The Personal Property Appraisers Post

Elizabeth Kessin Berman, A.A., Appraisers National Association

Elizabeth Kessin Berman is accredited by the Appraisers National Association and she is USPAP tested and passed at the New York offices of the Appraisers Association of America in November, 2006.

Elizabeth is originally from the Boston area. But she has wandered the world for art's sake. She attended art school at California College of Arts and Crafts and then turned to the academic study of the history of art. Ms. Berman graduated Boston College, and with the proper course work in the art of the ancient world, she spent a lengthy time in Israel working on an archaeology degree at Hebrew University. She also made her living as a field and research archaeologist with both the Israel Department of Antiquities and Hebrew Union College. Back from Israel, she earned Masters Degrees in ancient art and archaeology from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard University's Fine Arts Department. She has traveled extensively in Europe, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, and Egypt.

In 1983, Elizabeth turned her attention to the then emerging world of Jewish museums. From her residence in Washington D.C, she played an important role in the development of Jewish museum collections. She worked for Dr. Grace Cohen Grossman on the pioneering catalogue of the Smithsonian's Judaica collection. Later she was the inaugural curator of the Jewish Museum of Maryland until she joined the team of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and became a member of its founding staff. She has been a curator of major collections and exhibitions of Judaica, modern, and contemporary art and ancient art objects and has written and lectured on these topics for over 25 years.

Elizabeth currently operates two appraisal companies, one Judaica In Context, devoted to expert appraisals of Judaica objects, Jewish art and Jewish historical documents. The other is Collections In Context, a company devoted appraisals and curatorial services related to modern and contemporary art and general estate appraisals.

Contact Information
Elizabeth Kessin Berman, A.A., A.N.A.
240-461-7452
www.judaicaincontext.com or www.collectionsincontext.com
To Email click HERE or HERE

Bruce M. Schuettinger

Bruce M. Schuettinger is president of Schuettinger Conservation Services, Inc located in New Market, MD. Originally established in 1983 through a sole proprietorship, then Antique Restorations Ltd., and now Schuettinger Conservation Services, Inc. the firm specializes in the conservation treatment of and preservation consulting for wooden artifacts for museums, government institutions, and private collectors. Bruce M. Schuettinger is a Professional Associate Member of the American Society for the Preservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and a member of the Washington Conservation Guild. The firm combines traditional craft techniques and skills with the most resent advancements in conservation techniques and materials to device thoughtful and responsible treatments for the continued preservation of cultural property. The firm is accomplished in the traditional furniture making art of marquetry, inlay, veneering, carving, turning, hand joiner, finishing, paint decoration, and gilding. The firm specializes in the preservation of original or appropriate older presentation surfaces on wood, metals, and other materials.


Clients of the firm have included U.S. Government agencies such as the Department of the Treasury, Department of State, and the Library of Congress, Museums and Institutions such as the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, Historic Annapolis Foundation, Hillwood Museum and Garden and the Folger Shakespeare Library. Schuettinger Conservation Services, Inc regularly consults with institutions and private clients in developing treatment plans, storage and usage parameters, and complete or partial collection surveys. Bruce M. Schuettinger was a past accredited member of ISA where he served as president for National Capitol Area Chapter NCAC for two years as well as there treasurer for two years. Bruce is a past faculty member of the George Washington University Appraisal Studies and Connoisseur Program, where he developed and taught two courses between1993 to 2003 entitled “Fundamentals of Authenticating Furniture” and “Regionalism in American Furniture 1750-1830. He is a frequent lecturer on furniture conservation to the appraisal, museum and conservation industries.

Jennifer Lacker

Soodie Beasley, AM

Soodie Beasley is an Accredited member of the American Society of Appraisers and a personal property appraiser of furniture, antiques and decorative arts, with a special interest in furniture designed by decorators and designers. She has worked in both Los Angeles and Kansas City as an appraiser for the past eight years, as well as in the interior design field designing interiors and procuring furniture.

Soodie has also worked in the museum field curating exhibitions at the Terra Museum of American Art, formerly in Chicago; the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri; and Museum’s Without Walls in Kansas City, Missouri. She teaches and lectures, and is an Adjunct Instructor at Park University in Parkville, Missouri teaching courses on the History of the Designed Environment.

Soodie earned a B.A. in Art History from William Smith College, Geneva, New York; an M.A. in Art History from the University of Missouri in Kansas City; a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine & Decorative Arts from University of California, Irvine; and a four-year Post-Baccalaureate Designation in Interior Architecture and Design from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a candidate member of the American Society of Appraisers.

