Certified Personal Property Appraisers
Members, Appraisers Association of America

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Dudley & Dudley-- Richard and Patricia Dudley-- are nationally recognized Certified Personal Property Appraisers specializing in the appraisal of fine art; antiques, particularly period American furniture and decorative arts including silver, needlework, samplers and quilts; textiles including historic dress and high end couture; historical documents; rare books and entire estates. They also provide consultation for estates, estate planning, as well as collections management services and expert testimony.  In their years of professional service they have never lost a client to the IRS nor had an appraisal invalidated or rejected.  They offer the highest level possible of professional standards and security in these difficult economic times.

The Dudleys are leaders of the Appraisal Profession. As such, they have the following professional credentials: 

• The Appraisers Association of America, Inc. is the largest organization of Personal Property Appraisers in the world. The AAA has 660 members. Of those only 125 are Certified members. Of the 125 only 75 also have USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) accreditation.  Richard and Patricia Dudley are among the 75. 
• Their current USPAP accreditations, expected by the IRS and leading insurance companies,  were awarded on completing  the requisite fifteen hour course of the Appraisal Foundation, Washington, D.C. The U.S. Congress established the Appraisal foundation as the  source of appraisal standards. 
• They have held numerous elective offices of the Appraiser's Association of America: Treasurer and Sergeant-At-Arms, as well serving as Board of Directors members for nearly twenty years.  Presently, Richard is Chair of the Admissions Committee and Patricia is Co-chair of the Advisory Council; each serve, as well, as members of several committees including the Ethics Committee.
• Written entire certification exams for the Appraisers Association of America, Inc. the largest organization of Personal Property Appraisers in the world. 
• Taught Appraisal Theory and Methodology course for the Appraiser's Association of America, Inc.  
• Lectured on antiques and appraisals. 

With over 36 years of experience serving clients in New York, New England, the Mid-Atlantic States and across the nation, they have  also brokered important items to major national museums like the Smithsonian, the Henry Ford Museum, the New York State Museum as well as worked for universities, banks, insurance companies, the legal profession and leading private collections.  

Patricia Dudley was one of the star appraisers of the FX network show Personal FX, The Collectibles Show.

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Dudley & Dudley
Shirt Factory Artist's Building
Garden Level
19 Cooper Street
Glens Falls, New York  12801
518-793-8251  

In Albany, New York: 518-436-8100

thedudleys@dudleyanddudley.com

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