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The FAIR record for this Des Moines listing is published as Hibid, while the attached source evidence points to Cox Estate Appraisals' HiBid channel. FAIR lists Fine Art plus Antiques and Personal Property as specialty language, with Fine art, Antiques, and Estate service categories and estate/probate routing. The outside sources point more toward auction and estate-sale activity than a detailed appraisal-practice page: HiBid shows Cox Estate Appraisals auctions with pickup in Des Moines and lots such as ceramics, art glass, fine art, jewelry, coins, toys, advertising, and household objects; EstateSale.com and AuctionZip list Cox Estate Appraisals in Des Moines with Nate or Nathan Cox contact details. Treat this as a source-alias record and confirm the business identity, who would inspect or sign any report, whether the service is formal appraisal, valuation advice, auction, or estate liquidation, and whether fees are independent of sale result before sharing object details.
Auction-source category examples support antiques, art glass, fine art, jewelry, coins, ceramics, toys, advertising, and household-object signals. They should be treated as auction inventory signals, not proof that every category is covered for formal reports.
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