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Fine Art Investments
Fine Art Investments is listed in the FAIR appraiser registry with an office in Des Moines, Iowa. Listed specialties: Fine art appraisals, Jewelry and Estate Appraisals and more. Services, credentials and other facts stated on their own website are listed below.
Appraiser facts
- Credentials, memberships and roles
None listed in the registry record.
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- Office location
Des Moines, Iowa
- Fees
Not supplied. Ask for written terms that do not depend on value, sale price or outcome.
For comparison only, not this appraiser's fee: 112 FAIR-listed art, antique and jewelry appraisers post an hourly rate on their own websites. The median is $175 an hour, and the middle half charge $133–$250 (checked October 2026).
- Website
- Registry status
Listed · Unclaimed
Listed since 2026-05-16; record edited 2026-08-25.
From their website
- Memberships
- The International Society of Appraisers, Inc.
- Experience
- established in 1972
Stated on fineartinvestments.org/credentials-and-references, fineartinvestments.org/about; checked October 14, 2026. Not supplied to FAIR by the appraiser, and FAIR has not verified it. Confirm directly.
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Source record and dates
- Source checked
- Not supplied
- Profile record edited
- 2026-08-25
- Listed since
- 2026-05-16
- Source freshness
- Source-check date unavailable
- Source confidence
- Website-backed unclaimed profile
- Source wording
- Fine art appraisals, Fine Art, Jewelry, Estate Appraisals, Insurance Appraisals
- Service categories
- Fine art, Antiques, Jewelry, Estate, Insurance
- Linked source
- fineartinvestments.org
- Discovery status
- Unclaimed appraiser profile
- Profile completeness
- Strong public detail
- Profile evidence confidence
- Website-backed public source
- Formal-use routing signals
- Estate and probate, Insurance
- Why this profile appears
- A public source-evidence URL is attached to this registry profile.
- The profile has a listed office location: Des Moines, IA.
- Listed service categories: Fine art, Antiques, Jewelry, Estate, Insurance.
- Listed specialty language: Fine art appraisals, Fine Art, Jewelry, Estate Appraisals.
- Source confidence label: Website-backed unclaimed profile.
- The profile remains unclaimed and has a correction or removal path.
Source checks, profile edits and education checks are separate events. Not supplied: source fetched, profile verification-check date, education completed, education evidence checked.
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- Will inspection be remote or in person, and do you cover my location?
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Local read
Fine Art Investments is a website-backed, unclaimed FAIR profile for Des Moines, source checked 2026-05-16. FAIR lists Fine art appraisals, Fine Art, Jewelry, and Estate Appraisals as specialty language, with Fine art, Antiques, Jewelry, Estate, and Insurance service categories. The source site narrows the practical read: the contact page invites general inquiries but says specific appraisal, authentication, price information, or complete evaluation is not provided unless the firm is contracted as exclusive broker. Its brokerage page describes fine-art brokerage for single paintings, sculpture, or collections, especially 18th- to 20th-century American or European artwork, under a brokerage agreement. Confirm directly whether the need is brokerage, a formal appraisal report, jewelry scope, estate or insurance documentation, fee terms, and report standards before outreach.
The key distinction is fit: FAIR carries fine art, jewelry, estate, and insurance signals, while the source site emphasizes private fine-art brokerage and exclusive brokerage agreements rather than open-ended appraisal answers.
If you need a report rather than help selling artwork, ask whether the engagement is brokerage, appraisal, or both; who signs any report; what fee or buyer-paid compensation applies; and whether the report purpose can be separated from sale advice.
Written from registry data and this appraiser's public materials. Descriptive only — not a certification, ranking, or endorsement.
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