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Gun appraisals in Arkansas for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises handguns, rifles, shotguns, antique firearms, and collectible guns across Arkansas, including Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT FIREARMS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, ARKANSAS 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 handguns, rifles, shotguns, antique arms and whole collections in Arkansas for probate and estate reporting, divorce, charitable donation and insurance scheduling. Photographs, markings and the records you already hold do the work, so nothing has to leave the safe. Most assignments are finished from what you send us, and where a collection is large or the pieces are unusual we arrange to see it.
Estates and probate
An inherited collection is reported at what it would have brought on that date. We build the figure from sales that had closed by then, which is a different exercise from pricing the same guns this month. Heirs who sell later often find the sale and the reported value diverge, and a dated report is what explains the gap.
Divorce and donation
Division asks what the collection would bring between willing parties. A donation above the IRS reporting threshold asks the same question as of the date of the gift, with the appraiser's qualifications attached to the answer. An insurance schedule asks a third question again, at retail replacement rather than market.
Two guns of the same make and model can be worth very different sums, and the gap is almost always originality: matching numbered parts, correct period markings, and a finish nobody has redone.
What we look at
Production period, variation, barrel length, chambering and the configuration the piece left the factory in, read from the markings and from any factory letter or specialist opinion the owner already holds. Chambering and barrel length count for more than they look: the same model in an uncommon configuration trades in its own market.
What moves value
Replaced parts, a reblue, a sanded stock or mismatched numbers move a collectible firearm a long way down. The report says which of the two conditions the conclusion was reached on.
Collections
An Arkansas collection is valued in categories, with the pieces carrying the value treated on their own and the ordinary sporting arms grouped. The rest of the household can be covered in the same assignment.
Arkansas appoints nobody to value a gun collection on an executor's behalf. Two rules set who carries that and how little of a collection the state keeps out of a creditor's reach.
Probate
Two months
after qualification to file the inventory, carrying the personal representative's own appraisement of fair market value
The personal representative files a verified inventory within two months after qualification, or as the court directs, and the statute calls for the representative's appraisement of the fair market value of the property as of the date of the decedent's death.
The duty sits on the representative personally. For property whose value is open to argument, which is most collections, an independent opinion filed alongside the inventory is what turns a signature into a supported figure.
Creditors
$500
of personal property a married Arkansas resident or head of a family may keep from execution on a contract debt, and $200 for anyone else
The exemption is in the state constitution rather than a statute, and it still reads as it did in 1874: specific articles the resident selects, not exceeding five hundred dollars in value, plus wearing apparel, are exempt from attachment or sale on execution on a debt by contract. For a resident who is neither married nor the head of a family the figure is two hundred dollars.
Everything above that line is reachable, so in a judgment or a bankruptcy the documented value of a collection is what the schedules turn on.
What Arkansas clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Arkansas 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.
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
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
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:
Treating high online asking prices, forum anecdotes, or a single book figure as market value. Asking prices only matter when supported by closed transactions, so Arkansas collections end up insured at inflated replacement numbers or sold below fair market value when owners skip documented condition and real auction results.
Dramatically. A firearm confirmed fully original, with matching numbered components and correct period markings for its production year, can be worth large multiples of a similar-looking piece with mismatched numbers, added parts, or refinish. That is why the value has to say which of the two it was reached on, working from the serial, the markings, and any factory letter or specialist opinion you already hold.
Because insurance, estate, and forced-sale assignments use different standards. Replacement value in the retail market is typically the highest figure, fair market value governs tax and estate work, and liquidation value, often 25 to 30 percent less after selling costs, applies in bankruptcy and some divorce contexts. A credible report states which standard it used.
Against a presumption of an equal split. Arkansas Code 9-12-315 directs that all marital property be distributed one-half to each party, and a court that divides it another way has to find equal division inequitable and state its reasons. Firearms bought during the marriage are marital property however the purchase was made, so the valuation is what the halving, or a reasoned departure from it, gets applied to.
