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FAIR lists Caplan's Auction & Appraisal Co. as an unclaimed, website-backed Baltimore, MD profile with Antiques and Estate categories, estate/probate routing, and Antiques and Personal Property specialty, source checked 2026-05-15. FAIR shows the Caplans website but no fee statement, public USPAP education detail, credential field, or claim/control status. The linked Caplans site gives Historic Savage Mill, 8600 Foundry Street suite 2012, Savage, MD, [email protected], and (410)-750-7678; confirm service location because that differs from FAIR's Baltimore service city. Services page describes written estate appraisals for home contents after a death and insurance/replacement appraisals focused on replacement value, plus consignment, outright purchase, real-estate auctions, and clean-out services. It says estate appraisals can cover one item through a full home, and consignment items can be picked up or dropped at the Historic Savage Mill gallery for in-person or online auctions. Personal Representatives page focuses on valuing personal possessions for wills, trusts, and estate inventory schedules. FAQ says Caplans offers delivery/pickup, packed moving of glassware, china, or art, complete estate clean outs, live gallery auctions, weekly online auctions, and a Mid-Atlantic service area. Staff page names John Harris as founder/owner and gives auction and appraisal background. Confirm report type, fee model, inspection method, and whether appraisal, auction, consignment, purchase, real estate, or clean-out services are being requested.
Supported fit is antiques and personal-property work tied to estates, auctions, consignment, replacement-value appraisals, estate inventories, clean outs, and gallery/online sales. Source pages mention furniture, antiques, collectibles, oil paintings, jewelry, gold, silver, gems, watches, rugs, old toys, glassware, crystal, leaded glass windows, lamps, collections, art packing/moving, personal possessions, real estate auctions, and estate liquidation workflows.
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