David Maloney, AOA CM

David Maloney qualified as a Certified member of the International Society of Appraisers in 1995 and as a Certified member of the Association of Online Appraisers in 2001. He is also a nationally known appraiser, author, radio-talk show guest, appraisal course writer and lecturer. His reputation is based on 30 years of practical experience, extensive academic and personal study, writing, teaching and lecturing. See his professional profile.

David received his Bachelors degree from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and his Masters from the Naval Postgraduate School. After a career in the Coast Guard, he operated an antiques business for several years prior to founding Frederick Appraisal, Claims & Estate Services in 1982. 

For nearly 25 years he has been a full-time professional personal property appraiser specializing in the valuation of antiques, collectibles, residential contents, vehicles, and business equipment for insurance, probate, business valuation, divorce, and charitable contribution purposes. David also provides appraisal consulting services to bank trust departments, personal representatives, accountants, lawyers, estate planners, insurance agents, and the moving industry. In addition, he advises his clients on the best options available for disposing of antiques and collectibles.

In addition to appraisals, David provides damage claims and inspection services for major van lines operating in the Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and West Virginia area. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the moving industry’s Claims Prevention and Procedure Council, and he has written and spoken extensively on the role of an appraiser in the claims process. He is also a contributing author of the California Household Goods Carriers Claims Training & Reference Manual.

David served in a leadership capacity with the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) from 1982 to 2001, both at the Chapter and the National level. He served as the ISA's Vice President and was twice elected to the ISA's Board of Directors. As ISA's Education Committee Chairman, David was responsible for writing ISA's Core Courses in appraisal theory and practices - courses he maintained and taught across the country and in Canada for seven years. David also served as the ISA's representative to The Appraisal Foundation Advisory Council (TAFAC) in Washington, DC, where he served as Chair of the TAFAC Emerging Issues Committee, and where he was recognized for his contributions to the development of The Appraisal Foundation's Personal Property Appraiser Minimum Qualification Criteria.

For his efforts, David has earned numerous ISA awards including the Lamp of Knowledge Award, Distinguished Service Award, Member-of-the-Year Award, and the coveted President's Award. The ISA has also honored David with the ISA Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his years of dedicated service to the ISA and the appraisal profession.

For fourteen years, David has authored seven editions of Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles Resource Directory. Called "the bible" of the industry by U.S. News & World Reports, Maloney's was considered a "must have" on every collector's bookshelf. In addition, David is contributing editor to Jordan Goodman and Sonny Bloch's Everyone's Money Book (Dearborn Financial Publishing, 1994).

David served as co-host of the Public Television series Collecting Across America and as chief appraiser on the PAX TV collectibles show, Treasures in Your Home: The World of Collecting.

David is past-President and currently Sec./Treas. for the Association of Online Appraisers (AOA). The AOA offers David's unique 550-page Complete Online Course in Personal Property Appraising to its members at no charge.

David also served as Chief Appraisal Officer for CollectingChannel.com and its parent company, Paid, Inc. In addition, he was the architect and Director of CollectingChannel.com's popular online appraisal service, Ask the Appraiser.

Most recently, David has authored the 400-page Appraising Personal Property: Theory and Methodology (Appraisers Press 2007) — the only complete and fully-indexed course book and reference guide to personal property appraising.

David resides with his family in Frederick, Maryland where he is active as a volunteer with the Kiwanis Club of Suburban Frederick, the Historical Society of Frederick County, and Special Inspirations, Inc.