Certified Appraiser of Personal Property

"As a certified fine art appraiser with the International Society of Appraisers, you can be assured your appraisal will be handled in a professional manner and is compliant with both USPAP standards and ISA Appraisal Writing Standards. Appraisals can be prepared for an individual item, a collection or an entire estate. I value and prepare formal appraisal reports for Charitable Contribution/Donations, Damage/Loss Insurance Claims, Estate Taxes and Insurance Coverage.

​All appraisals conform to Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and IRS guidelines. I also offer complete collection management services for estates and collections. Gilded Pear Gallery specializes in appraisals of Midwest Regionalist artwork, such as the works of Grant Wood, Marvin Cone, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and Conger Metcalf among others, but we also appraise a wide variety of fine art work including contemporary artists working today."

Suzy McGrane-Hop, ISA CAPP
ISA Website: http://www.isa-appraisers.org 

About Suzy McGrane-Hop

Professional Experience:
Certified Appraiser of Personal Property, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Gilded Pear Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (owner) 2011- present
CornerHouse Gallery & Frame, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 2005 - 2011
Peppertree Studios, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1996 - 2005
 
Professional Organizations:
International Society of Appraisers, Certified Member (ISA CAPP)
Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, member
International Facilities Manager Association, associate member since 2012
Professional Picture Framers Association, member

Education:
       Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
           (updates required every two years) 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, and 2009
       International Society of Appraisers Requalification Course, 2014, 2009
       International Society of Appraisers, Annual Convention, 2013, 2017
       International Society of Appraisers, Advanced Report Writing Course, 2011
       International Society of Appraisers, Appraisal of Japanese Prints Course, 2011
       Coe College, Art course, Topics in Art History: Masterpieces, 2010
       Coe College, Medieval Art course, 2010
       International Society of Appraisers Core Course, 2007
       International Society of Appraisers Fine Art Course, 2007
       Coe College Cedar Rapids, Iowa B.A. Fine Art
 
Civic:
       Cedar Rapids Community School District, Art Collection Committee, 2010 – present
       The Ceramics Center, Board Member 2014 - present
       Med Quarter SMMID Commission, board member, 2019      
       Cedar Rapids Visual Arts Commission, board member, 2010 - 2013
       Juror for Marion Arts Festival, Marion, Iowa, 2011, 2016
       Juror for College Hill Arts Festival, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 2009
       Juror for Grounds for Art, Cedar Rapids Public Sculpture Project, 2008

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)
--Our clients include: individuals, institutions, museums, corporate collections, law firms

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