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Calgary's Accredited Fine Art Appraiser

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I am qualified by the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) as a personal property appraiser with a specialty in fine art. I have achieved accreditation status by demonstrating my professional experience and education, and by passing rigorous examinations on the theory, practice, legal considerations, and ethical standards of appraisal practice. Attaining accreditation status is a professional achievement for personal property appraisers. Re-qualification occurs every five years and professional development must be earned.

I offer my clients the kind of broad understanding of the Canadian art market that comes from more than twenty-five years of working with Canadian art collections. I have a degree in the fine arts, museum experience, sixteen years experience as a corporate art curator and ten years experience as an art advisor and appraiser.

I am the only accredited fine art appraiser in Alberta. I live and work in the Calgary area, but I provide services to clients across Canada.

My appraisals conform to, and are certified according to the Appraisal Foundation's Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, as well as to the ISA's Code of Ethics and Appraisal Report Writing Standard. My adherance to academic and ethical standards is especially important in the unregulated industry of personal property appraising.

Whenever there is a question concerning the value of personal property, there are risks involved. These risks include: the risk of not getting your fair share in a division of property; the risk of incurring tax penalties; the risk of being under-compensated for losses; the risk of selling at too low a price; or, the risk of paying for too much insurance.

My expert appraisals will reduce your risk by giving you timely and accurate valuations based on facts. My value conclusions are researched in the correct marketplace, and are based on prescribed standards of evaluation, research, and report writing.

I write appraisal reports for insurance coverage, damage and loss claims; charitable or cultural property donations; equitable distributions - estate planning and division of assets, determination of capital gains tax or probate fees, divorce and business dissolutions; informed decision-making; and, loan collateral.

Who Uses The Services Of A Personal Property Appraiser?

• Lawyers, judges, estate and trust officers, accountants, financial planners, and bankruptcy trustees use equitable distribution appraisals with matters of estate dissolutions where the property is distributed to heirs and probate fees or capital gains taxes are determined, in matters of divorce, and in business dissolutions.

• The above as well as collectors, and the insurance and moving industries use informed decision-making appraisals to establish selling prices, to confirm purchase prices, and to inform other financial decisions.

• The insurance and moving industries to ensure their payouts are appropriate.

• Bankers and Loan Officers use loan collateral appraisals to make decisions about guaranteeing a loan, or liquidating because of a default on a collateralized loan.

• Collectors looking to procure insurance for their artworks and to right-size their insurance policy, and collectors wishing to ensure a fair settlement in a loss claim.

• Collectors donating artwork or cultural property requiring a federal tax function appraisal, or an appraisal that will meet the qualifications of the Canadian Cultural Property Export Review Board.

• In fact, at one time or another, just about everyone will require our services.