"Tell them they're not thinking of selling it, but want an idea of what it would appraise at".
The friend would appraise the rings at $1,500 for skeptical would-be buyers, and they would be "happy to give me $50 for a ring that's worth $1.25".
On each of my visits, he would appraise me at the moment of my arrival.
He would appraise a client as a sculptor works on a lump of marble, making her, if not a work of art, at least look her best, perhaps even to flatter her so she would win applause from her circle at a dinner party, a charity event or whatever.
The idea was that the Free Basics team would appraise the web apps, publishing those that met a certain standard, giving published developers more eyeballs and Free Basics' users greater choice.
Congress debated the issue and ultimately decided that they would be appraised by a board of officers and that the highest competitive bid in equal to or in excess of the appraised value would be accepted.
In the current study, it was not anticipated that occupational therapists would apply evidence in daily practice with patients after eight months, only that they would look for, appraise and summarise best evidence.
Meanwhile, Tina Feldstein, president of the Prairie District Neighborhood Alliance, said, "Many people are forced into default now because they simply cannot afford their monthly assessment, their special assessment, and they can't refinance because their property wouldn't appraise for what it would have to appraise for".
Sterling then informed me that a person must be appointed to appraise the stock before they would take any on shipboard.
They ate their way through the courses carefully, comparing reality to expectation, appraising the experience as they would a painting by David Hockney.
