​Gilded Pear Gallery Fine Art Appraisals offers highly professional appraisal services for a wide range of intended uses.  Appraisals are written in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) by Suzy McGrane-Hop, CAPP (Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers) and Lauren Tucci, ISA member appraiser.  Previous clients include private collectors, corporations, educational institutions, museums and libraries, lawyers, insurance adjusters, banks and financial institutions.

Intended use for appraisals: Insurance coverage, Estate Planning and Taxes, Federal tax purposes, Non-cash Charitable Donations, Family Distibution, Damage Claims, Collection Management, resale value...

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Our Appraisers

Suzy McGrane-Hop, ISA CAPP

Principal Appraiser

Specialties

• Regionalist Artists-
  • Expertise: Grant Wood, Marvin Cone
  • Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Conger Metcalf
• Iowa Artists-
  • Mauricio Lasanksy, Robert Bauer, Carl Van Vechten
• Japanese prints
• Contemporary prints and paintings

About Suzy

Lauren Tucci, ISA

Appraiser 

Specialties

• American studio ceramics
• Printmaking
• Sculpture
• Paintings

About Lauren

Why Us?:

--As a full-service contemporary art gallery and frameshop, we have the facilities on site to:

• Safely handle delicate, sensitive, or oversized artworks
• Take necessary precautions opening up framed artworks to more fully inspect the item/s being appraised 
• "Fitting" or replacing said artworks into conservation grade frame packages. 
• We belong to the Professional Picture Framer's Association and are working towards Certification (CFP)

--We have expertise in large estate appraisals and High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWIs)

Frequently Asked Questions