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New Hampshire personal property appraisers providing valuations for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises antiques, jewelry, fine art, collectibles, and household contents across New Hampshire, including Manchester, Nashua, and Concord.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, NEW HAMPSHIRE 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 silver, jewelry, coins, firearms, antiques, fine art, and household contents in New Hampshire for estate settlement, charitable gifts, divorce, insurance, and an owner's own records. The default is online, worked from photographs and documentation, with an appraiser at the house when a collection is too large or too fragile to handle any other way. Single category firearm work sits on our New Hampshire gun appraisal page.
Estate settlement
An estate needs what the property was worth on one particular day, not today. Auction results and dealer sales from around that date carry the conclusion, and heirs almost never have the paperwork in one place, so the file gets rebuilt from photographs and whatever the owner kept.
Insurance schedules
Insurers schedule significant pieces individually instead of leaving them inside a general contents limit, and that takes a written value for each one scheduled. The work happens before a loss, while the object can still be examined, rather than being assembled afterwards from whatever photographs happen to survive.
Owner records
Plenty of owners want the number for themselves: before a move, before a conversation with a family member, before deciding whether a single object is worth insuring on its own. Those reports are researched and written to the same standard as the ones that end up in front of a court.
Two New Hampshire files, a line each. Names, figures, and serial numbers stay in the reports. Neither owner was selling, and neither had paperwork worth speaking of. Both wanted to know what they were actually holding.
Personal records
A military sidearm with almost no paperwork behind it, valued for the owner's own records from photographs and the marks on the frame.
Coin collection
Coins photographed one tray at a time and checked back against the owner's own list before any of them reached a value.
New Hampshire words its own test for what property is worth, and it gives the probate court a way to settle who owns a piece before anybody argues about the number.
Market value
Just debt
the New Hampshire test for what property is worth
New Hampshire tells selectmen to appraise all other taxable property at its market value, and then defines market value as the property's full and true value as the same would be appraised in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor. It is an unusual way to word the test, and it points somewhere specific: at what the property would realistically fetch, not at what buying its equivalent again at full retail would cost. Appraisers used to writing insurance oriented figures have to recalibrate when the work is being read against this standard.
Disputed title
Conclusive
the weight of a probate decree on who owns the piece
Any person claiming a present legal or equitable right or title to personal property in the estate of a deceased person may bring a petition against the estate to have the question determined between the parties, and the probate court's judgment or decree on it is conclusive. The statute adds that having an adequate remedy at law or in equity does not shut that door. Where a silver service, a gun, or a collection is claimed by somebody outside the estate, ownership is settled there first, and the valuation follows the answer rather than trying to anticipate it.
What New Hampshire clients say we are known for
Across 23 published New Hampshire 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 much research is visible in the report, and how quickly we answer.
I was skeptical at first, but the company exceeded all of my expectations. The team responded quickly to every question, and the service was excellent. They’re now my go to source for my collection. I’ve used them twice already, and I plan to use them several more times.
Firearms Appraisal for Personal Use
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 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
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
Joe made the process to have my piece of furniture appraised extremely easy, efficient and quick. My experience was great and I'd recommend AppraiseItNow to anyone looking for an appraisal.
Furniture Appraisal for Insurance Coverage
I asked AppraiseItNow to value a piece of sports memorabilia for purposes of a charitable donation. The item is rarely sold. Their research unearthed an important recent sale of a similar item, which I had not found previously, and which the first appraiser I used had not found either. AppraiseItNow was a good deal more expensive than the first service, but they crafted a detailed report in which I have much more confidence. They also helped me make sure the correct tax forms are used. Thank you!
Sports Memorabilia Appraisal for Charitable Donation
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:
Not automatically. Probate practice under RSA 554 lets the fiduciary state values to the best of their knowledge on Form NHJB-2125-Pe, and an independent appraiser is not required unless the court orders one. But court guidance identifies qualified appraisals as the acceptable source for jewelry, antiques, and other high-value items, so a significant silver collection warrants a documented date-of-death valuation.
Against the realized market for comparable pieces. Melt value from weight, purity, and spot price is only the floor; we research auction results for the same maker, period, and pattern to quantify premiums for rarity, completeness, and condition, and we deduct for damage, monograms, or heavy wear. Exceptional makers can carry value far beyond metal content.
They answer different questions. Insurance appraisals estimate replacement cost through specialty dealers and retail sources, which typically runs higher than the fair market value standard estates require, based on auction evidence. A report must state which value definition it develops; using an insurance figure for probate overstates the estate.
By the marks. Sterling carries hallmarks, maker’s marks, and purity stamps that a credible report photographs and records piece by piece, while plated ware lacks a sterling standard mark and carries only a thin silver layer over base metal. Pricing plate by weight as if it were solid silver is the most common and costly mistake we see owners make.
Because some components are not solid silver. Knife blades are typically stainless steel, and certain handles and pieces are weighted with non-silver filler, so total weight overstates actual silver content. A proper appraisal adjusts weights piece by piece before applying spot prices, then layers maker, pattern, and rarity premiums on the corrected base.
