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Antique furniture appraisals in North Carolina for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises period pieces, Victorian furniture, colonial antiques, folk art furniture, and heirloom case pieces across North Carolina, including Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville.
Their customer service is OUTSTANDING… I’d give 10 if possible!
…very helpful in my being able to get the highest amount possible from my insurance company
The final report was thorough, well organized, and clearly explained the methodology and reasoning behind the valuation
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT ANTIQUE FURNITURE APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NORTH CAROLINA COURTS, LENDERS, INSURERS, AND MORE.
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Owner & CEO
Joe founded AppraiseItNow to make a certified, USPAP-compliant appraisal as simple to order as anything else online. A former Bain & Company strategy consultant, Joe leads the entire team and specializes in strategy, growth, and the firm's tech capabilities.
Personal Property Appraiser
ISA Accredited Member with 30 years in the trade, from running estate sales and an auction gallery to appraising luxury apparel, furniture, artwork, antiques, and business assets, primarily for IRS tax filings.
Machinery & Equipment Appraiser
Third-generation auctioneer and CAGA Certified Appraiser with more than 20 years valuing machinery, equipment, vehicles, business assets, and estates for banks, attorneys, and trustees across the Carolinas.
Personal Property Appraiser
ISA Accredited Member specializing in Asian art, with a Master's from SOAS and a Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art. Ashley chairs the ISA's Antiques, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts committee and appraises for charitable donation, insurance, and equitable distribution.
Client Success Manager
Manages each engagement from the first enquiry to the delivered report, and keeps you posted at every step along the way.
International Society of AppraisersAccredited Member
Certified Appraisers Guild of AmericaCertified Appraiser
The Appraisal FoundationAuthorized by Congress as the source of appraisal standardsAppraiseItNow appraises antique furniture in North Carolina for probate inventories and estate filings, charitable gifts, equitable distribution in divorce, and insurance coverage. Where the same house holds coin silver, a tea service or framed pictures, those are covered by our North Carolina antique silver appraisals and North Carolina artwork appraisals, and the household is reported as one engagement.
Period pieces
Two chests of the same date can sit far apart in value on form alone, and a Southern piece with a documented history of ownership trades in a different pool than an anonymous one. Original surface, original hardware and the quality of any old repair are read before the date is.
Whole households
A full house divides into the few pieces that carry the value and a long tail of serviceable furniture. The first group is researched piece by piece against realized auction prices, and the rest is valued by category, which is how a large inventory stays affordable and still holds up.
Reproductions
North Carolina houses hold a great deal of fine twentieth century furniture built in state. It is valued honestly as what it is, against the market that buys it, rather than squeezed into a period comparable.
The furniture does not change between filings. The date it is valued on, the market the figure comes from and who has to be satisfied by it all do, which is why one report rarely does double duty.
Estates
An estate figure is tied to the day the owner died, even when the house is emptied a year later, and the report has to say what was knowable about the pieces on that day rather than what the sale eventually brought.
Divorce
In equitable distribution the furniture figure is argued over by two parties and their counsel, so the comparables and the condition findings matter as much as the conclusion. Pieces one spouse brought to the marriage are identified as such and left for the lawyers to characterize.
Furniture is rarely the reason a North Carolina file exists, and it is often the asset the statutes reach first. Two rules do most of the work: one sets which day the value attaches to in a separation, the other lets a spouse walk away with household property before the estate is settled.
Equitable distribution
Date of distribution
not the date of separation, is when North Carolina values the appreciation an antique picked up while the case was pending
North Carolina runs two valuation dates in one case. Under G.S. 50-21(b), "marital property shall be valued as of the date of the separation of the parties," while "divisible property and divisible debt shall be valued as of the date of distribution." Divisible property is defined in G.S. 50-20(1a) to include "all appreciation and diminution in value of marital property and divisible property of the parties occurring after the date of separation and prior to the date of distribution, except that appreciation or diminution in value that is the result of postseparation actions or activities of a spouse is not treated as divisible property." For antique furniture that matters more than it does for a car: a market that moves on a form or a maker while the case is pending is passive change, and it is valued at the later date, which is why retrospective work on the separation date is sometimes only half the assignment.
Estates
$60,000
of household property can leave a North Carolina estate as the surviving spouse's year's allowance, awarded item by item by the clerk
G.S. 30-15 entitles every surviving spouse to "an allowance having the value of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) for the surviving spouse's support for one year after the death of the deceased spouse," claimed by verified petition and, where a personal representative has been appointed, claimed "within six months after the issuance of letters." It is not paid as a check from somewhere else. Under G.S. 30-20, the clerk "enter[s] an order setting forth the personal property of the estate to be awarded to the surviving spouse," and where the personal property on hand falls short the clerk enters judgment against the estate for the deficiency. In a house where the furniture is the personal property, what each piece is worth decides how much of the household the allowance consumes and what is left for everyone else, so a documented value protects the executor as much as the spouse.
