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Antique artwork appraisals in Idaho for donations, estate tax, insurance, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises oil paintings, sculptures, prints, decorative arts, and antique drawings across Idaho, including Boise, Nampa, and Idaho Falls.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT ANTIQUE ARTWORK APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, IDAHO 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.
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 paintings, works on paper, bronzes, carvings, and decorative objects in Idaho, for charitable gifts, for estate and date of death filings, for insurance coverage and claims, and for the division of property in a divorce. Most of this work starts from photographs, measurements, and whatever paperwork came down with the piece.
Estates
An Idaho estate reports what a work would have brought on the date the owner died, not what a gallery is asking for it now. We build that figure from sales of comparable works close to the date, and the report says which of those sales carried the most weight and why.
Charitable gifts
A donated painting or carving is valued on what comparable works actually sold for, through auction records and recorded dealer sales. The report sets out the market the piece belongs in, the comparables chosen, and the reasoning behind them, so the donor's file holds more than a figure.
Coverage and claims
An insurer asks what it would cost to put a comparable work back on the wall. A damage or theft claim asks what the piece was worth immediately before it happened. Those are two different numbers, and the assignment decides which one we develop.
Two pieces that look alike from across a room can sit far apart in the market. What separates them is rarely the subject. It is surface, restoration history, the paperwork that has followed the object, and how often work by that maker trades at all.
Condition
Relining, overpaint, a replaced stretcher, a recast base: the market discounts each of these differently, and a few of them hardly at all. We describe what is in front of us and price it against sales of works in comparable condition instead of against pristine examples.
Provenance
An exhibition label, an old invoice, or a letter can move an Idaho piece into a stronger market. Where attribution is unsettled we say so, and value the work on what the market pays for pieces in that position rather than on the best case for it.
Three Idaho rules set when artwork has to be valued, which route an estate can take, and whether a work belongs to one spouse or to both.
Estate inventories
Three months
after appointment, to inventory the estate
A personal representative in Idaho must prepare an inventory of the property the decedent owned at death, listed in reasonable detail with the fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death, within three months after appointment. For artwork that is the whole question. The value is tied to one day, and sales of comparable works near that day are the evidence, not whatever the market does while the estate is open.
Small estates
$100,000
the probate estate one work can push past
Idaho lets a successor collect tangible personal property by affidavit thirty days after a death, with no personal representative appointed, but only where the fair market value of the entire probate estate, wherever located and less liens and encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000. One work carrying real value can put an estate over that line, so what the art is worth decides which procedure the family is in.
Divorce
Gift or bequest
what keeps a work one spouse's separate property
Idaho is a community property state, but property owned before the marriage, and property acquired afterward by gift, bequest, devise or descent, remains the sole and separate property of the spouse who received it. Which side of that line a work falls on is a legal question. What each side is worth, and what any rise in value can be attributed to, is the valuation question, and it is usually the one actually in dispute.
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:
From documented sales of comparable works: auction records and market databases such as Sotheby's and Christie's results, Invaluable, and MutualArt, supplemented by primary and secondary market dealers. Consumer price guides and generic formulas play no role; the sales comparison approach is the primary method for fine art and antiques.
No. Asking prices can differ materially from realized prices once buyer's premiums, discounts, or private negotiation are factored in, so appraisers rely on recent auction records and recorded sales instead. Using the wrong market for the assignment is one of the most common and expensive mistakes owners make.
Form 8283 is required once a claimed noncash deduction exceeds $500, a qualified appraisal is required for most art donations valued over $5,000, and single items or groups over $20,000 also call for a qualified appraisal summary. See IRS Publication 561 for the valuation rules that apply to donated property.
There is no art-specific category. Idaho’s assessment statutes create no separate class or rate for artwork or collectibles, so pieces that are not exempt are assessed by the county as ordinary taxable personal property at market value as of 12:01 a.m. on January 1. Art held by a business may qualify for the personal property exemption in Idaho Code 63-602KK, so how a collection is held often matters more than what is in it.
Yes. Idaho Code 63-201 defines appraisal for property tax purposes and allows value estimates offered in appeals under Sections 63-501A, 63-407, and 63-409 to come from a licensed or certified appraiser as well as from the assessor or a certified property tax appraiser. A fine art report can therefore be put into evidence rather than leaving the assessor’s estimate unopposed.
