Wedding gift value

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AIBU to tell my friend what her wedding gift is worth for insurance purposes?

For background, my grandfather is a reasonably famous landscape artist. My best friend is getting married, and I am giving her one of his paintings as a wedding gift as she has always loved them. I didn't have to pay for the painting myself, as my grandfather was happy for me to give her one.

The painting is worth several thousand pounds. WIBU to tell her this so she can appropriately insure it? It feels incredibly tacky to do so, but I have no confidence that she would think to insure it of her own accord.

Does it matter? It's up to her if she insures it or not of course, and she might choose not to even if she knows the value. I'm erring on the side of not telling her because I just want her to love it as a thoughtful gift without her considering the monetary value (which I doubt would be important to her anyway). I just hate the thought that she would lose out on compensation if (god forbid!) something happened to it.

Just put a note with the card saying "for insurance purposes the value is £xx" that's all you need to do,don't make a thing of it or she might think you're being flashy. Do tell her though because most people won't think about insurance but things like that do need to generally be listed separately on insurance yet not many people do.

A best friend should know you well enough to understand that you are telling her the value for the reasons you have stated and not just to boast. You could start by asking her if she actually has contents insurance!

If she has seen his work presumably she understands he is a professional artist whomakes a living from selling work and has gallery representation, then she might already know what his work is worth?

No. Tell her most people get his work insured and if she asks the approximate value, then you can give her an idea.

I wouldn't tell her the amount but I would just say if she needs a value certificate for home insurance to let you know and you can arrange it.