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Personal property appraisals in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts, including Boston, Worcester, and Springfield.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, MASSACHUSETTS 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 standardsThree completed Massachusetts files, one line each. The amounts, the dates, and anything that would identify the household stay in the reports they came from, which is also how they are written when the property belongs to somebody still living in it.
Insurance coverage
A ring and its band valued together so the pair could be scheduled on a policy rather than left inside a general contents limit.
Charitable donation
An LP collection the owner had already priced, valued independently because a deduction needs a figure the person claiming it did not set.
Charitable donation
Living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture from one household, valued room by room as the pieces left for a charity.
AppraiseItNow appraises antiques, jewelry, silver, fine art, collections, and full household contents in Massachusetts for probate inventories and the state estate tax, charitable deductions, divorce, and insurance schedules. Most of the work is done from photographs, receipts, and the owner's own list, with an appraiser coming out when the collection is large enough or fragile enough to need it.
Estates
The Massachusetts filing threshold sits far below the federal one, so an ordinary house with good furniture, a coin collection, and a few paintings can decide whether a return is needed at all. That makes the contents worth valuing properly rather than estimating in a round number at the foot of the inventory, and it makes the date the values are written to worth stating twice.
Collections
A collection is rarely worth the sum of its catalogue. Condition, completeness, and how thin the buying market really is move the number further than the count of items does, and a run of common pieces can be worth less together than two good ones on their own.
Divorce
Contested jewelry, art, and furnishings get the same treatment whichever side asked for the work. The report is written to be read by somebody looking for a reason to reject it, so the sales behind each conclusion are named where anyone can go and find them.
An estate values property once for the record and again when it actually changes hands, and the law shelters far less of it from creditors than people expect.
Distribution
30 days
to object to a Massachusetts proposal for distribution in kind
A personal representative may distribute estate assets in kind, or partly in cash and partly in kind, pro rata or not, at then current values as between the people receiving them. Once the probable charges against the estate are known, a proposal for distribution can be mailed or delivered to everyone entitled to object, and the right to object ends if no written objection reaches the personal representative within thirty days. So the same furniture can carry a date of death value on the inventory and a current value when it is actually divided, and the second one is the figure the heirs are trading against.
Exempt property
$15,000
the household furniture a Massachusetts debtor keeps
Massachusetts exempts necessary wearing apparel, beds and bedding outright, other necessary household furniture to $15,000, bibles and a library to $500, tools and implements of a trade to $5,000, one automobile to $7,500, and jewelry held for personal, family or household use to $1,225. Nothing in that list is written for a coin collection, a painting, or a silver service, which fall into the general catch all instead. A supported value for each piece is what decides which side of those lines it lands on.
What Massachusetts clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Massachusetts 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:
Everything the decedent owned, including household contents, jewelry, art, and collectibles: the personal representative files an inventory generally within three months of appointment. Massachusetts prescribes no valuation methodology, so a professional appraisal is the standard way to support the fair market values reported for significant items.
All of the decedent's personal property, from vehicles and business interests to art and collectibles, valued at fair market value. Because the Massachusetts filing threshold is a $2 million gross estate, well below the federal exclusion, accurate personal property values can decide whether a return is due.
Yes. Appraisers routinely prepare retrospective valuations with an effective date matching the legal event, most commonly the date of death for estate work. Matching the effective date to the assignment is a professional requirement, and getting it wrong is a common reason reports are rejected.
Because they answer different questions. Insurance appraisals use replacement cost through retail channels, while estate and tax work uses fair market value, what a willing buyer would actually pay. The two standards use different methods and data, and they are not interchangeable.
