WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER CONTACTING US

We begin with a brief conversation regarding:
• Your reason for needing an appraisal and the intended use of the report
• Information about your acquisition of the item(s) and any provenance or history that you might be aware of prior to your acquisition
• Provision of receipts and any supporting documents
• Potential fee for the appraisal (which gets further defined after a virtual or onsite examination)
• Selecting a date for an onsite examination

Then a virtual or onsite examination:
• Artwork is carefully measured, documented, photographed with particular attention given to condition

And finally, an appraisal report submission to client:
• This includes a detailed identification and description of each object, analysis of the current market for the artwork, and a clearly stated opinion of value.

Please note, all appraisals are USPAP compliant as required by insurance companies, IRS, and legal jurisdictions.

Each appraisal assignment is unique, so the time required to complete a project varies. Additionally, it depends on the number of articles to be appraised and the assignment’s complexity. Generally, we can complete a report within a three to four-week period. We can expedite rush assignments for an additional fee.

We charge per hour, per diem, or per project depending upon the scope of work and the number of items to be appraised. We pride ourselves on being as efficient as possible to maximize our time to examine, measure, inventory, and photograph. We will request any paperwork pertaining to your art, such as sales receipts, acquisition records, conservation reports, catalogues or monographs that include information about the work or item.

DETAIL: Mont Sainte-Victoire, Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), ca. 1902–6, Oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 38 1/4 in. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue NYC. Cézanne worked on this, one of the grandest pictures of Mont Sainte-Victoire, over a considerable length of time, enlarging the canvas in order to extend the view at the right and in the foreground.