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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: The Truth About Price Guides

Monday, September 28, 2009 Reporter: Jerry Sampson 2 Comments

The Truth About Prices Guides

Time to hit on a touchy subject. In regards to the serious appraiser and scholar in the use of general price guides, there is one simple thing to remember:

Budget your money accordingly.

A little clarification is needed first. Price guides can be broken down into two separate, but very distinct, categories.

1. General Price Guides (such as Schroeder's, Warman's, Antique Week, Antique Trader, Lyle and, of course, Kovels).

2. Vanity Price Guides (they are typically written by one or two authors who have an undying passion for a subject and usually only one subject or period will be featured in a book at a time. These are sometimes seen with the wording "with value guide" attached to the title).

Let’s explore Vanity Price Guides (VPG) first. Take for instance, the reference books on cut glass by noted author Bill Boggess. He is certainly a scholar and active in the market. His books are well researched with excellent photos, and have a listing of prices in the back for the featured pieces. As an appraiser or scholar you should know that you should not rely on any prices in any books. We'll explore the reasoning behind this mantra later. But VPG's are very, very useful and valuable to the researcher. Often they are loaded with tons of good if not great information and photos on subjects not always commonly found. These authors are consumed with their subjects. They are serious about prices, values and worth. This is just a natural part of that passion. They want to share what they know or perceive. You shouldn’t only rely on the "handy" value listings.

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