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Personal property appraisals in Georgia for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises antiques, jewelry, fine art, collectibles, and household contents across Georgia, including Atlanta, Savannah, and Augusta.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, GEORGIA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
Corporate Atlanta, the port of Savannah, and the manufacturing and farming belts between them each generate their own valuation questions. Every assignment is completed by our own credentialed appraisers, online from photographs and documentation you upload or onsite anywhere in the state.
Logistics, media, airline headquarters, and permanent film studio capacity. Privately held company interests, production and studio equipment, and Buckhead art collections.
A top container port beside one of the largest historic districts. Period furniture and Southern decorative arts, terminal and marine equipment, and gallery inventories.
A medical college, the Army's cyber center, and a famous golf tournament. Medical and laboratory equipment, sports memorabilia, and estate contents.
Fort Moore and the textile mills along the falls that came before it. Firearms, fleet and specialty vehicles, and surviving mill machinery.
A rail and distribution crossroads with a Capricorn Records history. Instruments and music memorabilia, warehouse equipment, and antebellum household contents.
University of Georgia research and a durable music-scene collecting culture. Laboratory instruments, instruments and stage equipment, and historic district estate contents.
More carpet and flooring is made here than anywhere in the world. Tufting machines, extrusion and dyeing lines, and complete plant packages.
Pine timber, peanuts, and cotton across the southern tier. Harvesting equipment, sawmill and planer machinery, and irrigation systems.
Georgia's economy spans agriculture, manufacturing, logistics, and technology, and the work runs from antique furnishings in historic Savannah homes to trade fixtures and specialized equipment in Atlanta's commercial corridors. One of the assets below links to a page written for Georgia; 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 standardsTwo charitable gifts and one collection scheduled for insurance, each for an owner in Georgia, told without names or figures.
Charitable donation
Bars with their assay cards, valued for the donor's deduction against the gold market on the valuation date.
Charitable donation
The bottles had already been given, so the collection was valued as of the gift from the donor's own records.
Insurance coverage
Valued for insurance coverage from the photos, purchase receipts, and framing invoices the owner had gathered.
AppraiseItNow appraises household contents, jewelry, silver, wine, bullion, and collectibles in Georgia for charitable donations, estates, divorces, and insurance coverage. The work is done online from your photographs and paperwork unless the property calls for a visit. Our appraisers carry credentials from organizations such as the ASA, ISA, and AAA.
Charitable gifts
The IRS starts from a donated item's fair market value on the date of the gift. On Section B of Form 8283, the charity signs to acknowledge receipt and the appraiser signs a declaration, and the dealer who sold you the item generally cannot be that appraiser.
Estates
On a federal estate return, household articles worth $100 or less apiece may be grouped by room, and the jewelry, silver, and antiques worth more are named separately. Values are set as of the date of death or, if the executor elects alternate valuation, generally six months after it.
Divorce
Whichever spouse or attorney engages us, the report is independent: furniture, jewelry, and collections are valued at what they would sell for, not at what either side hopes they are worth.
Insurance coverage
An insurer scheduling jewelry, silver, signed memorabilia, or a wine collection wants to know what each piece would cost to replace today. We set that figure from what comparable pieces sell for now, not from what the owner paid years ago.
Two Georgia rules put household property on a schedule a court reads: a family's petition for year's support after a death, and each party's financial affidavit in a divorce.
Year's support
24 months
from the date of death to file a petition for year's support
A surviving spouse and minor children are entitled to property from the estate for their support during the 12 months after the death, and Georgia ranks that year's support ahead of most of the estate's other debts. The petition is filed in the probate court within 24 months of the death and must include a schedule of the property to be set apart, household furniture included. If anyone objects, the court sets apart enough to maintain the family's standard of living from before the death, after weighing their other means of support and whether the estate is solvent. We value the furniture, jewelry, and collections on the schedule so the family and the court can weigh that property against the standard.
Divorce
5 days
before any temporary or final hearing, the deadline to serve the sworn financial affidavit
Unless a case is filed with a complete settlement, Uniform Superior Court Rule 24.2 requires every party in a Georgia case over equitable division of property, alimony, or child support to serve a financial affidavit, under oath, at least 5 days before any temporary or final hearing and at least 5 days before any mediation. Its asset schedule lists furniture and furnishings, jewelry, and collectibles on separate lines, each with a value and a place to claim part of it as non-marital, with the basis: a gift, an inheritance, or ownership before the marriage. We supply fair market values for those lines, drawn from sales of comparable pieces rather than from memory of what was paid.
What Georgia clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Georgia 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:
On the Sheldon scale, where a single grade point near thresholds like AU/MS or MS65/MS66 can swing price dramatically. Value rests on grade, rarity measured by survival at that grade, collector demand, and provenance, supported by PCGS and NGC price guides and realized prices from Heritage auction archives rather than dealer asking prices.
Never. Cleaning, polishing, and mishandling are among the biggest value reducers appraisers see, and altered surfaces can knock a coin out of collector-grade pricing entirely. Keep coins in their original holders and retain tickets, pedigrees, and prior sale paperwork, since provenance documentation supports both authenticity and value.
When the gross estate exceeds the federal basic exclusion amount, $15,000,000 for deaths in 2026, requiring IRS Form 706 with coins valued item by item at fair market value on the valuation date. Georgia itself adds no estate or inheritance tax, but lump-sum estimates for a collection invite IRS scrutiny.
Mostly yes. Georgia Rule 560-12-2-.108 exempts bullion, meaning bars, ingots, or coins whose price depends on metal content, and legal-tender currency from sales and use tax. The exemption is narrower than many collectors assume: medals, jewelry, and works of art that incorporate coins or bullion remain taxable, and business-held metal inventory can still face property tax.
Yes. Under O.C.G.A. section 53-4-5, a testator can use a separate written document, often called a tangible personal property list, to direct who receives specific items like a coin collection without formally amending the will. Item-level appraised values help the executor keep those distributions equitable among beneficiaries.
