One value both sides can stand on.
When a collection is part of a divorce, the fight is rarely about the art. It is about the numbers. Cove prepares neutral, defensible Fair Market Value for both parties and their counsel, with the evidence attached to every figure, so the collection gets divided instead of litigated.
The appraiser works for the process.
Dueling experts double the cost and halve the credibility. A single neutral appraisal, built on evidence either side can inspect, is what settlements actually get signed on.
Fair Market Value.
What each work would change hands for between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither compelled. The basis courts use, and the only basis worth negotiating from.
Nobody's advocate.
The report does not lean toward the party who ordered it. Every number shows its comparable sales, sourced and dated, so both counsel can check the work instead of attacking it.
Private, throughout.
A divorce is not a moment anyone wants a wider audience for. The engagement is handled quietly, and the record is visible only to the people the process requires.
Built for the negotiation, ready for the court.
An appraisal prepared to USPAP standards by a credentialed professional appraiser, suitable for settlement discussions, mediation, and filings where the court requires one.
Complete and signed.
Full cataloging, condition, provenance as documented, and Fair Market Value for every work at issue, signed and ready for both counsel.
Checkable by either side.
Comparable sales attached to every number. When a value is questioned, and in a divorce it will be, the answer is already in the report.
Two collections, cleanly.
When the division is done, each side leaves with a complete record of what is now theirs: documentation, values, and history, ready for whatever comes next.
Cove prepares the appraisal and the documentation. Cove does not provide legal advice: counsel and the court direct the process, working from a report built to answer their questions.
Sooner is cheaper.
Valuation disputes grow more expensive the longer they run. A neutral, evidenced appraisal early in the process gives both sides the same facts before positions harden.
And if the collection was already documented in Cove, the work is largely done: the cataloging, provenance, and market evidence exist before the engagement begins.
Appraisals for what comes next.
Tell us what the process needs.
What is being valued, who is involved, and where the process stands. Handled discreetly, quoted per piece. From $100 per piece, scaling with volume.
Thank you.
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