If you sent us a request between 28 July and 5 August, it did not reach us. A fault on our form stopped some messages from coming through. Please call (301) 820-7664 or fill the form again. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
Artwork appraisals in Arizona for donations, estate tax, insurance, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises paintings, sculptures, photography, prints, and mixed media across Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT ANTIQUE ARTWORK APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, ARIZONA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
.jpeg)
Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Personal Property Appraiser
ISA Accredited Member with 30 years in the trade, from running estate sales and an auction gallery to appraising luxury apparel, furniture, artwork, antiques, and business assets, primarily for IRS tax filings.
Personal Property Appraiser
ISA Accredited Member specializing in Asian art, with a Master's from SOAS and a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. Ashley chairs the ISA's Antiques, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts committee and appraises for charitable donation, insurance, and equitable distribution.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
International Society of AppraisersAccredited Member
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises antique artwork in Arizona for charitable donations, estate and gift filings, insurance scheduling, and the division of property in a divorce. Every work is priced in the market where it would actually sell, and for Arizona collections that market is often a regional one: Southwestern painting, Native American pottery and weaving, and historic photography of the territory each trade among their own buyers.
Donations
A charitable gift of art is reported at what the piece would sell for when it is given, resting on completed sales of comparable works, with the adjustments for artist, medium, size and condition explained rather than assumed.
Estates and gifts
An estate values a collection as of the date of death and a gift as of the date of transfer. Where works are split between heirs, each piece needs its own supported figure rather than a share of a collection total.
Insurance
Scheduling a painting asks what replacing it would cost in the retail market, which usually sits above the figure a tax filing wants. We write whichever standard the use calls for and name it in the report.
Written work
Where an estate holds art alongside contents, the art is valued here and the rest in our Arizona personal property work, so one estate does not end up with two unrelated reports.
Two things move an antique work more than its subject does: where it has been, and what has been done to it. Both are read from the object and the paperwork together, and both go into the report in plain terms.
Provenance
Exhibition history, old labels, dealer invoices and a clear chain of ownership price into the result, and their absence prices in too. We record what the documents establish and what they leave open.
Condition
Relining, overpaint, sun damage and a replaced frame each move the conclusion, and a credible report says by how much and why. On pottery and basketry, repair and wear read differently than they do on a canvas.
Two Arizona rules decide what happens to a piece once it leaves the owner's wall. One governs a dealer who takes a living artist's work to sell, the other an institution left holding a loan nobody has claimed, and both turn on a written value and a written record.
Loans to museums
Seven years
Silence before title can pass to the museum
Where seven years have run since a loan to an Arizona museum expired with no written contact between lender and museum, or where a loan has no expiration date and at least seven years have passed since the loan was made and since written contact occurred, the museum notifies the lender by certified mail that the loan is terminated, publishes notice when delivery is not confirmed, and may then acquire title through a further notice. Once title passes, the lender has two years to bring an action. A family that finds a decades old loan in a parent's papers is looking at a valuation question and a deadline at the same time.
Consignment
Written value
What an Arizona consignment contract must fix
An Arizona art dealer may accept a work of fine art on consignment from the artist who created it only under a written contract establishing the value of the work, the minimum price it may be sold for, and when the proceeds reach the artist. The work and the sale proceeds are trust property in the dealer's hands, out of reach of the dealer's creditors, and the dealer is strictly liable for loss or damage at the value written into that agreement, or at fair market value where no written value exists. Those protections run from the artist, so an antique piece consigned by a collector rests instead on the agreement the collector signs and on a current figure behind it.
What clients say we are known for
Across 80+ published AppraiseItNow reviews the picture is consistent: every one is from a client who paid us for an appraisal, and the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
The appraisal was done very well. Since he was a local artist here in Charleston, SC, they took the time to study and review Jim Booth’s art. His work has made him extremely famous, which can make an appraisal challenging, but they did a superb job and clearly explained how they arrived at the appraisal value. I highly recommend Appraise It Now and will use them again for all my artwork.
Artwork Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
AppraiseItNow did an excellent job appraising our unique art collection. Joe was always prompt and responsive, and he and his team delivered a thorough, well-supported appraisal in just a couple of weeks, even during the holiday season. I was genuinely impressed. Thank you for the great work!
Artwork Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
AppraiseItNow was amazing! My father passed with a large volume of artwork & I had no idea what it was worth. Their team was incredibly helpful and quick to respond with text and/or email to any questions as well as a status update along the way. Highly recommend!
Artwork Appraisal for Probate
I recently requested a retroactive appraisal for fine art from AppraiseItNow. I received excellent service from intake to delivery. The appraisal was delivered on time and the content of the appraisal absolutely met my expectations!
Artwork Appraisal
From the start they were very responsive, price competitive, and had a quick turn around time. Thank you so much to Joe who was very sweet in responding to my emails; I am looking forward to utilizing AppraiseItNow for many years to come.
Very thorough and professional — great communication and outstanding service. Highly impressed with their work!
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
The relevant marketplace comes first: we identify whether the work trades at auction, through dealers, or privately, then pull records from sources such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Invaluable, and MutualArt, contacting market vendors when needed. Comparables are adjusted for artist, size, medium, condition, and timing.
Explained. A credible report documents how visible condition problems, repairs, relining, overpainting, or signature issues affected the conclusion, rather than just stating a number. Weak reports skip that reasoning, which is exactly what opposing experts and reviewers attack.
As community property if acquired during the marriage. Arizona courts aim for a substantially equal division of community assets, and valuation is commonly tied to the date the petition is served or another date the court sets, so the appraisal's effective date should match the court's.
No. Insurance appraisals state retail replacement value, which typically exceeds the fair market value required for estate, gift, and donation filings. Submitting a replacement figure in a tax context overstates value and invites adjustment.
