HOW WE APPRAISE
Dr. Wei Yang offers quality Asian art consultation and appraisal service at an affordabble rate. To meet the different needs of art owners, she tailors her Appraisal reports to address owners' questions and concerns. She works hard to provide her clients with a realistic value estimate and help you make an informed decision. She work closely with her clients at all stages of Asian art consulting & appraisal.
Dr. Wei Yang's Asian art consulting appraisal services follow five steps:
Step 1: Preliminary Assessment: Starting with a preview of your property for appraisal to get the preliminary information on the property in question. Preview information is available at Preview My Artwork. She studies your property's suitability for appraisal. She listens carefully to your concerns and needs via e-mail or phone conversations. After examining the photos of your art work, she either recommned for or against an appraisal based on her findings. If your art work is valuable or marketable and you wish to proceed with an appraisal, Dr. Yang makes a cost proposal and an engagement letter for your consideration.
Step 2: Engagement Letter/Agreement: With your approval of our appraisal proposal and signed the engagement letter, Dr. Yang requests a retainer and a signed copy of the engagement letter to confirm your appraisal commitment. Dr. Yang prefers personal check or money order made out to "WEI YANG" and mail it to 274 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08540, U.S. Wire transfer is available upon request.
Step 3: Inspection: If an in-person inspection is necessary, to cut down the cost, most inspections will take place in her office in Princeton, NJ. She travels for inspection if necessary, if you have a sizable collection of high quality. A provenance review is part of the inspection. Please come to your inspection appointment prepared, have all your provenance evidence (photos, invoices, receipts, previous owner's notes etc) ready for review.
Step 4: Research: Dr. Yang's appraisal research covers both historical and artistic contents. She investigates and analyzes marketplaces that are relevant to your property. By ranking your property among its equals in originality, quality, condition, age, authorship and visual appeal, Dr. Yang treat the judgment as the base for the value reconciliation. She analyzes similarities and differences between your art work and its comparables before arriving at a value conclusion that is appropriate for your property. She complies with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) in reporting her findings. She conforms to the Code of Ethics of the American Society of Appraisers in practice.
Step 5: Completion: After the appraisal is completed, Dr. Yang informs you via email and ask for the final payment. After your payment is cleared, she sends you a hard copy of the appraisal report via USPS priority mail.
A Customized Consultation Appraisal is available upon request. Only Asian art objects of very high quality or a collection of qulaity art works merit this service. Relevant issues, ranging from inspection, location of inspection to fee structures, are discussed in our email or phone correspondence. The appraisal cost is determined by the scope of work necessary to complete the assignment that meets your needs. In other words, the more information you request, the more expensive an appraisal is.
UNDERSTAND YOUR ARTWORK AND NEEDS
-Not Every Property Merits a Full Appraisal
No matter what you do with your art work, understanding what you have should be the top priority. Seeking advice from qualified art professional is a necessity. If you possess solid information and formulate an educated strategy to determine for appraisal or not, you will achieve your goals with a clear vision at the minimum cost.
Selling an art work can be a big headache. Without consulting a qualified art expert, having a property for sale may not be the best solution, since you don't need an appraisal to sell. However, a Restricted Appraisal (USPAP-Identification) is helpful, if you need some professional guidance or some marketing strategies from a professional. Consulting a qualified expert for advice on the suitability of your property for appraisal is wise.
An Appraisal for Sale may not serve you well if you wish to engage the services of a reputable auction house via consignment. Major auction houses, such as Christie's and Sotheby's etc., all have their own house experts or appraisers to assess the marketability of an art work. They may not be interested in reading your appraisal prepared by a third party, a waste of your investment. Therefore, investing wisely in an appraisal will cut down the marketing cost.
Using an appraisal to break the ice may work under certain circumstances , if the representing auction house is weak in the Asian art expertise. An appraisal will help you and your agent understand what you have and its most active marketplace, but not always makes sense when it is rejected flat by an auction house. Unfortunately, even the best appraisal prepared by the most qualified expert appraiser may not guarantee you a consignment agreement or successful sale, because the art world is sophisticated, and the Asian art expertise is too complicated to explain the rejection.
Let "Qualified" art expert to help you. Almost everybody finds it difficult to initiate a sale. A lot of art owners have no clue what they have and where to start. Many people begin by contacting famous auction houses, such as Christie's and Sotheby's, but very few receive a helpful response, sometimes, no word at all. Others spend hours and hours on the internet without any concrete results. Many owners end the trying of selling the art object on their own, since it costs them too much time, energy and emotion. Is it too hard to find a new home for my art work? Where can I find somebody who can guide me through the process? Is my art work worth the time I spend on investigation? Is my art work worth the investment in an appraisal by an art professional? Do these frustrations sound familiar to you? If you agree, engaging the services of a professional art appraiser is the solution.
QUALITY APPRAISAL SERVICES BY QUALIFIED APPRAISER
-Dr. Wei Yang takes pride in providing the best Asian art consultation and appraisal services
DR.WEI YANG is an Asian art appraiser, with a concentration on Chinese art, based in Princeton, NJ, USA. She provides Asian art owners with the information they need, the services they desire, and the advice they seek from an art professional at an affordable rate. She follows the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) in developing the appraisal and reporting her findings. Dr. Yang complies with the code of ethics for appraisers in practice and serves with integrity, transparency, competence and objectivity.
NEED APPRAISAL REVIEW?
Dr. Yang offers appraisal review reports that stand for Relevance, Accuracy and Reliability, Adequacy and Completeness, Consistency, Cohenrence and Balance, Clarity.
Wei Yang, Ph.D. in Chinese Art, earned two specialty designations- Accredited Senior Appraiser in Asian Art (ASA, 2010-2025) and Appraisal Review and Management (ARM, 2017-2025) from Americal Society of Appraisers. Starting in September 2025, Dr. Yang has decided to cut down her work loads and free more time for finishing her two new books (Chinese ceramics and Jade). She only accepts appraisal and appraisal review assignments that mathces her expertise, research interest and hand-on experience. She welcomes difficult and challenging appraisal and appraisal review assignments. She has served as Chinese art expert witness (both consulting and testifying) for litigation since 2005, also performed appraisal reviews for insurance damage settlement, claim arbitration appraisal, and taxation since 2015.
Dr. Yang offers quality professional Chinese art consultation and Asian art appraisal at an affordable rate. Because Dr. Yang believes that art owners should have access to the elite art consultation and appraisal services, and they deserve some professional compassion or generosity.
Need quality Asian art consultation and appraisal?
Starting with a preview of your property for appraisal is wise. Preview information is available at Preview My Artwork
