Appraisal Service

Our goal at DUVEEN & EDWARDS is to provide quality information to our clients. We are qualified to appraise entire estates or single items of significance. For onsite appraisals, please e-mail or call us at 310.770.3165 or 646.416.2932 to discuss our fee structure.  See below for our current special online appraisal offer:

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Onsite appraisals are available for private or corporate (trust companies, attorneys, insurance companies, etc.) clients.  These would most likely be useful for those requiring the entire contents (or particular collections or items of interest) of a household to be evaluated for estate, legal or insurance purposes. We also specialize in the disposal of personal property for banks and trusts, including the purchase and disposal of estates or the total clean-out of personal property from houses. 

Estate Appraisals - are appraisals often required by banks, trust companies or attorneys following a death.  Ascertaining the value of general household items, art, jewelry and collectibles is the most usual aspect of this type of appraisal.

Legal Appraisals - most often used to help settle disputes, such as divorce proceedings.  Again, valuation of general household items as well as antiques and collectibles is oftentimes necessary.

Determining the Value of Donated Personal Property - as of April, 2007, the IRS procedures and rules for determining the value of donated personal property have changed (see IRS publication 561).  Briefly, you cannot take a deduction for household goods or used clothing donated after August 17, 2006 unless they are in used good condition or better. A household good or item of used clothing that is not in good used condition or better, for which you take a deduction of more than $500, requires a qualified appraisal.  Jewelry, paintings, antiques and other objects of art are subject to different provisions.

Insurance Appraisals - useful in situations where a client may be attempting to ascertain values before insuring an item or after an item has been damaged and  a claim has been filed.

DUVEEN & EDWARDS uses their expertise as third-generation antiques dealers and appraisers to provide written opinions on items ranging from 19th and 20th Century decorative and fine arts, to furniture, porcelain, silver, glass, bronze, jewelry, coins, books, all collectibles and ordinary household contents. 

DUVEEN & EDWARDS has its own extensive collection of research information which enables them to provide up-to-the-minute valuations.

DUVEEN & EDWARDS has provided appraisals for large corporations, small businesses, groups and individuals as well as private collectors.

DUVEEN & EDWARDS provides appraisals for estate, legal or insurance  purposes, whether single items or entire collections.

  All  appraisals comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the report writing conventions of the American Association of Independent Appraisers.