In addition to our specialized departments, Freeman’s supports our clients with the following departments including: Trusts and Estates, Appraisals,
Curated Collections, Museums and Institutions, and Privates Sales. Please learn more about each of our service departments and the best way to
contact a member of our team.
Furthering our service team, Freeman’s Client Advisory department works with galleries, dealers, private clients, partners, advisors, corporations,
and institutions providing an extra level of management and care.
Freeman's offers expertise to fiduciaries, law firms, executors, wealth managers, beneficiaries, and private clients in the valuation and selling of individual works and collections of all sizes and across categories.
We utilize the decades of experience of Freeman’s specialists to create bespoke sales and marketing plans that are fully customized to meet key deadlines, honor legacy wishes, and ensure the best possible return for beneficiaries.
We present “clean sweep” solutions tailored to your estate settlement needs, including: timely valuations, options for the sale of select items at Freemans as well as tertiary auction outlets, and flexible fee structures to maximize returns, all overseen by a Trusts and Estates account manager.
Give our team a call or send some general photographs (phone photos are welcome). This will help us get a sense of the scope of the estate or type of works included. Our team will be in touch to provide guidance from there
If you are looking to sell items at auction, Freeman’s is happy to provide complimentary auction estimates. Auction estimates are a range of values that reflect current market conditions for a specific work or collecting category. If you are looking for a singular value for insurance coverage or estate tax filings, our Appraisals team will be happy to work with you on creating these formal reports.
It’s always helpful to keep records or receipts of when and/or where works were purchased. It’s also a good idea to keep items insured and inventoried.
It depends on the scope of the collection. Photos are often a great starting point for giving our team a sense of the categories covered in the collection.
Yes, absolutely. Freeman’s Trusts and Estates team is happy to provide a variety of recommendations to experts in niche collecting areas (such as coins or vintage fashion) or to alternative auction outlets in the tri-state area.
For more information, please contact Alexander Starr at 267.414.1216 or astarr@freemansauction.com.
Whether you’re seeking a valuation report for a private collection, an important estate, or an institution, our thorough and fully illustrated reports are recognized in the United States by financial institutions, insurance brokers, and government agencies, including the IRS.
The expertise of Freeman’s Appraisals teams covers more than thirty collecting categories, including fine art, decorative art and objects, jewelry, books and manuscripts, and more; each member of our team is an Accredited or Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA), and each report is executed in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
With thoughtful consideration to each client’s unique situation, we issue reports for the purposes of estate tax, estate planning and collection management, equitable distribution, insurance, and loan collateral.
An auction evaluation is a complementary service, in which an auction estimate is provided if we have a market for the work or works in question. The estimate may often be provisional if based on images and information, and subject to first-hand examination. An appraisal is a formal opinion of value, often culminating in a document, primarily for estate tax or insurance purposes. There is a fee for this service, based on the time necessary to conduct and complete the appraisal.
Both are formal written reports executed by our team of USPAP qualified appraisers. However, fair market value is the price at which the property would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. This value is used for estate planning, estate tax, and equitable distribution appraisals. Replacement value (insurance appraisals) is a property’s highest value that would be required to replace the property with another of similar age, quality, origin, appearance, provenance, and condition within a reasonable length of time in an appropriate and relevant market.
For more information, please contact William Kowalik at 267.414.1222 or wkowalik@freemansauction.com.
Freeman’s Collections team works closely with clients to intimately understand their collection and determine the best sales and marketing strategies to maximize returns.
We pride ourselves in not only weighing the essential components of value, but leveraging the unique narrative associated with each private or corporate collection. Freeman’s is honored to be entrusted with these sales, and meets this client trust with tailored solutions and expert guidance to maximize auction results and foster meaningful, ongoing relationships. We act as a dedicated contact for private collectors, advisors, fiduciaries, and family offices, working across more than thirty areas of specialization to assist in the pricing, buying, and selling of works for large, multi-category collections.
With 23 single-owner selling events totaling over $31M since 2010, Freeman’s considers the successful sales of single-owner collections to be one of our strongest achievements.
Please contact a member of our team to discuss the collection. Including photographs with your inquiry (phone images are welcome) will help us determine the scope of the collection and the categories covered.
Our team takes into consideration the nuances associated with each and every collection, in conjunction with the market in which they exist. Some have a strong narrative weaving a story from object to object, while others works are important and rare when evaluated independently from the overall collection. Our team will work closely with you to determine a strategy that meets your dispersal needs.
Yes. Our team takes into consideration the unique situations associated with each collection and will work closely with you to achieve a sale and marketing strategy that meets your needs.
For more information, please contact Grace Fitts at 267.414.1254 or gfitts@freemansauction.com.
Our experienced team of specialists is sensitive to institutional considerations and creates tailored solutions for each organization. Whether assisting in the long-term growth of institutional collections via acquisition, in the possible sale and marketing of a single item or entire collection in the process of deaccession, or in offering a full range of timely valuation services, Freeman’s Museum Services forges strong connections with museum curators, senior staff, and non-profit institutions across multiple needs and collecting categories.
Free Library of Philadelphia
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
James A. Michener Museum of Art
Musée Marmottan Monet
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
National Gallery of Art
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Smithsonian Institution
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
For more information, please contact Thomas B. McCabe IV at 267.414.1235 or tmccabe@freemansauction.com.
Freeman’s trusted team works with clients to find tailored selling approaches, and leverages our national and international reach to discreetly connect prospective buyers with a single object or an entire collection. Our team of specialists is flexible, responsive, and deeply knowledgeable across subject areas—making Freeman’s the ideal destination for private sales.
For more information, please contact Thomas B. McCabe IV at 267.414.1235 or tmccabe@freemansauction.com.
We not only work closely with specific clients to meet individual goals and maximize results at auction; we are invested in connecting at the personal level, too.
As a trusted point of contact throughout the buying and selling process, Freeman’s Client Advisory service forms the bedrock of these ongoing and new relationships,
providing start-to-finish guidance and expertise and helping newer clients navigate the intricacies of the art market and demystify what can seem a closed or niche industry with guidance around all the services we offer at Freeman’s.
Freeman’s Client Advisory Team typically works with our business-to-business partners, art advisors, and high net worth individuals. Please feel free to reach out for further inquiries.
There is no additional fee, but given the team's focused responsibilities, we only work with a select group of clients.
For more information, please contact Grace Fitts at 267.414.1254 or gfitts@freemansauction.com.
