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Personal property appraisals in Colorado for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises furniture, jewelry, collectibles, art, and vehicles across Colorado, including Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, COLORADO COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
Colorado's mix of mountain resort communities, urban cultural institutions, and active collector markets runs from fine art acquired in Denver's gallery district to antiques out of a historic ranch estate and firearms collections in the rural counties. Three of the assets below link to a page written for Colorado; the rest link to the appraisers who cover them nationwide.
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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 standardsThree Colorado files, each set down here by its city and the kind of property in it, and nothing further. All three were closed assignments, and every photograph here is an illustration rather than the owner's property.
Insurance claim
Household contents lost out of a Denver basement, reconstructed from the owner's own records and photographs and valued for the claim.
Insurance coverage
One ring valued for scheduling on a homeowner's policy, described closely enough that the carrier could write the rider without guessing.
Charitable donation
Nearly new household furniture given away, valued from the owner's purchase records and photographs of each piece as it stood.
AppraiseItNow appraises furniture, jewelry, coins and bullion, art, memorabilia and entire household contents in Colorado for charitable gifts, probate and estate work, divorce, and insurance coverage and claims. The work runs online by default, from photographs, receipts and whatever records the owner kept, with a site visit where a collection is large enough to need one.
Gifts to charity
Property given to a charity is valued as of the date of the gift, at what it would have sold for between ordinary buyers and sellers, with the market that figure came from named. Receipts, prior appraisals and auction records are read together, since a donation file is only as good as its evidence.
Estates and probate
Date of death figures for furniture, jewelry, collections and the contents of a house, written so that a beneficiary reading them next year can see where each one came from. Contents of a whole house are valued by category, with the pieces that carry real value described one by one.
Divorce
Art, rings and collections are usually the contested end of a Colorado division. An independent value, tied to the date the court uses, takes the argument out of the room. Retrospective values are written where the argument is about what something was worth on an earlier date.
Three Colorado rules govern who receives household property, what day it is measured on, and whose name goes against each valued item.
Wills
A signed list
can dispose of Colorado belongings outside the will
A Colorado will may refer to a written statement or list disposing of items of tangible personal property that the will does not specifically give away, money excepted. To be admissible the writing must be in the handwriting of the person making the will or signed by that person, and it must describe the items and the people taking them with reasonable certainty. It may be prepared before or after the will, altered later, and it has no significance apart from the will it attaches to. Families use it for exactly the pieces that get argued over, which is the property that most often needs a value.
Divorce
The decree date
is when Colorado measures what the property is worth
In a Colorado dissolution, property is valued as of the date of the decree, or as of the date of the hearing on disposition of property where that hearing comes first. Jewelry, art and collections can move a long way between a separation and a decree, so the date the statute names is the date the appraisal is written to, not the day the parties stopped living together.
Probate
Named on the inventory
is where a Colorado appraiser's name and address go
A personal representative in Colorado may employ qualified and disinterested appraisers to establish fair market value as of the date of death for any asset whose value is open to reasonable doubt, and may use different people for different kinds of assets. The name and address of each one goes on the inventory beside the items that person valued. An heir reading it can therefore see who valued the jewelry and who valued the furniture, which is a good reason for the work to be done by someone with no interest in the estate.
What Colorado clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Colorado 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:
Dramatically. Third-party certification from PSA/DNA, JSA, or Beckett is often a prerequisite for serious market value on autographed items, and it can be the single largest driver of price differences between otherwise identical pieces. Unauthenticated signatures typically trade at deep discounts regardless of their story.
Usually not much, and we will tell you honestly. Items marketed as limited edition or commemorative are typically mass-produced with minimal resale value despite scarcity claims. Game-used items with provenance or photo-matching, and professionally graded cards, are a different story and can appraise strongly.
No. Colorado has neither a state estate tax nor an inheritance tax, so only the federal estate tax can apply to very large estates. Heirs dividing a collection still benefit from documented fair market values, both for fairness between beneficiaries and for future basis records.
Yes. Colorado assessors must mail a Notice of Valuation for taxable personal property no later than June 15 each year under C.R.S. section 39-5-121, and that notice opens the protest window. Because assessors value items based on their condition and characteristics as of January 1, an independent appraisal documenting grade, authentication, and comparable sales is the strongest evidence in a protest.