Jason Baldwin, ISA AM

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Jason Baldwin
ISA member since Apr 01, 2010

(312) 316-7484 (Office)

1052 W Albion Ave
Chicago, IL 60626 map

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Accredited Member ISA-AM qualified appraiser. I am current on USPAP and have completed the 5 year requalification, April 29th, 2020. Give me a call today to speak about your needs.

I have experience writing Insurance, inheritance and misc (need to know value) appraisals, along with estate appraisals (to establish step up in values, and date of death) appraisals.

If I accept your appraisal report work.... I can and will write a well researched expertly managed appraisal report that will be to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisers Practice (USPAP) and International Society of Appraisers (ISA) guidelines and within IRS criteria for valid reports.

I can also give oral appraisals. I will only write or give reports on items within my wheelhouse of experience and knowledge. With this option I will need all of the information that I would need in a full blown written report but I will not submit a full written report (saving you on fees). 

Valuations on personal property is another service that I can provide and is often a more economical route as well, if you just want to know a ball park value of an object or objects. With this option I will not complete in depth research, nor submit an extensive written report such that other full appraisals require. You will get an abbreviated valuation (minimal written and/or oral statement) based on limited research and my expertise and knowledge and ties with experts in the field of your antiquity.  

Over the years I have gained much experience and knowledge as a dealer in buying and selling the antiquities of my interests. My experience and interests include ANTIQUITIES of Native Americans, (tomahawks, trade knives, spears, bows, arrows quivers, beadwork, basketry, pottery, turquoise/silver jewelry, Zuni/Navajo/Hopi, weavings, & misc.). Cowboy & Western items, Sporting Art, Bowie Knives, & Antique Guns (pre 1898). Currently I'm on the board of directors of the Antique Bowie Knife Association and was past President and Journal editor. I have an affinity for all sporting art and specific paintings related to my interests. Early Western and Sporting Artists such as Russell, Remington, Lynn Bogue Hunt, Frank Stick, Phillip Goodwin and others with similar styles, have been focal points at some time during my career. Early fur trade, sporting art advertising, and duck decoys also fall under my experience.

Other areas of interest include Prehistoric stone artifacts from various cultures of North American. For example, I have collected and been around items from the Hopewell, Woodland, Archaic, and Paleo cultures, most of my life. My Father and great uncle were luminaries in the field of Pre historic stone artifacts and I have gained much experience and knowledge in those areas via my family collecting, authoring articles, and buying and selling those items. I have bought and sold some of the finest museum quality items from those aforementioned cultures. 

In previous years, I ran the best one day decoy show in the Country, the Henry Decoy show (Home of the Charles Perdew Museum), www.henrydecoyshow.com, garnering up to 1000 attendees and many exhibitors annually. This gives me great insight to sporting art, folk art and duck decoys from many but mainly the Il River school.

As a dealer, I have bought and sold all sorts of collectibles in most of the categories of my interests. That gives me an edge when charged with completing a written appraisal report.

The completion of several years of appraisal report writing, keeping up with the ISA standards and, a Master of Science in Agribusiness culminated in a 100-page thesis, has taught me the importance of valid research and undertaking research in an unbiased light using accepted research methods. Continuing education (with ISA) has been extremely important, especially in writting appraisal reports. Ethics and right and wrong are always in mind, take the high road! I have worn and will continue to wear many hats within my industries, which I believe, gives my clients a complete package with the most experience for the genre's in which I work in and around.

Identifying the most appropriate markets for collectibles can be challenging at best. With the full (dealer/appraiser) experiences which I've acculmulated, I have the experience which allows me to aid clients from the best viewpoint for and in discussing their needs, and in helping them decide what is the best route for them in discovering their needed values.  

I also have experience in identifying & writing reports for ivory. Using my experience in items (over 100 years of age) such as Bowies Knives and ANTIQUE (pre 1898) guns from the 1830's through 1860's, gives me knowledge which I rely upon to ascertain the age and also the source of an antique containing ivory in its makeup. I specialize in collectibles such as weapons (antique guns and knives) that I can ascertain years of manufacture and those items that contain a minimum (de minimus) amount of ivory integral within their makeup. 

I am not, I repeat, I am NOT interested in purchasing any kind of Ivory from you or helping you to sell your Ivory. Please do not call me if those are your intentions. I have zero interest in trading ivory! I am available only to appraise and/or make appraisal statements (per USFWS requirements) as to the age and or content of your antiquity that is comprised of ivory.

Give me a call and/or email to discuss your needs, today. Sincerely, Jason Baldwin

Public notice: On all past assignments, we keep an exact copy of all appraisal reports and misc. documents for 5 years or 2 years past any court proceedings, whichever is longer. Any deposits taken for any reasons will become property of TIInc if entity requesting appraisal report does not complete a contract nor request deposits be returned within one year of original deposit or payment in good faith. Please serious inquiries only 2-4-19.