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The Picker Knows
The Picker Knows is listed in the FAIR appraiser registry with an office in Des Moines, Iowa. Listed specialties: Antiques and Personal Property. Services, credentials and other facts stated on their own website are listed below.
Appraiser facts
- Specialties
- Credentials, memberships and roles
None listed in the registry record.
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- Office location
Des Moines, Iowa
- Fees
Not supplied. Ask for written terms that do not depend on value, sale price or outcome.
For comparison only, not this appraiser's fee: 14 FAIR-listed personal property appraisers post an hourly rate on their own websites. The median is $163 an hour, and the middle half charge $150–$199 (checked October 2026).
- Website
- Registry status
Listed · Unclaimed
Listed since 2026-05-17; record edited 2026-08-25.
From their website
- Experience
- established in 2012
Stated on thepickerknowswdm.com/about-us; checked October 14, 2026. Not supplied to FAIR by the appraiser, and FAIR has not verified it. Confirm directly.
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Source record and dates
- Source checked
- Not supplied
- Profile record edited
- 2026-08-25
- Listed since
- 2026-05-17
- Source freshness
- Source-check date unavailable
- Source confidence
- Website-backed unclaimed profile
- Source wording
- Antiques and Personal Property
- Service categories
- Antiques, Estate
- Linked source
- thepickerknowswdm.com
- Discovery status
- Unclaimed appraiser profile
- Profile completeness
- Strong public detail
- Profile evidence confidence
- Website-backed public source
- Formal-use routing signals
- Estate and probate
- Why this profile appears
- A public source-evidence URL is attached to this registry profile.
- The profile has a listed office location: Des Moines, IA.
- Listed service categories: Antiques, Estate.
- Listed specialty language: Antiques and Personal Property.
- Source confidence label: Website-backed unclaimed profile.
- The profile remains unclaimed and has a correction or removal path.
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Local read
The Picker Knows is a West Des Moines antique-mall source behind a Des Moines FAIR profile, not a source page that describes formal appraisal reporting. The registry lists antiques and personal property, Antiques and Estate categories, estate/probate routing, website-backed unclaimed status, and no public FAIR fee or USPAP education detail. The business site identifies a 1208 Grand Avenue location with a large multi-vendor retail space, vintage furniture, collectibles, jewelry, vendor booths and cases, online shopping, and a selective buying process for resale inventory. Use the profile for category fit and local object-market context, then confirm whether the business provides independent written appraisal reports or only retail, buying, vendor, and resale support.
The buying page names current interest in brass items, vintage clothing, one-of-a-kind pieces, antique or vintage military items, pre-1980 furniture, comic books and collectible cards, and mid-century items such as vases, furniture, art, and decor.
If you contact the business through a buying or vendor path, keep sale interest separate from valuation advice: ask who would inspect the item, whether a report is available, what fee model applies, and whether any fee is independent of purchase or resale outcome.
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