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Artwork appraisals in Mississippi for donations, estate tax, insurance, and divorce, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises paintings, sculptures, prints, photography, and mixed media across Mississippi, including Jackson, Gulfport, and Biloxi.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT ANTIQUE ARTWORK APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, MISSISSIPPI COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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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.
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The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises oil and watercolor paintings, prints, works on paper, photography, and sculpture in Mississippi for charitable donations, estate and gift filings, insurance schedules, and divorce. Most assignments are completed online, from high resolution images and the paperwork that came with the work.
Charitable donations
A donated work claimed above the IRS appraisal threshold needs a qualified appraisal signed by the appraiser, and the figure cannot come from the person claiming the deduction. We value the work and sign the form.
Estates and probate
Art is usually the first line somebody questions on a Mississippi estate inventory, because it is the one with no obvious price. We value it as of the date of death and show the sales the figure came from.
Insurance
A contents limit does not cover a painting properly. We put a replacement figure on each work so it can be scheduled, and state the condition that figure assumes.
Divorce
Where a collection is being divided, each work needs a figure both sides can argue from and a written basis under it. We value the works to the standard the court is using and keep the comparable sales attached.
The state's own market matters to a conclusion here. Work by artists collected mainly in the region often sells best at Mississippi and Gulf South auctions, so results close to home can carry more weight than a national average, while a nationally traded name is read off the broader market.
Regional names
A Delta landscape or a piece of Gulf Coast folk art can bring more at home than it would anywhere else, and the reverse is true of work whose buyers all sit out of state. The comparable set has to reflect where the piece would really sell, which is a question about the buyers rather than about the artist.
Condition
Overpaint, a relined canvas, foxing, and sun damage all move a figure, and they are read from the images and the back of the work before any comparable is chosen. Where the art comes out of a whole house, it is valued alongside the rest of the Mississippi personal property.
Three Mississippi rules touch a work's value: one when a business lists it, one when an owner replaces it, and one when a donor writes it off.
Penalty
10%
added to the current year assessment when taxable property goes unlisted
Every taxpayer has to give the county tax assessor a true listing of their personal property on or before the first day of April each year, as an asset listing plus a rendition form that brings it up to date. A person who fails to list taxable personal property, or who intentionally withholds documentation the assessor considers necessary to verify the list, has the current year assessment increased by ten percent.
Gallery stock and art carried on a company's books sit inside that filing, and a value is what the filing is made of. The figure a business lists is also the figure it will be arguing from if the assessment is ever questioned.
Replacement cost
7%
sales tax on the retail price of tangible personal property
Mississippi taxes retail sales of tangible personal property at 7% of the gross proceeds of the sale, under sections 27-65-17, 27-65-20 and 27-65-25 of the state code. A handful of categories carry lower rates, and art is not among them.
That matters to one of the two numbers on this page. A replacement value figure is the outlay an owner would really face to buy the equivalent work through a gallery or dealer, and in Mississippi that outlay carries the tax. A fair market value figure, the one an estate filing or a donation runs on, does not.
Donations
Schedule A
the state deduction schedule is transferred from the federal one
Mississippi builds its deduction schedule from the federal one. The state's instructions say the information for its Schedule A is transferred from federal Form 1040 Schedule A, and that for charitable contributions the amount entered is the amount from that federal schedule, subject to the federal limits.
One qualified appraisal therefore carries both filings, and a federal figure that does not hold up takes the state figure down with it. A donor who took the federal standard deduction and wants to claim the gift in Mississippi is told to use the federal schedule as a worksheet, so the appraisal still does the same work.
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:
Through the sales comparison approach: recent sales of similar works drawn from auction archives and databases such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Invaluable, and MutualArt, adjusted for condition, restoration, size, and subject. Cost and income methods are secondary and apply only in narrow situations for antique art.
No. Mississippi imposes no state estate or inheritance tax, so inherited artwork faces only federal estate tax and only in estates above the federal exclusion. A date-of-death appraisal is still the right move because it documents the heirs' stepped-up basis and supports fair division.
Because insurance scheduling uses retail replacement value, the cost to replace the work through an appropriate gallery or dealer, while estate, tax, and divorce assignments use fair market value. Mixing the two definitions is a common source of error, so each report states which one it develops.
Yes. Miss. Code 91-7-109 lets the executor or administrator employ a qualified, disinterested appraiser to establish fair market value as of the date of death for any asset whose value is reasonably in doubt, and different appraisers may be used for different asset types. The appraiser’s name and address must appear on the estate inventory.
No. County guidance is explicit that personal effects and household furnishings are not taxed, so a painting hanging in a private residence stays off the rolls. Art owned by a business, such as gallery inventory or office decor, is different: it is Class III business personal property assessed at 15% of appraised true value.
