Accolades for FRAN and THE ARAI TEAM
Lily Butler Rupp
(Sebastopol, CA)
“As the trustee of my late husband's estate, the Bay Figurative artist R. Kent Rupp, I worked closely with Fran and several of her associates over the course of one year during the organization and photographing of all artworks spanning his 60-year long career. She and an associate came to the studio and helped me through the difficult and emotional process of developing and executing a plan to catalog his overwhelming body of work. They later inspected every piece of art, reviewed the cataloging system developed, and all of the initial data provided to them was verified. When the outsized task was accomplished, Fran compiled a thorough USPAP-compliant Fair Market Value appraisal for tax filings. It was a pleasure doing business with her company. If five stars are the best, then I would give her and her staff six stars.”
