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Personal property appraisals in Arkansas for donations, estate tax, divorce, and probate, prepared in accordance with USPAP and IRS requirements. AppraiseItNow appraises antiques, jewelry, collectibles, furniture, and fine art across Arkansas, including Little Rock, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith.
DEFENSIBLE, USPAP-COMPLIANT PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISAL REPORTS — QUALIFIED FOR THE IRS, ARKANSAS 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 household contents, firearms, coin and currency collections, antiques, and taxidermy mounts in Arkansas for estate administration, charitable gifts that need a qualified appraisal, marital property divisions, and insurance coverage.
Mixed households
An Arkansas estate rarely sits in a single category. Rifles, coins, knives, furniture, and mounts each trade in their own market, and each is researched in the market that prices it. We appraise:
Firearms
A probate court wants every firearm identified and valued on its own, not folded into one figure for the gun safe. Our Arkansas gun appraisals set out the condition scale those values are read against, and the same discipline applies to knives and edged pieces.
Donations
A charitable gift needs a value as of the date it was given, with the research behind it attached in the form the return expects. Where a category has a thin public record, the report names the evidence it does rest on instead of filling the gap with an estimate.
Two Arkansas assignments, described to the level the record supports and no further. Both were valued from the owner's own photographs and documents.
Probate
Coins and paper money, a knife collection, and mounted game from one household, each category valued in the market that trades it.
Charitable donation
Contents donated to a charity and valued as of the date of the gift, with each significant piece researched on its own.
Two Arkansas rules turn directly on what the property is worth: how a divorce court splits it, and whether an estate has to be administered at all.
Divorce
One half
the share of marital property an Arkansas court starts from, departing only where it finds an equal division inequitable
All marital property is distributed one half to each party unless the court finds that division inequitable, in which case it makes another division it considers equitable and explains why, weighing the length of the marriage, each party's contribution, and the tax consequences of the split.
Because the starting point is arithmetic, the argument moves to what each item is worth. Where securities are involved the statute contemplates a value being fixed and half of it set aside for the other party, which is the same logic a household applies to the collection or the vehicle one spouse keeps.
Small estates
$100,000
the value of an Arkansas estate, less encumbrances, that the heirs can collect by affidavit instead of opening an administration
Where all the property the decedent owned, less encumbrances, does not exceed $100,000, the distributees can collect it by filing an affidavit with the probate clerk rather than opening an estate. The affidavit has to describe the property and state its value, which is the work an appraisal of the contents does.
Forty five days have to pass since the death before it can be filed, and the values in it are the family's own representation to the court, which is a reason to have them supported.
What Arkansas clients say we are known for
Across 23 published Arkansas 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.
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
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
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:
No. Marketplace and dealer asking prices often sit unsold and are not evidence of market value; appraisers rely on completed auction results and documented sales, citing venues and dates. Unsold listings serve only as context around the sold data.
Not automatically. Arkansas statute mandates professional valuation only when a personal representative sells real property, and there is no statewide probate referee system for personal property. In practice, representatives still obtain appraisals of antiques and collections to support values when heirs, creditors, or the court question them.
No. Arkansas imposes no estate or inheritance tax, so inherited antiques matter for federal estate tax only in estates above the federal threshold, and otherwise for fair division among heirs.
On average stock rather than a single snapshot. Merchants' stock, including antique dealer inventory, is assessed at the value of the average stock in possession or under control during the year preceding January 1, so seasonal swings are smoothed rather than captured at their peak.
The court appoints three disinterested appraisers. Under A.C.A. §16-66-213, when a debtor claims personal property as exempt from execution, the appraisers are summoned, sworn by the levying officer, and must proceed at once to value the property, making the appraisal itself the pivot of the exemption fight.
