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:
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.
Consultation Appraisals – many times, situations arise where a beneficiary has inherited an estate and needs to dispose of the household personal property but has no idea of the value and either does not want or need a written appraisal. Increasingly, we are also asked to view items online in real-time via Skype or other means. For this purpose we have developed the consultation appraisal and the real-time video appraisal, where an appraiser will visit the premises or view items online with beneficiaries and perform a verbal appraisal on the household contents. Additionally, in many cases, we can provide the client with names of legitimate buyers for the contents, based upon the items and their appraised value. This is an excellent way for a client to collect necessary information while paying a minimum fee.
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. These appraisals require a separate certification for legal reasons.
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. These appraisals require a separate certification for legal reasons.
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. These appraisals require a separate certification for legal reasons.
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.
Online appraisals, e-mailed to your home or business, are available through photographs and pertinent information provided to us by you, via e-mail or the post office. Once contacted, we will reply via e-mail with information needed to complete your appraisal. We will e-mail you, within five business days, the written Certificate of Appraisal, a documented opinion of the item(s) you have submitted, based upon the pertinent information provided to us. Obviously, we cannot guarantee the authenticity of any item.
All appraisals comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the report writing conventions of the American Association of Independent Appraisers.
Please e-mail us or use our information form to obtain additional information.
All appraisals comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the report writing conventions of the American Association of Independent Appraisers