Maloney Publishes 4th Edition of Appraising Personal Property

David Maloney has just published his 4th edition of Appraising Personal Property: Principles and Methodology.  This is a must have resource book for every personal property appraisers library.  I refer to it on a regular basis, it is easy to use, has a great index, it is current with USPAP and the text/content covers all important and significant areas of appraising.  The numerous examples and sample documents re excellent. This  new 4th edition is expanded with additional topics and refinements within its 570 pages.

David Maloney has prepared a very good online preview of the new edition for those interested in purchasing.

Maloney states

I am pleased to report that the 4th edition of "Appraising Personal Property: Principles and Methodology" (2010 Appraisers Press) has been completed. With 570 pages, this edition is bigger and better than ever: fully-edited for clarity, scores of new topics and expanded discussions, fully USPAP-compliant, and with all-new sample appraisals that help ensure completeness, understandability and USPAP compliance of written appraisal reports.

Here is a peek at the 4th edition: http://davidmaloney.com/faces/sampleappraisal2.pdf. It includes my description of the appraisal report structure, its required content and even a sample transmittal letter for a donation appraisal. You are welcome to use the sample transmittal letter if you like. If you quote from the balance of the material, kindly acknowledge its source.

For more information about the 4th edition, visit http://www.appraisalcourseassociates.com/bookstore.htm.

I am pleased to see more and more offerings of books and articles from the personal property profession.  Recently Judith Vance's book, Seeing Things on appraising art was published, and the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies will soon publish its 4th annual edition. These offerings along with David's Appraising Personal Property all enhance and promote the professionalism of appraising. We as appraisers should support and applaud these efforts.