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Personal property appraisals in Virginia for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises furniture, jewelry, collectibles, art, and electronics across Virginia, including Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Norfolk.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, VIRGINIA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
Virginia's regional markets run from the antiques dealers and auction networks of Richmond, to Northern Virginia's proximity to Washington DC, to the maritime assets of Hampton Roads. Three of the assets below link to a page written for Virginia; 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, jewelry, silver, art, musical instruments, designer goods and whole household contents in Virginia for charitable gifts, estate and probate filings, divorce, and insurance. Most of it is handled online from photographs and documents, with an inspection where the size or difficulty of a collection calls for one.
Gifts to charity
A noncash contribution over the Internal Revenue Service threshold needs a qualified appraisal behind the return, valued as of the day the property was handed over rather than the day it was bought. Furniture, art, silver and collections are grouped by category and valued from the markets they actually sell in.
Estates and division
Virginia estates have to return a written inventory of personal property, and heirs dividing furniture and art need a figure they can each live with. Both are date of death questions, and both get written comparables. Where a family is dividing property rather than selling it, the same figures give each side something to negotiate from.
Coverage and claims
A carrier scheduling a ring or a trunk wants replacement figures. An owner claiming after water, fire or theft wants what was there before. The two questions get different reports. Prior appraisals, receipts and repair records are read before anything is concluded, because they often explain what an image cannot.
Three Virginia assignments, named only by the city they came from and the kind of property involved. Each was a closed assignment, and the photographs are illustrations rather than the owner's property.
Insurance claim
A vintage Louis Vuitton trunk valued for a claim, priced on what the collector market pays for one in that condition.
Insurance coverage
A refurbished Steinway baby grand valued so the household policy could schedule it, with the rebuild treated as part of what the instrument now is.
Charitable donation
Chandeliers, kitchen cabinetry, a leather sectional and built in appliances taken out of a home and given away, valued as one gift.
Three Virginia rules sit behind most of the household property we are asked to value.
Estates
$25,000
of furniture and effects goes to a surviving spouse first
The surviving spouse of a decedent domiciled in Virginia may take household furniture, automobiles, furnishings, appliances and personal effects worth up to $25,000 over any security interests on them, and where there is no spouse the minor children take the same right in equal shares. If the estate holds less than that in such property, other assets make up the shortfall. The claim outranks every claim against the estate except the family allowance, so what the furniture is genuinely worth decides how much else has to be found.
Divorce
The evidentiary hearing
is the day a Virginia court values property on
A Virginia court determines the value of marital property as of the date of the evidentiary hearing on the evaluation issue, while debts are measured as of the date of the last permanent separation. Those are two different dates, and for jewelry, art and collections that move between them the gap is the whole argument. An appraisal can be written retrospectively to whichever date the case turns on.
Local tax
11 classes
of household goods a Virginia locality may exempt
Virginia separates household goods and personal effects from other tangible personal property and sets out eleven classes of them, among those named oil paintings and works of art, precious stones and jewelry, pianos and other instruments, firearms, sporting and photographic equipment, and antique motor vehicles not used for general transportation. A county, city or town may exempt the whole group by ordinance. The classification reaches only property owned and used by a person or household in keeping a home, which is why anything held to produce income is looked at on different terms.
What Virginia clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Virginia 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 with great pleasure that I give the highest score for their work. I needed antique book appraisals for my beloved but sadly departed wife's antique book collection she wanted to donate to the Remnant Trust. It was a true pleasure to work with this group.
Memorabilia & Collectibles 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
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
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:
The PCGS and NGC price guides and realized-price archives from major numismatic auctions such as Heritage, matched to each coin's grade and variety. Grade, rarity, demand, and provenance drive value far more than date or face value, so a defensible report documents denomination, mint mark, variety, condition, and authenticity coin by coin.
Never. Cleaning, polishing, or otherwise mishandling coins is one of the most expensive mistakes owners make, because it permanently damages surfaces and can cut a collectible coin's value drastically. Bring coins as they are, in whatever holders they occupy, and let the appraisal document condition exactly as found.
No, Virginia imposes no estate or inheritance tax; the belief that it does is a common misconception. Federal filing is a separate question: when a gross estate exceeds the federal threshold, coin collections are reported on Form 706 at fair market value, which is where a documented numismatic appraisal earns its keep.
Because collector demand concentrates at threshold grades, a single point on the Sheldon scale, such as the jump from AU to Mint State or MS65 to MS66, can multiply the price of the same coin. Rarity is properly measured by how many examples survive at a given grade, not by mintage alone, which is why we match comparables grade for grade rather than quoting a series average.