Edward C Kitson

Website

https://www.avesappraisal.com/

About

Edward Kitson is the founder and owner of Aves Appraisal, a personal property appraisal and consulting company actively working throughout the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as adjacent portions of New York. Selected projects further afield are undertaken too, with specialty appraisals performed in other locations such as Oregon and Washington. Consultation work has been conducted nationwide with professional and non-profit partners in Florida, Texas, California, Illinois, Iowa, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Canada.

Aves Appraisal helps clients identify, evaluate, and manage assets toward goals outlined by the trustee, executor, or legal owner.  We provide cost-effective, objective, independent and unbiased values for fine art, antiques, furniture, books, ceramics, firearms, sculpture, lighting, silver, general residential contents and much more (see list below). Appraisals are performed for a variety of services including state and federal estate tax, probate, equitable distribution, non-cash charitable gift donation, and insurance.

For a brief orientation to personal property appraisals see our quick guide: https://www.avesappraisal.com/property-appraisals-quick-guide

Edward began his career as a professional archaeologist, mostly in Northeastern North America, with some time spent in the Pacific Northwest. He is a specialist in stone tools, historic and prehistoric ceramics, soils and research project management at large scales.

Edward then spent 10 years running and growing an upscale resale operation for a mid-sized non-profit organization. He founded multiple retail outlets, a world-wide online business and a well-read material culture information and sales blog.

He moved into the private sector, ran high-end estate sales and conducted appraisals while delivering excellent value and superior service for customers and clients in the Pacific Northwest, centered around Portland, Oregon.

While maintaining consulting appraisal contacts in the Northwest, Edward returned to the Northeast in 2019. He is the founder of Aves Appraisal LLC. Edward works throughout all of New England including Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire, eastern New York and other locations as needed (see list below).

Edward has extensive experience with general residential contents, including as an appraiser, as a former retail dealer, estate liquidator and current hobbyist seller. He has an abiding interest and expertise in 20th Century Art Pottery, Modern Glass, and Mid-Century Modern Furniture and Decor. He has had experience with museum quality collections of Silver, Antique Firearms, Telescopes, Meteorites and other objects.

Recent projects include:

Estate appraisal for a large, high value coastal New England estate. Insurance appraisal of selected items in a refined Connecticut River valley collection. Insurance loss claim appraisal for diverse personal property, heirlooms and antiques. Donation appraisal of materials and equipment to a university art department. Insurance appraisal of an important legacy collection of Early American furniture and decor, including china and silver. Insurance appraisal of important Presidential associated books. Donation appraisal and historical research for family heirloom furniture with association to a regionally prominent early American family. Insurance appraisal of important artworks held by a small, rural public institution. Insurance appraisal of a significant collection of mid-century modern ceramics, silver, art, furniture and associated library. Edward was the primary appraiser for the books and provided significant professional assistance for the remaining objects. Donation appraisal for a collection of leaves from Incunables (books printed before 1500 AD). Donation appraisal of contemporary sculptures. Estate appraisal including a number of works by Hudson River School artists. Estate appraisal of a ‘well-filled’ house including historic books and 19 th century commemorative objects (medallions, ephemera). Estate appraisal including a collection of historic telescopes, optical and scientific equipment and early printed books (incunabula and post-incunabula). Fair market valuation of cabinetry by a significant 18 th century Boston cabinet maker. Estate visits to assist families with identification of potentially valuable contents.

Verbal evaluations and consultation for value discovery, planning and increased owner knowledge are also offered.

Service Areas

Aves Appraisal actively works throughout the New England states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as adjacent portions of New York. Selected projects further afield are undertaken too, with specialty appraisals performed in other locations such as Oregon and Washington.

