By: Ashley Innes Types of Appraisers If you’re working with a large or complex estate, it may be difficult to know what type of USPAP-compliant personal property appraiser to engage. For practical purposes, appraisers can generally be divided into two groups: generalists and specialists. When a project primarily contains common household objects, furniture, or easily
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How to Sell Estate Gold: A Practical Guide to Getting the Best Value October 21, 2025 Selling estate gold jewelry is a common executor responsibility, but knowing how to do it wisely is part of handling the estate carefully. Selling estate gold may be part of an executor’s fiduciary responsibility when the estate needs to
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Personal Property Guide | 5-minute read Appraisal of Personal Property | Executors & Estates| The Appraisal Foundation The Appraisal Foundation‘s “The Personal Property Owner’s Guide to Appraisal Services“ An estate’s personal property consists of physical assets, not including real property. Per the Appraisal Foundation’s website, “The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) is the generally
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When someone dies, their “stuff” or belongings are now called “estate personal property.” While they were always the decedent’s possessions, this classification of estate assets has new meaning for heirs, executors, the IRS, and probate courts. During dissolution, when the name changes, the question becomes, “Does it have any value?” This is where the services
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This article published in 2020 quotes our friend and expert fine arts appraiser, Helaine Fendelman, of Helaine Fendelman & Associates in New York City, as well as several other eminent specialists in the antiques and appraisal field. It asks the question, “Can You Ever Add Value to Your Antiques?” Can You Ever Add Value to Your Antiques? Source:
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The Link: Publication 561 (02/2024), Determining the Value of Donated Property Source: The Internal Revenue Service Publication 561, per the page introduction, “is designed to help donors and appraisers determine the value of the property (other than cash) that is given to qualified organizations. It also explains what kind of information you must have to
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Executor Grief | 5-minute read Estate Talks | Estate Books | Steve Eisenstein Main Link: Estate Talks Podcast: What’s on the Estate Shelves with Guest Steve Eisenstein Books are a common estate property and can vary from donation foder to the very valuable. Discerning which is the responsibility of the executor. Executorium Publisher, George Compton
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Estate Appraisal | 4-minute read Personal Property | Appraisal | USPAP A professional personal property appraisal may be necessary for assuring the equitable distribution of assets among the heirs of an estate. A personal property appraisal may be required for tax purposes. The court may order an estate’s personal property appraisal. For several reasons, you
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Personal Property Evaluation | 3-minute read Google Lens | Identification of Personal Property | Estate Tools #1 Know thy place. Gotta start here. Give professional appraisers their due. Accredited appraisers are trained, certified, and have likely seen it all. When they haven’t seen it, a good appraiser will have the tools to research it, or a
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Personal Property Valuation | 3-minute read Appraisal of Estate | Valuation of household and personal effects | Estate Tax The valuation of household and personal effects, i.e. Personal Property of the decedent, is governed by US Law. Via the Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute, the section regarding “Valuation of household and personal effects” can be
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Whether your estate has a large collection or a few pieces, understanding what you have is critical to fair value at distribution time or a wise, informed transaction at sale time. We cannot under-express the value of a certified jewelry appraiser and, in the case of gemstones, a GIA report. GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
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Source: Facebook Group: Antique & Vintage Silver Discussion Forum [A Facebook Login will be required to access some of the resources in this article.] Before we start, I’d like to thank the admins and members of the Facebook group, “Antique & Vintage Silver Discussion Forum”. Facebook Groups have been a great resource and go-to communities
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