Ariadne Appraisals
and Advisory

Ariadne Appraisals & Advisory provides USPAP-compliant appraisals and collection advisory services for private collectors, estates, fiduciaries, insurers, and institutions: specializing in rare books, manuscripts, ephemera, and photography. Based in Colorado's Front Range, serving clients throughout Colorado and the mountain West, Wyoming and New Mexico.The practice is led by Kara McLaughlin, who brings over twenty years of experience in the antiquarian book and paper trade. She is proprietor of Little Sages Books, an ABAA/ILAB member, and member of the Grolier Club NYC.Over the course of her career, she has placed material with major libraries and museums and worked directly with collectors on the development, positioning, and stewardship of their libraries and archives.

Credentials

  • Member, The Grolier Club, New York

  • Member, The Ephemera Society of America

  • Member, ABAA/ILAB

  • Rare Book School, University of Virginia — three-time attendee

  • USPAP-Compliant Appraisal Practice

  • 20+ Years, Rare Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera

  • Editor, Journal of the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies

Services

Appraisal
Insurance scheduling and replacement value
Estate planning and equitable distribution among heirs
Institutional and archive collection insurance valuationAdvisory
Library and collection development
Donation coordination and institutional placement
Collection strategy and positioningBased in the Front Range of Colorado, serving clients throughout Colorado and the mountain West — including Vail, Aspen, and Breckenridge — with reach extending to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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