Valuation and Client Services

Expert Witness

AFAA provides your legal team with credible testimony and art expertise you can rely on. We support our clients in matters of bankruptcy, litigation, and arbitration.
Our carefully composed reports will augment any legal action involving fine art. Anderson brings decades of experience as a certified appraiser and international art dealer, with in depth knowledge of the art market and its practices.
AFAA prepares written, expert testimony for litigation support in civil cases involving valuation of European and American Art; Contemporary, Modern,Impressionist and 19th Century: paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and sculpture.

For works of art where the provenance is not entirely clear, and where the dollar value may be high, it is advisable to have an authentication on record.
Only a recognized expert, committee or foundation dedicated to a particular artist, is authorized to verify the authenticity of works created by that artist. AFAA does not represent itself as a recognized authority on any artist. However, we do maintain longstanding professional relationships with many experts and understand their process and requirements.
Our objective is to present the appropriate expert with a detailed fact sheet on your artwork that supports its presumed authenticity. This frequently involves research in specialist collections, archives and databases on your behalf.
Providing the relevant data on your item before submission to the expert is often pivotal to a positive outcome. If the expert requests to personally examine the work, we can also assist with logistics.

Collection relocations: Supervision of all art logistics; installation, identification, photography, packing, transport and storage.
Referrals to art storage specialists and art shippers.
Assistance with museum and institutional loans
Conservation and framing services
Referrals to art insurance companies and home security firms.