McNeil Liquidations

We are proud to offer professional appraisal services for your personal property (i.e., fine art, antiques and residential contents). We conduct appraisals for insurance purposes, probate, marital dissolution, financial planning, charitable donation, equitable distribution, business liquidation, bankruptcy, damage claims and more.  Complete fee schedule available upon request.

All of our appraisal reports are written to conform with both ISA and USPAP standards.

We also offer a somewhat less expensive VAV (verbal approximation of value) service for those who may simply want to know the background and/or fair market value of their personal property.  (Hourly rate, with two hour minimum.)

The certification (CAPP) designation is the highest offered by ISA, and is the equivalent of ASA’s Senior Member status.  ISA is the only major appraisal organization that specializes solely in personal property appraisal.

For over three decades now, ISA has built up a strong reputation for stringency standards, integrity and a wide array of appraisers, both specialists and generalists.  Many ISA appraisers are nationally recognized and widely published.  A great many are well connected to important auction houses, both private and state universities, the Antiques Roadshow, the damage claims industry, the Internal Revenue Service, the insurance industry, the Appraisal Foundation etc.

Certification though both ISA and ASA requires hundreds of hours of specialized course work all across the country, as well as successful completion of examinations at the end of each individual course.

Peer review for sample appraisals is also required near the end of the lengthy certification process, as is successful completion of an exhaustive board examination. Certification must be maintained through the accruement of PDP’s (professional development points) over five year periods.

Mr. McNeil is an ISA Board Certified Appraiser of Personal Property (CAPP). The CAPP designation is the highest professional designation conferred by The International Society of Appraisers.

The CAPP designation is attained by successful completion of a comprehensive program which emphasizes the theoretical, legal and ethical and aspects of appraising. Also required of all CAPP candidates are Board-approved appraisal reports for peer review, Board-approved professional development activities, and the successful completion of a comprehensive Board examination.

Only one-tenth or so of ISA’s membership has attained the coveted “CAPP” designation. (n.b.: All of ISA’s education programs are fully accredited through The University of Maryland.)

Although a generalist, Mr. McNeil specializes in period silver, especially British and Continental wares of the 18th and 19th centuries.  He is an active collector of both period Southern silver and English silver. He also holds a strong interest in Georgian furniture, Chinese Export porcelain, art glass of the mid-20th century and American art pottery of the early 20th century.

He is a native of Oklahoma City, and holds his baccalaureate in American History (minor in theology) from Newman (formerly Sacred Heart) University, from which he was graduated magna cum laude. While in undergraduate school, he was an active member of Pi Gamma Mu, L’Alliance Française and The Newman Society.

He taught while abroad for four years (in the Republic of South Korea, through a cultural exchange program). Mr. McNeil taught English as a second language, and also tutored students in American history.

He worked for and subsequently owned a successful antiques business in Oklahoma City for seven years after his return to the United States in 1993; however, he sold this business in February 2000. Since that time, he has worked exclusively in the personal property appraisal, estate liquidation and brokerage professions.

He completed the basic ISA accreditation course in Hartford, CT, in 2000. He then continued on with his ISA pathway course work in Antiques & Residential Contents (Chicago, IL, 2000) and, finally, Fine Arts (San Antonio, TX, 2001).

He completed his board examination, full peer review and remaining course work for full ISA certification in late 2001/early 2002. He was granted full certification (including the right to use the “ISA CAPP” appellation) at the annual ISA conference in Seattle in April 2002.  (n.b.:  The average ISA member takes approximately 12 years of general membership before attempting to attain the CAPP designation.)

Like all ISA members (both accredited and certified), Mr. McNeil must submit significant numbers of both officially recognized PDC’s (professional development credits) and logged appraisal hours every five years in order to maintain his current designation.

He has attended many of ISA’s annual conferences since 2000, including San Antonio, Seattle, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore and Toronto.  He was himself a presenter at the Chicago conference in 2005.

He has been a speaker/presenter, author and/or consultant for the following non-profit organizations:

• The International Society of Appraisers‘ National Newsletter (published, 2000)
• The International Society of Appraisers, National Convention Presenter (Chicago, IL – National Conference, 2005)
• The International National Society of Appraisers, North Texas Chapter, Dallas
• The Integris Third Age Life Center, Oklahoma City
• The Central Oklahoma Antiques Dealers’ Guild, Oklahoma City
• The Early American Glass Club, Oklahoma City Chapter
• The Northwest Oklahoma City Questers’ Club
• St. Gregory’s College (Mabee-Gerrer Museum), Shawnee
• The Oklahoma Historical Society
• The Quail Creek Golf and Country Club
• The Minco Historical Society & Museum
• The Mustang Historical Society & Museum
• The Cherokee Strip Historical Association
• The Chisholm Trail Museum (Kingfisher, OK)

He is an amateur gardener and holds a strong interest in Oklahoma and Texas wildflowers (particularly xeric perennials).  He is also fond of dancing, reading, cooking and travel. He is passionate about the rescuing and fostering of unwanted companion animals, and about educating the public on the dire need to spay or neuter companion animals.

He has fostered rescue dogs for Hounds of the Heartland (a.k.a. the Central Oklahoma Greyhound Rescue), Pets & People Humane Society, The Oklahoma Chihuahua Rescue, Rocky Spot Dalmatian Rescue, The Oklahoma Beagle Rescue and Okie Dokie Cocker Spaniel Rescue.

He is a member and/or supporter of the following non-profit organizations:

• The International Society of Appraisers, Seattle, WA
• The International Society of Appraisers‘ Oklahoma State Chapter (Vice President, 3 consecutive terms)
• The International Society of Appraisers‘ Scholarship Committee (2000 to 2002)
• The Foundation for Appraisal Education; National Treasurer (April 2005 to April 2009)
• The International Society of Appraisers, North Texas Chapter (2001 to present)
• The Oklahoma Historical Society
• Denniston Park Neighborhood Executive Committee, Oklahoma City, OK
• The Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
• The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City
• The National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City
• First Unitarian Church, Oklahoma City, OK
• Pets and People Humane Society, Yukon, OK
• Hounds of the Heartland Greyhound Rescue, Oklahoma City, OK
• Rocky Spot Dalmatian Rescue, Newcastle, OK
• Okie Dokie Cocker Spaniel Rescue, Grove, OK
• Second Hand Weenies Dachshund Rescue, Oklahoma City, OK
• The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New York City, NY
• The Humane Society of the United States, Washington, D.C.

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