Fine Art Appraisals

Specializing in Modern, Post-war and Contemporary fine art of all media including paintings, prints, photography, sculpture and multi-discipline works, Lisa Wells has over 10 years of experience valuing works by established and emerging artists and preparing qualified appraisals for a wide variety of client needs including:

·       Insurance inventory

·       IRS non-cash charitable contribution (donation)

·       IRS estate tax and stepped-up basis 

·       Gift tax

·       Damage & loss 

·       Sale advisory

·       Blockage discount appraisals for artist and architect estates, and other oversize collections

·       Collection cataloguing for private, corporate or artist estates, with experience cataloguing and appraising multiple collections over 10,000 and exceeding 50,000 items

All appraisals are prepared in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and IRS guidelines. 

Advisory

Elizabeth Wells Appraisals & Fine Art Services offers collection development and guidance for the beginner collector, and advises the established collector wishing to source specific material.  Lisa engages with clients about their art needs and visual preferences, and has an intuitive sense when it comes to finding the right art for each collector and their space.

As collections grow and evolve, many seasoned collectors find themselves in the position to sell or donate select works of art, and Lisa offers brokerage services for single works or entire estates, working with private collectors, galleries and auction houses to complete successful and discreet art sales. Additionally, we facilitate placement of art donations to non-profit charitable institutions. 

Collection Management

Lisa is designer and co-creator of the Wells Art System collection database. A fully customizable comprehensive art collection database designed for private collections. Based on Lisa’s knowledge and experience managing large and small art inventories, the FileMaker platform is a simple, elegant, user-friendly system created to help collectors keep track of their art collection.  With Wells Art System, the client is equipped to maintain their own collection with minimal instruction and no monthly fee.  If so requested, arrangements can be made for Lisa to manage the collection database.