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Quality Condition Adjusted Mean Methodology: A Comparative Valuation Tool for the Appraiser

This paper explores the process of using a quality/condition adjusted mean methodology (Q-CAMM) to determine value of a subject property. A quality/condition adjusted mean regulates comparable values based upon condition level and quality points, and arrives at a final value conclusion relative to the subject property’s intrinsic features and state of preservation. Q-CAMM continues to rely upon the personal opinion and experience of the appraiser while introducing additional mathematical components to basic statistical averaging. Click the image to read the article by Todd W. Sigety, ISA CAPP.

(First Published in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies - 2008)

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Reconceiving Connoisseurship, by Carol Strone

Connoisseurship is a dead language and a dead art. Or so art theorists with disdain for aesthetic judgments would have us believe for some 40 years now. Indeed, connoisseurship has long languished — unfashionable and unpracticed — in academic circles and beyond. But still it matters for many people, and there are signs of a renaissance, even in the most unlikely realms of the art world. The time is ripe for reconceiving connoisseurship as relevant to furthering culture and seeing with maximum powers of observation that which humankind creates. Click the image to read the article by Carol Strone of Carol Strone Art Advisory, NY.

(First Published in the Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April 2010)

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Establishing Your Appraisal Library: Shelving

Saturday, August 22, 2009 Reporter: Jerry Sampson 0 Comments

You can have the greatest library in the world, but, if you can't find that particular volume then your library is worthless. The number one thing you must have when starting this business is some type of strong shelving and proper storage.

You might be starting your appraisal career with a dozen volumes, or you might be established and have a library of thousands of titles. Either way, you've got to have proper storage / shelving.

Your ultimate goal is to have your own place. I understand this is not always possible. The author Virginia Wolfe is quoted as saying she "hoped in the future that all women would have a room of their own." That's what we as appraisers should strive for - our own room, our own place, to store our work.

Be creative with where you are at right now. You might want to start with a bookshelf or a bookcase in a corner of a room. Explore the options of a finished basement, space under a staircase, or in an unused guest room. Whatever direction you make, be sure that your shelving is strong! Sure, right now, it can hold a dozen books but what about in the future? What about when you collect several hundred? All bookcases, shelves or units MUST be firmly bolted to the wall, into masonry, or into wood studding.

DRY WALL IS NOT SECURE FOR BOLTING!

Make sure that ALL shelving is strong and re-enforced on the sides. An extra feature, but one that I don't really like is adjustable shelves. Just make sure that these are bracket arms that lock into slots in the back, that extend to the depth of the shelf. Little metal or plastic tabs on the sides to hold the shelf up will not last for very long. (To Read the Rest of the article click the Read More Link below)