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Tobias Czudej is a partner at Czudej McDonough, an independent fine art appraisal firm with offices in New York and San Francisco that valued over $1.5 billion in fine art assets in 2025. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Appraisers Association of America.His practice focuses on significant charitable donations, litigation support, and collection management for private collectors, family trusts, and institutions. He is regularly engaged on valuations of works exceeding $10 million, with particular expertise in works presenting complex attribution, provenance, or market data considerations.Before establishing his appraisal practice, Czudej spent six years in blue-chip galleries including Gagosian and Pace, working with artists and estates including Cy Twombly, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Mike Kelley, and Claes Oldenburg. He subsequently worked for twelve years as an independent curator and consultant.Czudej is co-author of "Appraisal Review" in Appraising Art: The Definitive Guide to Appraising the Fine and Decorative Arts (Appraisers Association of America, 2024). He speaks regularly on the art market at institutions including Yale University, University of Hong Kong, Deloitte Private, and Oxford Brookes University.CredentialsBoard of Directors, Appraisers Association of America (2025–present)Certified Member, Appraisers Association of America (2021–present)Member, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors [RICS], (2026-present)SpecializationsPostwar, Contemporary & Emerging Art (Certified, 2022)Impressionism & Modern Art (Accredited, 2025)Appraisal ServicesMuseum Donation (IRS, CRA, CCPERB) · Estate Tax & Planning · Gift Tax · Insurance · Equitable Distribution · Art Financing & Collateral Lending · Litigation Support · Expert Witness Testimony · Appraisal Review · Damage & Loss · Collection Management · Acquisition & Sales AdvisoryArtists include:Josef Albers, Kai Althoff, Richard Artschwager, Ruth Asawa, Michael Asher, Frank Auerbach, Lutz Bacher, Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lynda Benglis, Joseph Beuys, Alighiero Boetti, Pierre Bonnard, Lee Bontecou, Michaël Borremans, Georges Braque, Cecily Brown, Daniel Buren, Alexander Calder, Vija Celmins, Paul Cézanne, John Chamberlain, Giorgio de Chirico, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Salvador Dalí, Willem de Kooning, Edgar Degas, Lois Dodd, Trisha Donnelly, Lynne Drexler, Jean Dubuffet, Marcel Duchamp, Marlene Dumas, Max Ernst, Jana Euler, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Flavin, Lucio Fontana, Robert Frank, Helen Frankenthaler, Lucian Freud, Lee Friedlander, Paul Gauguin, Isa Genzken, Adrian Ghenie, Luigi Ghirri, Alberto Giacometti, Sam Gilliam, Robert Gober, Vincent van Gogh, Domenico Gnoli, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, Dan Graham, Wade Guyton, Hans Haacke, Peter Halley, Richard Hamilton, David Hammons, Marsden Hartley, Robert Heinecken, David Hockney, Shara Hughes, Robert Irwin, Jasper Johns, Rashid Johnson, Donald Judd, Frida Kahlo, Wassily Kandinsky, Alex Katz, Mike Kelley, Ellsworth Kelly, Edward Kienholz, Martin Kippenberger, Paul Klee, Yves Klein, Franz Kline, Gustav Klimt, Imi Knoebel, Jeff Koons, Jannis Kounellis, Lee Krasner, Michael Krebber, Yayoi Kusama, Louise Lawler, Fernand Léger, Sherrie Levine, Sol LeWitt, Liang Yuanwei, Roy Lichtenstein, El Lissitzky, Morris Louis, Lee Lozano, Tala Madani, René Magritte, Kazimir Malevich, Kerry James Marshall, Agnes Martin, Henri Matisse, John McCracken, Julie Mehretu, Mario Merz, Joan Mitchell, Amedeo Modigliani, László Moholy-Nagy, Piet Mondrian, Claude Monet, Henry Moore, Giorgio Morandi, Robert Morris, Robert Motherwell, Edvard Munch, Bruce Nauman, Louise Nevelson, Barnett Newman, Julien Nguyen, Isamu Noguchi, Cady Noland, Kenneth Noland, Jim Nutt, Georgia O'Keeffe, Albert Oehlen, Chris Ofili, Claes Oldenburg, Laura Owens, Blinky Palermo, Nicolas Party, Agnes Pelton, Adam Pendleton, Elizabeth Peyton, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, Sigmar Polke, Jackson Pollock, Seth Price, R.H. Quaytman, Robert Rauschenberg, Ad Reinhardt, Auguste Renoir, Gerhard Richter, Bridget Riley, Mark Rothko, Thomas Ruff, Ed Ruscha, Lucas Samaras, Jenny Saville, Egon Schiele, Thomas Schütte, Kurt Schwitters, Park Seo Bo, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman, Avery Singer, David Smith, Pierre Soulages, Frank Stella, Clyfford Still, Rudolf Stingel, Sturtevant, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Alina Szapocznikow, Paul Thek, Bob Thompson, Wolfgang Tillmans, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Rosemarie Trockel, James Turrell, Luc Tuymans, Cy Twombly, Lee Ufan, Andra Ursuta, Danh Vo, Andy Warhol, Lawrence Weiner, Franz West, Jack Whitten, Jordan Wolfson, Matthew Wong, Jonas Wood, Christopher Wool, Zhang Xiaogang, Zao Wou-Ki, and more.Categories:Impressionist · Modern · Postwar · Contemporary · Emerging · Blue-Chip · Minimalism · Conceptual · Abstract Expressionism · Color Field · Pop · Light and Space · Neo-Geo · Pictures Generation · YBAs · Surrealism · DADAAmerican · European · AsianPainting · Sculpture · Photography · Drawing · Prints · Works on Paper · New Media · Video · Installation · Multi-MediaWe serve:Private Collectors · Estates · Artists · Law Firms · Museums · Private Wealth Management · Family Offices · FoundationsTestimonials"A trusted partner in the administration of our cultural property processes." — Stephanie Burdzy, National Gallery of Canada"His report played a significant role in our Action and it was clear that he understood what we needed from our expert in Federal Court." — Kat Thomas, Esq.