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Gun appraisals in Indiana 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 Indiana, including Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, and Evansville.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT FIREARMS APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, INDIANA 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.
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The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises rifles, shotguns, handguns, military arms and whole collections in Indiana for probate inventories, property divisions, charitable gifts and policy schedules. Collections are valued from photographs and the owner’s list, which leaves the firearms where they already sit.
Inherited collections
An inherited Indiana collection often arrives as a safe full of guns and no paperwork at all. Every firearm is valued on its own record and the family receives one document covering the safe, which is what a court or a buyer will ask to see.
Military and antique arms
Military arms are priced on configuration and originality. Matching parts, correct markings and an untouched finish sit well above a rebuilt example, and the sales used to support a figure reflect that difference rather than averaging it away.
Modern sporting guns
For guns still in production the number comes from recent completed transactions for the same model in the same condition, not from a list price. Optics, upgrades and factory configurations are weighed where buyers pay for them.
The purpose sets the standard. A probate file and a charitable gift are each measured at fair market value on a fixed date, a policy is scheduled at what replacement would cost, and a division needs one independent number both sides can read.
Probate and estates
An Indiana personal representative puts fair market value as of the date of death against each firearm, and interested persons can ask to see what was written. The report is built to hold up when they do, with the sales behind each entry named rather than summarized.
Divorce
A collection built over decades is often the asset neither spouse can price, and the one each suspects the other of pricing wrongly. A figure from outside the marriage, written to the day the court settles on, takes that argument out of the room.
Two Indiana rules put a number on a gun collection whether or not anybody intends to sell it, one in a divorce and one in a probate.
Divorce
An equal split
is where an Indiana property division starts
Indiana courts presume that an equal division of the marital property is just and reasonable. A party can rebut that presumption with evidence, and the statute lists what counts: each spouse’s contribution to acquiring the property, whether a spouse acquired it before the marriage or through inheritance or gift, the parties’ economic circumstances when the division takes effect, their conduct toward the property, and their earnings or earning ability. A collection a relative left behind is therefore not set aside at the door in Indiana. It is in the pot, with its origin an argument about the share rather than about whether it belongs there, and either way it needs a value.
Probate
On request
is when an Indiana heir reads the inventory values
An Indiana personal representative prepares a verified inventory of the probate estate showing each asset at its fair market value as of the date of the decedent’s death. Unless the original has been filed with the court, the representative furnishes a copy to interested persons who request one. Heirs therefore read the number that was put on the collection, which is a good reason for that number to come from completed sales of the same models in the same condition rather than from a round figure someone remembered.
What Indiana clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Indiana 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
I was very pleased with the service from AppraiseItNow. They responded quickly, offered fair pricing and turnaround, and the appraisal was done by a highly qualified expert. I provided details, photos, and records, and the final report was exactly what I needed. Fantastic service. I’d definitely use them again.
Antique Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Claim
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
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:
Useful but not sufficient. The Blue Book of Gun Values aggregates sales data, auction results, and expert input across tens of thousands of models, yet it can trail the current market, so professionals treat it as a baseline and confirm against recent completed transactions for the same model and condition grade before signing a value.
Manufacturer, exact model designation, caliber, serial number, barrel length, action type, and finish, recorded explicitly for each gun. Misidentification can shift value dramatically, so credible reports also state the condition standard applied and cite their market data, rather than quoting a generic book figure for a loosely described firearm.
No, not for deaths after December 31, 2012, when Indiana's inheritance tax was repealed; the state's pick-up estate tax is gone as well. Inherited firearms still need values for the probate inventory, which supervised Indiana estates typically file within about 60 days of appointment, and for any federal estate tax return.
Usually not. Local probate rules in supervised administrations, such as Hamilton County's, generally require a written appraisal prepared by a competent person before the court will grant a petition to sell personal property, with public auction the main exception. Getting the collection appraised early keeps the sale petition from stalling.
It depends entirely on registration. NFA items registered to the decedent can pass to heirs through ATF Form 5, or transfer to other buyers on Form 4, but an unregistered NFA firearm is contraband: the estate cannot register it, it has no lawful market value, and it must be surrendered rather than appraised as transferable property.