Locations we service include (but are not limited to):

Maine Bangor Bar Harbor Biddeford Boothbay Harbor Brunswick Camden Cape Elizabeth Carabassett Valley Damariscotta Falmouth Farmington Kennebunk Kittery Lewiston Mount Desert Island Portland Rockport Saco Scarborough Thomaston Waterville Yarmouth York

New Hampshire Concord Derry Dover Hampton Hanover Hudson Lebanon Londonderry Manchester Merrimack Nashua Newmarket Portsmouth Rochester Salem South Hooksett

Vermont Bennington Bellows Falls Brattleboro Burlington Colchester Essex Junction Hartford Milton Montpelier Morrisville Rutland St. Albans St. Johnsbury Swanton Vergennes Williston Winooski Rutland

Massachusetts Boston Brookline Cambridge Carlisle Dover Fall River Greenfield Haverhill Hingham Hopkinton Lawrence Lynn Medfield Newburyport Newton Quincy Somerville Springfield Sudbury Waltham Wayland Wellesley Weston Winchester

Rhode Island Bristol Cranston Cumberland Newport Pawtucket Providence Warwick West Warwick Woonsocket Referrals to trusted partners state wide

Connecticut Avon · Bridgeport Danbury Darien Greenwich Hartford New Britain New Canaan New Haven Norwalk Ridgefield Simsbury Stamford Waterbury West Hartford Westport Wilton Referrals to trusted partners statewide

New York Portions of New York adjoining Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont Referrals to trusted partners statewide

Oregon and Washington Portland Metro and Vancouver, WA Salem Eugene Referrals to trusted partners available

Specialties

Antiques Art Books Decorative Arts &Accessories Furniture Objet d'art & De Vertu Pottery Silver

Services

Appraisal Auction Estimates Broker Consultant Damage Claims Divorce Settlements Donations Equitable Distribution Estate Evaluations Estate Probate Estate Sales Estate Tax Expert Witness Instructor Insurance Claims Investment Evaluation Investment Evaluations Non-Cash Charitable Donations Speaker Tax Deductible Gifts

Performs Appraisals Of

Alaskan Inuit Art Alaskan Inuit Artifacts American Indigenous Art American Indigenous Artifacts Americana Antiquities Arms & Armor – Firearms Architectural Components Art Art - 15th-18th Century Art - 19th Century Art - 20th Century Art - African Art - American Art - Animation Art - British Art - Canadian Art - Deco & Nouveau Art - European Art - Folk Art - Impressionist & Modern Art - Latin American Art - Middle Eastern Art -Native American Art - NW Coast Indigenous Art Deco & Art Nouveau Arts & Crafts Books Bronzes Business Contents/Inventories Ceramics Ceramics - American Ceramics - British Ceramics - Contemporary Ceramics - European Clocks Collectibles Collectibles - Figurines Collectibles - Models Collectibles - Music Boxes Collectibles - Paperweights Collectibles - Toys Crystal Decorative Arts & Accessories Dinnerware Documents Drawings Drawings - 19th Century Drawings - 20th Century Enamels Engraving & Etching Ephemera Equipment Equipment – Office Figurines Fossils Frames Furniture Furniture - 15th-18th Century Furniture - 19th Century Furniture - 20th Century Furniture - American Furniture - Art Deco & Art Nouveau Furniture - Asian Furniture - British Furniture - Contemporary Furniture - European Furniture - Victorian Furniture, Fixtures & Equipment (FF&E) Furs Glass Judaica Lamps & Lighting Fixtures Medals & Medallions Memorabilia Militaria Music – Instruments Objet d'art & De Vertu Paintings Paintings - 19th Century Paintings - 20th Century Paintings - Contemporary American Paintings - Frescos/Murals Paintings - Impressionist & Modern Paintings - Latin American Paintings - Middle Eastern Paintings - Old Masters Paintings - Sporting Porcelain Posters Pottery Prints Prints - 19th Century Prints - 20th Century Prints - 20th Century Limited Edition Prints - Modern & Contemporary Primitives Religious Items & Artifacts Sculpture Sculpture - 19th Century Sculpture - 20th Century Sculpture - American Sculpture - Canadian Sculpture - Contemporary Sculpture - European Sculpture - Latin American Sculpture - Modern Silver Silver - 19th Century Silver - 20th Century Silver - American Silver - British Silver - Sterling Tools - Antique Tools - Modern Victoriana Watercolors Watercolors - American Watercolors - Contemporary Watercolors - European Wood Carvings

Website

https://www.avesappraisal.com/