Owen,
My condolences, first of all. It is always a sad experience, being with the instruments of our departed colleagues. There is also such a sense of responsibility to our passed friend and to their families in helping the estate deal with the instruments left behind.
Al Rice (who is in California) and I both do official appraisals and know all the IRS requirements. Normally, we can work from detailed descriptions and photographs. We consult other experts, etc. These probably are not the sort of instruments where you would find comps at Sotheby's, but we can do all that too.
Best!
Anne A.
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From: "Owen Daly" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2016 5:48:10 PM
Subject: certified appraisers?
Hi all. Some information I hope I can glean from you all.
Nowadays, thank God, IRS and most insurance companies require real certified appraisers for such estimates, which gets builders like me off the hook, when people want us to pull a figure out of a hat.
A good friend and client recently died and I am going to be helping her sister sort things out. Pretty soon I will be posting on our List and elsewhere the availability of her two harpsichords for purchase, but for now, dealing with tax issues and the like, her sister needs an accepted certified harpsichord appraiser to give her formal numbers for IRS (estate tax falls into the picture, I think, here) and I need to know how to find the nearest good one here on the west coast.
Any references?
thanks in advance,
Owen
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Owen Daly Early Keyboard Instruments
557 Statesman St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
http://www.dalyharpsichords.com
(503)-362-9396
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