values.
I always think of their appraised value as insurance value over street value.
