Savvy Collector

I reside in San Diego CA and had several pieces of indian artwork and was referred to Corinne through someone in San Diego. I wanted to liquidate the art as it was in a trust and I am the trustee. After filling out some brief paperwork and speaking to Corinne on the phone, I put all my trust into her — sight unseen– and sent her the paintings FedEx. She took the time to look over all of this artwork and assess if this was something that she could help me out with. She indicated that this was not something (paintings not really in good condition) that she could handle. But she emailed me this information and said that she would be shipping them back to me. She offered me a suggestion on a couple of them nonetheless (and information). She NEVER even mentioned that I owe her any money either for her expert evaluation time OR return postage. (I did send her the postage as felt I should). I cannot speak to her expertise, but can certainly say that she is someone who can be TRUSTED. And I know that dealing with people with a lot of INTEGRITY is something very important in today’s world!

Spoke with Corrine Cain to find out if she knew of any place or any person where I could take a piece of art and find out if it was worth anything. I just wanted someone to look and let me know if it might be worth something. Corrine specifically said very rudely «well nobody in this world works for free». I wasn’t even asking for a free appraisal. I wasn’t about to pay for an appraisal for something that might not have any worth. I just wanted an opinion. I give information and opinions all the time in my line of work. I can’t believe how rude she was. Sometimes being nice will bring more people to your store but I definitely will not go or refer anyone to her store after this experience.