Independent, USPAP-compliant appraisals for collectors, estates, insurance claims, and charitable contributions.


Ghent & McCue Art Appraisals is a nationally recognized firm specializing in Modern & Contemporary Art, Pre-Columbian Art, and Tribal Art, including African, Oceanic, Native American, and Indonesian traditions. With offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Santa Fe, New Mexico, the firm serves clients throughout the West Coast and Southwest and travels nationwide to meet appraisal needs.

Together, Gregory Ghent and Scott McCue bring more than 70 years of combined experience in preparing professional appraisal reports. Their work is distinguished by deep subject-matter expertise, rigorous methodology, and clear, well-supported valuations. Ghent & McCue are regularly consulted and recommended by museums, attorneys, insurance professionals, accountants, and private collectors. 

Both principals have completed all required coursework, passed qualifying examinations, and conduct their practice in full compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Ghent and McCue have worked with art donations to many institutions including the following:

  • The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

  • The Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA

  • The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA

  • The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA

  • The Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

  • The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for the Visual Arts, Stanford, CA

  • The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA

  • The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

  • The Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC


Recent Appraisals of Note:

  • The Collections at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA

  • Private Collection of Textiles

  • The Estates of Major Ceramic Artists

  • Private Collection of Modern Art

  • Historic and Contemporary Native American Art for insurance and donations

  • Indian Folk Textiles, Tribal, Modern & Contemporary Art in the Estate of a Santa Cruz, CA Collector,

  • The Estates of numerous Contemporary and Tribal Art Collectors

 

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