APPRAISALS

We provide a wide variety of services both appraisal and non-appraisal related.  Some of the most popular appraisal types are listed below. If you are looking for a service not listed, please contact us to discuss how we may help you.  All appraisals are confidential and USPAP compliant, except for a professional opinion of value.

• Insurance Appraisals: Household policies often do not insure high value property for full replacement value. It is critical to have a current appraisal with a schedule of items in the collection. Certain policies require a retail replacement appraisal for items above a certain value.

• Inventory: when an appraisal is not required but a client needs to have a record of the collection with all pertinent information ready for the time needed to either make a claim or distribution.

• Damage Appraisals: usually required by the insurance carrier when there has been a partial or total loss to property.

• Donation Appraisals: required by the IRS when a donation of one or more like items is worth more then $5,000.

• Equitable Distribution Appraisals: usually required in the case of divorce or dissolution of a partnership.

• Estate Appraisals: required when property must be valued when the creator or owner of art dies.

• Archive Appraisals: typically used by the artist who is seeking to place an oeuvre or estate planning.

• Professional Opinion of Value: not a formal appraisal but simply an informed estimation of value. This kind of opinion is not USPAP compliant.