The Expert Appraisal Company provides USPAP-compliant personal property appraisal services to clients throughout Maine, including Portland, Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Brunswick, Kennebunkport, and surrounding areas. Whether you need an appraisal for estate settlement, insurance coverage, charitable donation, divorce, or litigation support, we provide accurate, defensible valuations prepared by an ISA Certified Appraiser of Personal Property.
Many appraisals can be completed remotely using photographs and documentation provided by the client — no in-person visit required. For complex or large-scale assignments, on-site inspections are available throughout Maine and nationwide.
Our appraisals cover a wide range of personal property, including fine art (paintings, prints, sculpture, and works on paper), antiques and decorative arts, estate jewelry and watches, furniture and furnishings, silver and ceramics, rugs and textiles, books and manuscripts, collectibles, and furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF&E).
To discuss an appraisal engagement in Maine contact us using the form or reach out directly. We are happy to answer questions, provide a fee estimate, and outline the process for your specific situation.
Exploring Maine's Collector Scene
Maine has been a destination for American artists since the 19th century, resulting in one of the richest concentrations of American landscape painting in the country. The Portland Museum of Art holds significant collections of Maine and American art, including the largest collection of Winslow Homer’s work; Homer spent the last decades of his life painting at Prouts Neck on the Maine coast. The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland is dedicated to Maine’s artistic heritage and holds the most important collection of Wyeth family works, including N.C., Andrew, and Jamie Wyeth.
Estate collections in Maine frequently include American Impressionist and Realist seascapes, landscapes, and figure paintings by artists who summered along the coast, including Childe Hassam, John Singer Sargent, and Marsden Hartley. The Monhegan Island and Ogunquit artist colonies produced generations of painters whose work appears regularly in Maine estate inventories. Maine auction houses such as Thomaston Place Auction Galleries help connect buyers and sellers around the world with American art and New England antiques. Formal USPAP-compliant appraisals are often required alongside these transactions for estate settlement, equitable distribution, insurance coverage, and charitable donation purposes.
