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Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room
Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room 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. Fee wording from their website is quoted below. 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
Fee wording published on their website
There is a minimum rate of $375 per hour. … Appraisal fees are based on an hourly rate
Quoted from stevenvailfinearts.com on 2026-10-11; not supplied to FAIR by the appraiser. Website prices change. Confirm current written, non-contingent terms directly before engagement.
- Website
- Registry status
Listed · Unclaimed
Listed since 2026-05-16; record edited 2026-08-25.
From their website
- Credentials
- USPAP-compliant appraisal reports
- IRS Qualified appraisers
- Memberships
- International Fine Art Appraisers Association
- Appraises
- 20th century, contemporary and modern art
- Appraisal services
- fair market value and replacement value appraisals
- insurance valuations
- estate and financial planning appraisals
- equitable distribution appraisals
- expert witness service
- How they work
- on-site examination of artwork
Stated on stevenvailfinearts.com/fine-art-appraisals, stevenvailfinearts.com/services; 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
- stevenvailfinearts.com
- 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.
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Local read
Steven Vail Fine Arts Project Room is a Des Moines profile where the member site supports a formal fine-art appraisal read, while FAIR still shows the listing as unclaimed and without a public FAIR fee statement. The registry lists fine art, jewelry, estate, and insurance signals; the SVFA site focuses on American and European modern and contemporary works on paper and original prints, and its fine-art appraisal page names asset management, charitable contribution, insurance valuation, estate planning, tax planning, and related uses. The site also describes hourly appraisal fees with a stated minimum, while a separate consignment page covers resale inquiries. Keep appraisal, resale, and gallery-submission questions separate before sending artwork details.
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