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Personal property appraisals in Arizona for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises antiques, jewelry, collectibles, fine art, and household contents across Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, and Scottsdale.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, ARIZONA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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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.
Machinery & Equipment Appraiser
Third-generation auctioneer and CAGA Certified Appraiser with more than 20 years valuing machinery, equipment, vehicles, business assets, and estates for banks, attorneys, and trustees across the Carolinas.
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
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises art, jewelry, tools, furnishings, and entire households in Arizona for charitable deductions, estate and gift tax filings, probate, divorce, and lending. The report's purpose decides the standard, and completed sales carry the number. Most Arizona files run online from the owner's photographs and documents, with an onsite visit arranged when the property is large, fragile, or scattered across more than one address.
Charitable deductions
Equipment, instruments, and household goods given to an Arizona school, museum, or charity are measured at fair market value on resale evidence, with the schedule an accountant needs to complete Form 8283. Property donated new is the case owners get wrong most often: a receipt proves what was paid, not what the market pays for the same thing secondhand.
Estates, gifts, and division
For a federal estate or gift return, a probate filing, or a division between spouses, we value the property as of the date that matters to the filing and set out the sales each figure rests on. Arizona estates often hold art, jewelry, and Western pieces bought decades apart, and it is usually the quiet items, not the obvious ones, that move the total.
Three Arizona assignments, cut back to the property and the reason a value was needed. Two were gifts to institutions and one was an estate. Donors, recipients, and the conclusions we reached stay in the file.
Charitable donation
Built to order for the building they went into. Fair market value came from resale evidence for that kind of equipment, not from the purchase invoice.
Charitable donation
The donor's accountant asked for a qualified appraisal. We valued both instruments on what comparable optics resell for.
Estate tax
Contents appraised on the date of death standard, so the estate's return rested on documented sales instead of a family's estimate.
Three Arizona rules attach a number to ordinary belongings: the exempt property a surviving spouse selects, the date an estate values what it hands out, and the household goods a creditor cannot reach.
Allowance
$7,000
of exempt property above any security interest
Arizona entitles a surviving spouse, or the minor and dependent children where there is no spouse, to exempt property worth no more than seven thousand dollars above any security interests, drawn from five named categories: household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances, and personal effects. Because the limit is measured on the value of the pieces selected, the selection is only as sound as the values behind it.
Valuation date
Date of distribution
the value that counts for property given in kind
When an Arizona estate satisfies an allowance or a stated money gift with property instead of cash, the statute requires that the property be valued at fair market value as of the date of its distribution, not at the date of death and not at what the family remembers paying. An estate that takes months to settle can therefore need a second look at the same property before it moves.
Creditors
$15,000
of household goods beyond a creditor's reach
Household furniture, furnishings, goods, consumer electronics, and appliances in personal use are exempt from process while their aggregate fair market value stays under the statutory figure, set at $15,000 and adjusted upward each January for the increase in the cost of living. The exemption is measured in fair market value, so what the household is actually worth today is the question, not what it cost.
What Arizona clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Arizona appraisal reviews, every one from a client who paid AppraiseItNow for an appraisal, the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how much research is visible in the report, and how quickly we answer.
AppraiseItNow Inc. is the best company I was lucky to find by accident. I was looking for someone to appraise cabinets for a donation to charity. I asked for multiple referrals, called multiple appraisal services, etc., and no one could help me. I found AppraiseItNow and from the moment I started working with them, they were wonderful! Joe guided me on what I needed to send him, what needed to be done and stayed in touch with me the entire time. Their customer service is OUTSTANDING and a welcome surprise in today’s world where good customer service is an anomaly! They returned an appraisal in a timely manner, it was clear, concise, cost-effective and exactly what I needed. They followed up with me multiple times to ensure that I received it and everything was OK. My CPA is also thrilled to have them as an accredited appraisal service he can use for other clients. I rarely leave reviews, but I could not pass giving them 5 stars and I’d give 10 if possible! THANK YOU JOE AND ALL AT APPRAISEITNOW!!👊🏼
Personal Property Appraisal for Charitable Donation
I used AppraiseItNow for the first time last month and I was extremely pleased with the results. I needed an appraisal done for insurance purposes and the level of detail about each of my antique furniture pieces was thorough and very helpful in my being able to get the highest amount possible from my insurance company for the antique items that were damaged. I could see that they spent time making sure that the information she included was correct and current for my antique furniture items in the current market. The team responded to my emails timely to answer any questions I had. I would highly recommend Appraise It Now to get a thorough and professional appraisal done on antique items. I do intend to use them again for other antique furniture and jewelry that I have. Job well done! 😃🤗
Antique Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Claim
It is a pleasure to work with Joe and his team. They communicate every step along the way and made the process simple for us to have more than 35 firearms appraised. It was all done in a timely manner and the final report is easy to understand. I highly recommend their services.
Gun Appraisal for Probate
I was skeptical at first, but the company exceeded all of my expectations. The team responded quickly to every question, and the service was excellent. They’re now my go to source for my collection. I’ve used them twice already, and I plan to use them several more times.
Firearms Appraisal for Personal Use
Joe made the process to have my piece of furniture appraised extremely easy, efficient and quick. My experience was great and I'd recommend AppraiseItNow to anyone looking for an appraisal.
Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
I asked AppraiseItNow to value a piece of sports memorabilia for purposes of a charitable donation. The item is rarely sold. Their research unearthed an important recent sale of a similar item, which I had not found previously, and which the first appraiser I used had not found either. AppraiseItNow was a good deal more expensive than the first service, but they crafted a detailed report in which I have much more confidence. They also helped me make sure the correct tax forms are used. Thank you!
Sports Memorabilia Appraisal for Charitable Donation
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:
Grade first, then rarity, demand, and provenance. Grade is often the single most powerful driver, and a one-point move on the Sheldon scale near threshold grades such as AU/MS or MS65/MS66 can swing price dramatically. Rarity is measured by actual survival at a grade, not mintage alone.
Never. Cleaning, polishing, and mishandling are major value reducers that appraisers flag immediately, and altered surfaces can disqualify a coin from higher grades. Keep original holders, tickets, pedigrees, and prior sale paperwork; they support authenticity and provenance.
The PCGS and NGC price guides as industry-standard references, with realized prices from auction archives like Heritage carrying more weight than asking prices. For bullion coins, melt value references cover the intrinsic metal component.
No. Arizona has no estate or inheritance tax, so a coin collection passing at death is valued at fair market value with item-level support for the federal estate return, Form 706, when the estate exceeds the federal threshold.
