Confidential Service, In-depth Research, Experienced Professionals
We are MIR Appraisal Services, Inc., a fine art and personal property appraisal company in Chicago, dedicated to serving clients throughout the United States and abroad since our incorporation in 1994. Our art appraisers and researchers specialize in the multi-faceted field of appraising fine art, jewelry, antiques and decorative items. Our consultation services are second to none, and our appraisers and research staff can assist with a variety of art-related concerns. As a courtesy to our clientele, we can assist with art conservation and restoration services or help you to sell certain items in your collection.
At MIR Appraisal Services, Inc., we offer solutions through our professional and precise appraisal services carried out by our team of accredited art appraisers for the purposes of insurance coverage and claims, charitable donations, estate planning and probate, equitable distribution (including divorce cases) and fair-market value. We strive to tailor our services to our clients' needs, walking them through the appraisal process from start to finish. Additionally, we enjoy working for the not-for-profit sector, and have done a considerable amount of work for non-profit organizations, in addition to many academic and cultural institutions. Our reports are written by qualified researchers according to the standards set forth by the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) and the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and also in conformity with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Accredited Members of the International Society of Appraisers are approved by the IRS.
We are in the business of protecting and conserving our client’s most precious possessions and assets, and maintaining our own code of professional ethics. Accordingly, prior to choosing an appraiser, we would like to encourage you to seek background information on them, verify their standards, affiliations and credentials before entrusting them with your treasures.
*We do not buy items we appraise*
Our Staff
Each of our senior appraisers has more than 20 years of appraisal experience, extensive courtroom experience providing distinguished, expert-witness testimony and is an accredited member by either the International Society of Appraisers or the American Society of Appraisers. We pride ourselves on the quality and meticulousness of our research and appraisal reports, and our highly qualified research team is certainly behind this distinction.
Our Office in Downtown Chicago
MIR's office is located in the historic Old Republic building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago, just steps away from the Magnificent Mile and the Chicago River to the north and Millennium Park and the Art Institute of Chicago to the south, situating us in the heart of it all. We encourage potential clients to contact our office to speak with one of our knowledgeable associates in order to discuss their personal property appraisal needs with respect to paintings, prints, drawings, marble, bronze, silver, porcelain, rugs, jewelry, antiques and other objets d’ art. We also encourage potential clients to schedule a time to visit our office and personally meet our appraisers and research staff in order to experience our unique working environment firsthand. Feel free to contact our office with any questions or for additional literature on our services.
MIR Appraisal Service, Inc.
307 North Michigan Avenue, Suite 308
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Phone: 312.814.8510
Phone (Suburban): 630.734.3300
Fax: 312.814.8511
Email: appraisers@mirgallery.com
Sample of Represented & Researched Artists
Archipenko · Venancio Arribas · Enrico Baj · Fritz Beinke · L.Bernelt · Arbit Blatas · Bennett Bradbury · Karl Brandner · Charlotte Buell Coman · Edouard Leon Cortes · Bernard Buffet · Dines Carlsen · Paul Cezanne · Marc Chagall · John Chious · Gianni Cilfone · Paul Collomb · Alfred Bryant Copeland · Salvador Dali · Georges Darasse · Franz Von Defregger · Edgar Degas · Charles Edouard Edmond Delort · Walter Driesbach Jr. · Albrecht Durer · Frank Eastman · Alfredo Edel · Erte · Gary Frantz · Lillian Genth · William Glackens · Francisco Goya · Frances C. Greenman · Eduard von Grutzner · Yuri Gorbachev · David W. Haddon · Gertrude Harbart · Al Stoffell and Ralph Heimdahl · Robert Henri · Abner Hershberger · Jules Rene Herve · Chi-Chung Hu · Howard Hulsmann · Hans Hofmann · Filippo Indoni · Wilson H. Irvine · Gustave Jean Jacquet · Joseph Malachy Kavanagh · Francois Kinson · Robert Kipniss · Hudson Kitchell ·Harriet Krawiec · Walter Krawiec · Kathe Kollwitz · Henri Toulouse-Lautrec · Louis Legrand · John Lennon · Richard H. Lever · Alexander Oscar Levy · Brett-Livingstone Strong · Bernard Lorjou · Karl Emil Lundgreen · Henri Maik · Edouard Manet · Cornelia Field Maury · Peter Max · McLeod · Dale Messick · Harry Mintz · Joan Miro · Claude Monet · Thomas Moran · Chela Morgan · Alfred Moullion · Alphonse Mucha · LeRoy Neiman · Georgia O'Keeffe · Marie-Louise Ogier · William Oldendorf · Tosca Olinsky · Pauline Palmer · Max Papart · Robert Philipp · Theodore B. Pitman · Mark K. Pepper · Pablo Picasso · H. Claude Pissarro · Milne Ramsey · Raphael · Rembrandt van Rijn · Remington · Pierre Auguste Renoir · Manuel Robbe · Norman Rockwell · Kiyoshi Saito · John Singer Sargent · Jan Saudek · Ary Scheffer · Phillip Sutton · Svend Svendsen · Alvar Sunol Munoz-Ramos · Hanna Tengelin-Winge · Frank H. Thompkins · David Teniers · Louis Toffoli · Tomikichiro Tokunki · J.M.W. Turner · Alice Kellogg Tyler · Marcus Uzilevsky · Jacques Villon · George S. Walters · Guy Wiggins · James McNeill Whistler · Rosemary Zwick
