We guarantee that our clients are offered professional services of the highest quality. With a scholarly focus on Chinese painting and Buddhist Art, doctoral training on Chinese art in general, a profound knowledge of the Chinese Art Market and Chinese Art Connoisseurship, as well as a mastery of a few Asian languages, such as Chinese (Both classical and modern), Japanese, and some Tibetan, we are competent to appraise Chinese art of all categories, including painting, furniture, woodblock prints, textiles, wood/ivory carvings and scholarly objects (ink stones, brush holders, etc.), decorative arts (screens, jade, kesi tapestries), and Tibetan Buddhist fine arts (Thangkas) and ritual objects.
We are qualified Chinese art specialists with a Ph.D. in Chinese art and training in prestigious universities in the United States. We treat every owner individually and provide original research about each individual object. Our work is based on years of experience in appraisal as well as more than twenty years of professional experience with Chinese art objects, doctoral training in Chinese art, history, and culture, and original published research in the field. Our art appraisal report is designed to help you meet your specific goals. We enjoy our job, which is to serve our clients to the best of our abilities, educating them about their objects, and preparing them to enter the art market. As professional academics, we are committed to all Chinese artistic traditions, and dedicated to helping others understand and appreciate Chinese art.
We are certified art appraisers who are committed to help our clients to meet their goals. The typical appraisal report presents a description and analysis of the object, a carefully calculated fair market value for the object, a thorough market analysis of the current Chinese art market for the object, and a list of recommended auction houses for the sale of the object. This appraisal report will make you an expert on your artwork. As expert Chinese art appraisers, we comply with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (2008-2009) and conform to the American Society of Appraisers Code of Ethics in our professional practice.
What Type of Value Are You Looking For?
Fair Market Value -- The price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of relevant facts.
Market Value -- The most probable price that a property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a sale as of a specific date and the passing of title from seller to buyer.
Replacement Value --Replacement Value is the price it would cost to replace an item with one of similar quality purchased in the most appropriate marketplace within a limited amount of time. Usually, this is the value used for insurance purposes or collecting needs. It is evaluated in essentially three ways: New Replacement Value, when the object is still available; Second-Hand Replacement Value, reflecting the current second hand replacement cost of a similar article of equivalent quality and condition; and Facsimile Value reflecting the cost of recreating a facsimile of the original in reasonably equal material and quality of production.
Liquidation Value -- Liquidation value is the price realized in a sale under forced or limiting conditions and under time constraints. The action may be initiated by the owner or crediting institution.
Actual Cash Value -- The price be necessary to replace a property with another of similar age, quality, origin, appearance, size, and condition, within a reasonable length of time in an appropriate and relevant market. (This definition encompasses the concept of “as is” or “with or without restoration.”) It is the market value of a property less all forms of depreciation.
How to Pay FUnderstand What You Need to Achieve Your Goals
Unfortunately, no art appraisal is universal. A designated art appraisal report conducted by a qualified professional is required to meet a specific appraisal need. The most important thing to remember is that in order to sell any fine object of art, you need to posses solid information about your art object and formulate an educated strategy for sales. These are the two goals of a professional art appraisal: to provide the owner with the information needed to understand and appreciate the art object, and to suggest a clear strategy for sale based on analysis of the current Chinese art market. This is why you should commission an art appraisal from a qualified professional.
A professional art appraisal report usually provides you with the crucial information about your art work you need to achieve all your goals. Many owners are overwhelmed by the unfamiliar terminology from the worlds of Chinese aesthetics and modern art sales or necessary strategies to obtain an insurance policy or make an insurance claim. An appraisal report prepared by a qualified professional will make you a knowledgeable art owner. By reading the appraiser report, you are educated about the object as well as how objects like it have fared on the market in the recent past. You would stand a much better chance of profit when negotiating from a position of strength.
We care about you and your art exclusively. As professional, independent art appraisers, we represent only you and not potential buyers. If you are interested, please Contact Us, or call us at (609) 688-6891. We are happy to assist you with your Chinese art project at all levels.
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