The Expert Appraisal Company provides USPAP-compliant personal property appraisal services to clients throughout Massachusetts, including Boston, Cambridge, Worcester, Springfield, Brookline, Newburyport, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and surrounding areas. Whether you need an appraisal for estate settlement, insurance coverage, charitable donation, or any other function, 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusett's Collector Scene
Massachusetts is one of the great centers of American art and collecting, home to world-class institutions and a centuries-long tradition of serious private collecting. The Museum of Fine Arts Boston holds encyclopedic collections of American, European, Asian, and ancient art. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum preserves one of the most distinctive private collection installations in the world. The Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, the Worcester Art Museum, and the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem round out a remarkable statewide network of institutions.
Estate collections in Massachusetts are among the most historically significant in the country, frequently including American colonial portraits, New England furniture and silver, Hudson River School and Boston School paintings, Asian decorative arts collected during the China trade era, and maritime art. Boston has been a center of American Impressionism, and painters including Edmund Tarbell, Frank Benson, and Childe Hassam appear regularly in Massachusetts estate inventories. Major auction houses including Skinner Inc. in Boston and Stair Galleries are active regional markets. Formal USPAP-compliant appraisals are routinely required for estate tax, and are also necessary for such property for trust administration, equitable distribution, charitable donation, and insurance.
