
Accreditations
Accredited valuer for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program: approved to value Australian art (painting, works on paper, prints and sculpture) after 1880; Australian painted ceramics from 1930; Australian photography after 1960; Australian indigenous art after 1970 (incl. new media), and bark paintings; all regions.
Vice President of the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia, Inc., NSW; Certified Practising Valuer No.441
Member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia; Accredited Valuer No.007
VALUATIONS
Jane Raffan is an accredited valuer for the highly vetted Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, certified practising valuer and Vice President of the Auctioneers and Valuers Association of Australia, and accredited valuer and former Executive Committee member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia.
Jane has extensive experience working in the commercial fine art auction industry, where she provided appraisals and valuations for Australian and Aboriginal art on a regular basis. She also writes regular auction market commentary for a leading industry publisher.
For clients seeking valuation services, ArtiFacts offers the benefit of Jane Raffan’s critical market insight and broad expertise in Australian art, including Aboriginal art.
ArtiFacts’ Comprehensive Appraisal & Valuation Services include:
• Asset validation valuations for self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs)
• Fair market validation reports for public institutions' acquisition due diligence process
• Corporate asset validations
• Expert witness valuations and validation reports
• Fair market and forced value reports (insolvency matters) for liquidators
• Fair value reports for fine art assets in real property portfolios
• Valuations for leasing and acquisition finance approvals
• Insurance valuations for newly acquired work, and renewals, private and corporate
• Superannuation portfolio insurance valuation updates
• Market valuations for probate and family law proceedings
• Fair market valuations for private sales
• Appraisals for secondary market sales
• Tax incentive valuations for philanthropic donations, including the Cultural Gifts Program
Public Entities and NGOs who have contracted ArtiFacts’ valuation services include:
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Australia Council for the Arts, Sydney
Australian Museum, Sydney
Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney
Australia Post
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, VIC
City of Canada Bay council, Sydney
Hume City Council, VIC
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
Moree Plains Art Gallery, NSW
Murdoch University Art Collection, WA
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
National Museum of Australia, ACT
Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW
NSW state government (Dept. Family & Community Services)
North Burnett Regional Council, QLD
Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
Orange Regional Gallery, NSW
Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, NSW
Port Hedland Shire, WA
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
QLD state government (Dept. State Development)
QLD state government (Metro North Health)
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery, NSW
World Vision Australia, Sydney (Birrung Gallery)