They shipped my box of corals from my old tank to Phoenix and damaged it to the point of leaking , so they won't ship it here (funny, the box made it all the way from Jakarta to Minneapolis fine). Therefore, I need to figure out the value of these items. None are rare by any stretch of the imagination, but I've had them for four years; all are colonies, most are huge. I'll write what I think they would cost if you could find specimens that size in a shop, tell me if I'm far off...
15" Devil's hand leather $180
10" Toadstool $140
9" Green M.Cap $120
volleyball sized shrub of a purple whip gorgonian $300
20"tall 10" circumference 15 branched, tan candelabra gorgonian $200
30+ head green/purple frogspawn $300
20+ head metallic green frogspawn $200
6 various Ricordea $150
8 various mushrooms $120
25 orange zoas $50
20 green dragon eyed zoas $40
Pink bubble coral $100
Orange scolymia $100
Shipping costs $400
Total $2400
Are there any websites known for having large colonies for sale? I may have to validate these prices somehow.
Do you think its fair to consider adding shipping charges to the value? If I'm trying to get a replacement value established it doesn't seem unreasonable to assume some shipping costs, right? Ethical and philosophical commentary welcome on that one as well.