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Personal property appraisals in New York for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises jewelry, fine art, antiques, collectibles, and furniture across New York, including New York City, Buffalo, and Albany.
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DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NEW YORK COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
New York's proximity to the major auction houses, dealers, and private collectors means comparable evidence is close at hand, whether the item is a single piece of estate jewelry or an entire household of antiques and furnishings. Two of the assets below link to a page written for New York; 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 standardsAppraiseItNow appraises furniture, art, coins, watches, books and household contents across New York for charitable deductions, probate and estate tax, divorce, and insurance claims. A number is only as good as the sales behind it, so the sales go in the report. New York property tends to concentrate value in a few pieces surrounded by a great deal of ordinary furniture, and separating the two is most of the job.
Charitable deductions
Donated property is valued at what it would fetch on the open market on the day it changed hands, between people under no compulsion to trade. Invoices show what was paid, not what the property is worth now, so the report leans on sold comparables and says where each one came from. Where nothing quite like the item has sold, the report explains the substitute evidence instead of hiding the gap.
Probate and estate tax
An estate needs values as of the date of death, prepared so an executor can file and a beneficiary can follow the reasoning. Coins, bullion, jewelry and furniture are handled in their own markets rather than as one undifferentiated lot, because those markets move independently and sometimes in opposite directions. A divorce works the same way, with a valuation date the parties or the court have fixed in advance.
Three New York gifts we were asked to value. The donors, the recipients and the concluded figures stay in the file.
Charitable donation
A lifetime of hardcover books, valued as a donated collection from what comparable volumes actually bring rather than from what the shelves cost to fill.
Charitable donation
Replacement windows bought for a renovation and never installed, valued against what the same units sell for rather than the invoice that came with them.
Charitable donation
A mahogany desk and secretary, a couch, guest chairs and a small table, given away together and valued as the secondhand office furniture market prices them.
Two New York provisions turn on what the contents of a home are worth, one before the estate is divided and one before it is even opened.
Set aside
$20,000
of household property a surviving spouse takes first
Housekeeping utensils, musical instruments, a sewing machine, jewelry, clothing, household furniture and appliances, and electronic and photographic devices vest in the surviving spouse up to $20,000, ahead of the will. A separate ceiling of $2,500 covers the family bible, religious books, family pictures, books, discs and recordings, one motor vehicle is exempt up to $25,000, and money up to $25,000. Each cap applies to its own category, so the question of whether a set of furniture clears $20,000 is a valuation question with a real consequence.
Threshold
$50,000
of personal property defines a small estate
A small estate in New York is one where the decedent left personal property with a gross value of $50,000 or less, which opens the shorter voluntary administration route in the Surrogate's Court. Real property sits outside that article entirely, so an apartment or a house does not count toward the figure, and the contents, the jewelry and the collections do. That makes the value of the tangible property the thing that decides which road the estate takes.
What New York clients say we are known for
Across 23 published New York 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.
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
AppraiseItNow's service was expeditious and professional. The report was thorough with plenty of examples and rationale for the valuations. Good service comes at a cost, but for me it was well worth it. Highly recommended!
Personal Property Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
AppraiseItNow, Inc. was professional in every way. They were prompt, thorough, and provided impressive credentials that demonstrated their expertise. I highly recommend their services.
Antiques Appraisal for Personal Use
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
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’d have given them 10 stars if it were possible. After weeks of frustration awaiting four different appraisers to return my calls I stumbled across AppraiseItNow. They were quick to reply, incredibly helpful, knowledgeable, professional and managed to make it fairly simple. I highly recommend them!
Furniture 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 actual secondary market. Value turns on brand and designer, condition, rarity and age, fabric and craftsmanship, provenance, and current resale demand, established through comparable sales analysis rather than what the pieces cost new. Documented provenance on historically significant garments can add materially and should be addressed in the report.
No. Asking prices and insurance replacement figures reflect different markets than fair market value, and they routinely overstate what a willing buyer would actually pay. A second common error is lumping ordinary used clothing together with designer or provenance backed pieces, which can distort the total in either direction.
When the claimed deduction for an item or group of similar items exceeds $5,000, IRS rules require a qualified appraisal with Section B of Form 8283. The appraisal must support fair market value as of the donation date, not retail replacement value.
No. New York licenses real estate appraisers, and there is no state license for appraisers of jewelry, art, furniture or clothing. What separates a reliable wardrobe valuation is method and discipline: sold comparables from the right market, a stated standard of value, and a report that shows its working.