Appraisals of Antiques, Fine Art & Personal Property Serving Mid-Coast to Southern Maine, New Hampshire & Massachusetts
As a 50 plus year seasoned appraiser, Martin Willis of Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service can provide a USPAP compliant appraisal document for you.
APPRAISAL FEES
Please contact Martin Willis of Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service so he can go over the fee structure with you at 978-228-9415. Martin is based in Maine, with the majority of his work in the Seacoast New Hampshire, and the Boston area. He travels throughout New England and may charge a nominal travel fee, depending on the location.
SPECIALTIES
Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service has associates in almost every specialized field, Martin Willis is a generalist and can evaluate most of the material found in homes including American & European fine art, American & European antique to modern furniture, American & European decorative arts, glass, American & European porcelains, American & European silver, historic American documents and much more.
Colleague specialists can be contracted for jewelry, stamps/coins, ancient antiquities, Asian collections and rare books, additional information below.*
ESTATE APPRAISALS
Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service can prepare a retrospective (date of death) fair market appraisal document suitable for probate court or trusts.
FAIR MARKET APPRAISALS
Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service can prepare an appraisal for you assigning the current fair market value of your possessions. Whether you are considering selling, or need the appraisal for another purpose such as a family division, trust or donation purposes.
INSURNACE APPRAISALS
Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service can prepare an appraisal for insurance replacement value for the average home to someone who has a fine arts rider on their homeowner’s insurance policy.
FINE ART APPRAISALS
Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service can prepare an appraisal for insurance replacement value for the average home to those who require a fine arts rider for their company, corporation or homeowner’s insurance policy.
EXPERT WITNESS
Martin Willis of Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service is an experienced expert witness for litigation purposes. He will offer his expert opinion at a deposition or a court of law for either a plaintiff or defendant. Martin is not your client’s advocate – you are. He advocates only for his own opinion as the facts merit. Objective opinions of value made by Martin shall be substantiated by credible market research and analysis. Subjective opinions are based on over 50 years of practical experience and they shall be plainly identified and stated succinctly. No opinion shall be shaped to fit the needs of any client for any reason whatsoever, with no exceptions. If you want to know the facts, then Martin Willis of Seaboard Estate & Appraisal Service is a good choice for you.
* Available Colleague Specialists With Expertise in: Jewelry, Numismatic & Stamps, Chinese, Japanese, Korean Asian Arts, Ancient Antiquities, Native American, African & Ethnographic, Books and unforeseen rarities.