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A Treasure Hunt Every Day

Life can be exciting when your job is to sort through other people’s collections and valuables. When something winning comes to the surface – that’s a good day for client and appraiser. To give you an idea of the life of an appraiser, R. Stephanie Bruno, wrote a special report on The Appraisal Group’s President. It appeared in the New Orleans Advocate.

Here’s a picture of the article. You can get the details by clicking through to Ms. Bruno’s story right here: A Treasure Hunt Every Day.

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