What North Carolina clients say we are known for
Across 27 published North Carolina appraisal reviews, every one from a client who paid AppraiseItNow for an appraisal, the three things they raise most often are that they would hire us again, how quickly we answer, and how much research is visible in the report.
I used AppraiseItNow for the first time last month and I was extremely pleased with the results. I needed an appraisal done for insurance purposes and the level of detail about each of my antique furniture pieces was thorough and very helpful in my being able to get the highest amount possible from my insurance company for the antique items that were damaged. I could see that they spent time making sure that the information she included was correct and current for my antique furniture items in the current market. The team responded to my emails timely to answer any questions I had. I would highly recommend Appraise It Now to get a thorough and professional appraisal done on antique items. I do intend to use them again for other antique furniture and jewelry that I have. Job well done! 😃🤗
Antique Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Claim
I contacted AppraiseItNow on a weekend asking for an expedited appraisal needed the following Tuesday, sent pictures as requested and answered a few questions for their team. Not only did the appraisal arrive on Tuesday, Joe waived the expedited fee! I would definitely recommend his services.
Antique Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Claim
I was very pleased with the service from AppraiseItNow. They responded quickly, offered fair pricing and turnaround, and the appraisal was done by a highly qualified expert. I provided details, photos, and records, and the final report was exactly what I needed. Fantastic service. I’d definitely use them again.
Antique Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Claim
AppraiseItNow Inc. is the best company I was lucky to find by accident. I was looking for someone to appraise cabinets for a donation to charity. I asked for multiple referrals, called multiple appraisal services, etc., and no one could help me. I found AppraiseItNow and from the moment I started working with them, they were wonderful! Joe guided me on what I needed to send him, what needed to be done and stayed in touch with me the entire time. Their customer service is OUTSTANDING and a welcome surprise in today’s world where good customer service is an anomaly! They returned an appraisal in a timely manner, it was clear, concise, cost-effective and exactly what I needed. They followed up with me multiple times to ensure that I received it and everything was OK. My CPA is also thrilled to have them as an accredited appraisal service he can use for other clients. I rarely leave reviews, but I could not pass giving them 5 stars and I’d give 10 if possible! THANK YOU JOE AND ALL AT APPRAISEITNOW!!👊🏼
Personal Property Appraisal for Charitable Donation
I had a great experience with AppraiseItNow. I needed a formal insurance appraisal for a very unusual and difficult-to-value Pokémon collectible, and their team handled the process professionally from start to finish. Communication was responsive and helpful throughout, and I really appreciated that they took the time to understand the rarity, provenance, and unusual nature of the item rather than treating it like a routine appraisal. The final report was thorough, well organized, and clearly explained the methodology and reasoning behind the valuation. I was very happy with both the finished appraisal and the overall experience working with their team. I’d absolutely use AppraiseItNow again for another specialty collectible appraisal and would recommend them to anyone looking for a professional insurance appraisal.
Memorabilia & Collectibles Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
It is a pleasure to work with Joe and his team. They communicate every step along the way and made the process simple for us to have more than 35 firearms appraised. It was all done in a timely manner and the final report is easy to understand. I highly recommend their services.
Gun Appraisal for Probate
Given the USPAP-compliant nature of AppraiseItNow’s appraisal reports, we prepare our deliverables for major legal, tax, and financial reporting purposes for individual and commercial clients.
Popular uses of our appraisal reports include:
No. Original finish, hardware, and even honest wear usually carry premiums, while refinishing or replaced parts can seriously reduce value even when the work is competent. Collectors pay for untouched surfaces and period patina, so have the piece appraised as found before any restoration decision.
Realized prices from auction archives such as Christie's, Sotheby's, and regional auctioneers that publish results, supplemented by curated marketplaces like 1stDibs and Chairish as secondary evidence. A defensible report builds a grid of five to ten comparables and explains the adjustments, rather than citing generic internet estimates.
The date of separation, by default. North Carolina equitable distribution law values marital property as of separation unless the court orders a different date, so antique furniture appraisals for divorce there are usually retrospective to that date.
No. North Carolina's estate tax was repealed for decedents dying on or after January 1, 2013, and the state has no inheritance tax. Estate values still matter for the probate inventory and, in large estates, the federal estate tax return, all at fair market value as of the date of death.