It says appraised value, not appraised market value. That was a government appraisal, the same government that wanted to kick her off her own property.
The appraisal is sickeningly low for the area, too. Therre's a damn good reason they wanted the land, because it's very valuable. I think they got screwed all the way around.
Good point, it is Connecticut isn't it?
I was going to ask that same question about whether this was the tax assessment value or the market appraisal value. Those are usually two very different things.