On The Mark Estate Sales & Appraisals

Maureen is awesome! Quick to respond, honest and had great follow up! I’ll be contacting her for all of my future needs.

I contacted On The Mark back in September 2013 via email. I was looking for someone to help appraise an English made antique fob watch dating back to about 1860. Maureen offered to give me a rough idea of market value if I sent over some pictures. It took me a while (like a couple of months) but I eventually sent over some pictures via email.
Maureen responded stating she wanted to speak to me about the watch over the phone. Once I was able to I gave her a call. Maureen informed me that my 19^th century English made solid gold fob watch that is was in working condition (yes it still keeps time) was only worth about $ 400. (Say what? The price of gold alone was like $ 1200 per ounce or something at the time). She asked me if I had done any of my own research. Admittedly, I played dumb and said no as I wanted to see what garbage this woman would tell me. She pushed the idea that the watch was worth very little, but offered to buy it off me as she wanted it as a «gift» for someone.
I don’t know. Maybe she thought I was born like, yesterday or something, but I knew that the object in my possession was worth far more than $ 400 especially since it is in working condition. It was appraised in London, in the late 80’s for over 1k pounds sterling. With the price of gold sitting above $ 1k US Dollars per ounce… you do the math. There’s no way the object I had in my possession was worth less than $ 1k US dollars.
Again, she offered to BUY the watch off me for $ 400 to which I stated that if the watch was worth so little I would rather keep it as a family heirloom type thing. She laughed and said she’d email me the info she had found regarding the watch so I could make an «informed decision.» I really wasn’t surprised when I didn’t hear back from her. The moment she uttered the words «only worth $ 400» followed by «buy it from you» I knew she was out to screw me.
I ended up getting some information from an antique watch repairer (who has been featured on the Antique Roadshow) in Orange County who reaffirmed what I had already surmised on my own: it was made around 1850 or 1860 in England. Its a heavy solid gold watch. He also informed me that it is English made, not Swiss which does affect value. Regardless, what Maureen told me was utter bullshit.
If Maureen really didn’t know/​understand the type of object I had requested assistance with, she should have directed me towards someone who could help. Or, just own it and say, «I’m sorry, but I don’t know jack shit about antique english watches from the 1800s.» I can respect that. Instead, she decided to talk out her ass… or…worse…try to fuck me out of something valuable.
Oh, and at the end of our conversation on the phone she asked me to write a review for her. Hahaha. Yeah. Here’s your review.
My suggestion: Don’t bother looking for an appraisal from this place. They can’t be trusted.

Very professional outfit here, they were very detail conscious and made a very difficult transition on my life go smoothly.
I would highly recommend these people to anyone who is in need of Estate Sale services.