Valuing a lifetime
RICS Quality Assured Registered Valuer
Toby Pinn MRICS
Toby is a RICS Chartered Arts & Antiques Surveyor and third generation of the family to pursue a career in the fine & decorative arts. Toby created the business to fulfil an increasing demand for independent professional qualified valuations of art & antiques, primarily to assist probate practitioners and executors charged with valuing the contents of a property. The valuation side of the business is complimented by a range of services tailored to assist clients with post-valuation aspects relating to the contents of the property, including distribution to beneficiaries, arranging sale by auction and final clearance of the property where required.
Formerly a member of the RICS Arts & Antiques professional board, Toby’s nationwide network of contacts means he is ideally placed to channel items to the most appropriate auction houses.
A first-class honours degree in Fine Arts Valuation at Solent University inspired by the family art and antiques business was the starting point for Toby’s career. Southampton Alumni now hold many senior positions in the art and antiques industry. With over twenty years’ experience as a RICS Chartered Arts & Antiques Surveyor, Toby started his career in a regional auction house as a valuer, cataloguer and auctioneer, concluding with six years as a Director, prior to leaving to establish his own art & antiques valuation business.
Consultants
Toby works with a network of specialist consultants, experts and curators each with their specialist area of knowledge that can be called upon as required. This network of highly valued expertise incudes fields such as the fine arts, jewellery, classic cars, watches, militaria and stamps.
As a trustee of the Friends of Bristol Museum, Galleries & Archives, Toby has regular contact with the museums curators, advising on the purchase of objects for the Bristol Museum collections, often bidding on behalf of Museum.
Past research on behalf of clients has lead to the National Archive at Kew and dialogue with specialist curators in the UK and from time to time abroad.
On occasion it may become necessary for us to arrange specialist valuation expertise. Once this requirement becomes apparent, either before our visit or during our valuation, we will notify you and agree in advance any further fee before instructing an expert.