Mark Secrest Appraisals 202.718.2521 washington, dc 917.268.7477 new york
mark secrest
fmr. senior member ASA
Mark Secrest Appraisals 202.718.2521 washington, dc 917.268.7477 new york
mark secrest
fmr. senior member ASA
About Mark
Mark is an Honours graduate of the Study Centre for the History of the Fine and Decorative Arts, Victoria & Albert Museum, London England.
And with 49 years of experience Mark has a fair fee that provides you with a sound appraisal report for English, Continental, American and Indo-Chinese art, works of art, decorative arts antique furniture, silver, porcelains, Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities and all manner of residential contents.
Mark served in the Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama White House Administrations and was appointed by former D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty to the Board of Appraisers, District of Columbia Licensing and Regulatory Commission.
He is an acknowledged expert in Circuit Courts, District Courts, Federal Court, Tax Court, Bankruptcy Court and his lower courts transcripts admitted in United State Court of Appeals.
Mark continues to act on behalf of clients who donate or lend artworks for exhibition to the Phillips Collection, Smithsonian Institute, Freer Gallery of Art, Austin City Museum of Modern Art, Colonial Williamsburg, South Carolina Historical Society and other public and private museums across the United States.
Valuation Services
(the best bit)
Beyond a professional opinion of value everyone has a purpose for wanting an appraisal. For those who are unfamiliar with or infrequent users of appraisal services you may be at a loss as to how best to use it to advance your purposes.
An example is those who inherit an estate and are overwhelmed by the task of sorting out articles for posterity, make equitable family distribution, sell or make charitable donations.
This requires you to know the "benefits and drawbacks" of every resource at your disposal.
Not to worry, Mark has decades of experience and many resources that help
with every aspect of a large collection from the appraisal to its final resolution.
(and more)
Mark's broad experience and expertise carry over to conservation and restoration. Not only to the extent of conservation and restoration but consideration of the materials used, combined or separate that may irreversibly compromise a piece's authenticity, hence, its market value.
With the consultation Mark provides you with a trusted local conservator referral.
Moreover, a summary condition finding is addressed in the Condition Section of each Appraisal Report.
Valuation Services, cont.
(forthright)
Mark's fees are as follows;
one to five items is $225; six to ten items are $225-$337.50; eleven to twenty items are $337.50-$450
and
Over twenty-one items the first hour is $225 with a one-hour minimum after which it is by quarter hour increments of $56.25.
The fee includes an initial consultation, the examination, current sales data analysis, formal appraisal report and subsequent consultations, without limits or time constraints until your purpose of an appraisal is satisfactorily met.
Mark is fee based and does ask for commissions, gratuities or other compensations. There are no added fees over and above the initial quoted appraisal fee.
(courtesy "walk- through")
Mark offers a complementary remote "walk-through." It separates the valuable from marginal and also reduces a later date hourly examination cost.
There are no prior or subsequent commitments or associated fees should you ultimately decline to engage Mark's valuation services.
A "walk through" is by request.
Estates, collections or individual items may be examined at your residence, other location(s.) or may be remotely examined.
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Crucial to Your Success
(knowing)
There are two categories of appraisals, Fair Market Value and Replacement Cost (Value)
1) Fair Market Value is the price at which a property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having relevant knowledge of the facts. IRS Code (3) Section 1.170A-1(c) (2)
2) Replacement Cost Value is the cost necessary to replace an item of personal property with a new item of like kind, utility and having similar qualities within a reasonable amount of time in the relevant marketplace.
Note: Replacement Cost Value includes the costs of acquisition or replacement with a similar item and of value (*)
(*) These costs may include, but are not limited to, costs associated with the acquisition i.e. auction house buyer premium, packing and shipping.
There are two types of examinations of art and antiques- on-site and remote--it is a State and Federal accepted substitute that is convenient while reducing examination time and thereby the fee.
Appraisals intended for IRS, Judicial, Agency and Insurance must list sale data sources and details of each sale that supports the opinion of value.
Furthermore, the appraiser--and their appraisal must stand-up to judicial review.
Crucial to Your Success, cont.
Art and antiques appraisers are not required to be licensed.
Membership in Appraisal Associations has advantages, it fosters public confidences and promotes member professionalism and ethical conduct--but it is not a guarantee.
Note: Consumer compensation (relief) for appraiser wrongdoing or a faulty appraisal is only successfully pursued as a legal matter.
(appraiser fees)
Appraisal services should be a flat fee or hourly rate with no added compensations, Direct and open-ended quotes, especially, are occasion to maximize costly research time--be aware that when it relates to item identification, authenticity or origin, it signals a lack of appraiser expertise.
(Fini)
Mark is able to offer an equitable fee by reason of having been academically museum trained that is hand-in-hand with-come 2026; 50 years as a valuation expert.
Mark's qualifications are a matter of public record, and a Curriculum Vitae, Valuation Services page and sample Appraisal Report are individually available at your request.
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Contact Mark
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202.718.2521
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Mark looks forward to being of assistance--to you, by delivering a dependable appraisal and advancing its purposes.
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