Her published works have appeared in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, 2009 edition, on the importance of recognizing furnishings designed by decorators from the first half of the twentieth century, and Art & Auction Magazine. She provided research for Houses of Missouri, 1870-1940 (Suburban Domestic Architecture), 2008, by Cydney Millstein and Carol Grove, as well as for German and Netherlandish Paintings 1450-1600: The Collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2006, by Burton L. Dunbar, PhD.

In the mix of all this, Soodie was a graphic and web designer for several years serving as Advertising Art Director for a parent company and its subsidiaries which manufactured and globally supplied insulated roof and wall panels for architectural applications.

Soodie Beasley
Partner, Madison Group Fine Art Appraisals
telephone: 1.888.201.9049
email: Click HERE or Here

www.mgfaa.com
www.soodiebeasley.com

Brian Kathenes, ISA CAPP

Brian Kathenes is a professional appraiser, author, and radio talk-show personalty. Brian is the host of Value This! with Brian and Leon, Public Radio’s call-in antiques & collectibles talk show. His co-host, Leon Castner, is an appraiser and an auctioneer.

Their new book: Betcha Didn’t Know That! -- 101 Antiques and Collectibles Trivia Tips That Can Make You Rich, Famous, and the Hit of The Party, is available at Barnes & Noble, and on-line at Amazon.com, in both print and audio versions.

Brian is the on-air, TV appraiser and science fiction consultant for the Discovery Channel’s collectible show: POP NATION: America’s Coolest Stuff.

Brian is the Managing Partner of National Appraisal Consultants. His clients include: Disney, Chubb Insurance, AIG, Department of the Homeland Security, US Marshal Service, and The IRS.

He was the expert witness in the Richard Nixon Watergate Presidential Papers Trial.

Brian is a Scoutmaster and an Eagle Scout, so you know he’ll always tell you the truth.

He was honored as Hope Township’s Outstanding Citizen of the Year, and was recognized by the NJ State Senate and NJ General Assembly in a Joint Resolution for his “meritorious record of service and commitment” to his community.

He has appraised the Batmobile, the Back to the Future Car, and memorabilia from the blockbuster movie Titanic. He has appraised some of the world’s most valuable books and documents, items that have been on the Moon, and even appraised (and played) Elvis’ guitar.

Suzanne Houck

A native Virginian, Suzanne Houck, has been involved in the appraisal and sale of antiques and art for over twenty years. She learned the business apprenticing under another highly experienced appraiser. In 1992, she received the International Society of Appraisers’ Certified Appraiser of Personal Property designation in Appreciable Residential Contents. She is a graduate of Sotheby’s Educational Studies (London) course, “The Decorative Arts of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries.”

She also attended Hollins University where she received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. This individualized degree focused on the decorative and fine arts, specifically American Furniture and Art from the Eighteenth through the Twentieth Centuries. In 1996, she co-authored and taught the course “Appraisal of Residential Contents” for those appraisers seeking certification through the International Society of Appraisers.

In addition to providing a wide range of appraisals for individuals and businesses, Suzanne has been an estate liquidator and expert witness in legal cases. Since moving west in 1999, she has also worked as a director and fine art consultant in galleries throughout the Southwestern United States. She now operates Houck Asset Verification, an appraisal company specializing in personal property appraisal solutions.

Contact Information
Suzanne Houck
Houck Asset Verification
www.verifyassets.com
Click HERE to email Suzanne Houck

Jane C. Brennom, ISA CAPP

Jane Brennom is a certified member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA’s) national organization. Her specialty designation is “Antiques and Residential Contents” (ARC) known as a generalist personal property appraiser but also specializes in fine and decorative arts, and has expertise in Art Bronze. Jane was honored with the “Lamp Of Knowledge Award” at the National ISA Conference in Chicago in April, 2005. This prestigious award is for a singular outstanding educational work product pertaining to the appraisal profession as a whole. Jane's work consisted of her contribution of scholarly appraisal articles in the Antiquer magazine, a New York based publication. She and partner Todd Sigety also won the "Marketing Award" at the ISA Conference in Baltimore in April, 2008. Her experience also includes two terms as President in 2003-04 of the ISA Gulf Coast Chapter and Treasurer in 2001 and later the Chapter Ex-Officio, Liaison and Historian. Between 2001-04 Jane served as Chair and Vice-Chair of the Awards Committee for the ISA National organization. Jane was chosen in 2001 to participate in the first “Leadership ISA” (LISA) program for developing leaders in ISA and served as a mentor in the program for leadership development. At the National level Jane served on the Ethics committee, Designation & Review committee, National ISA Website Technical committee and Vice Chair of the Antiques & Residential Contents Division. Jane has over 20 years experience working in her specialty. Her experience ranges from purchasing executive office furniture for Bechtel, Inc. to selling antiques from her own retail store in Houston. Her company, Zaisan Enterprises, Inc. provides services relating to personal property appraising in the following areas: Estates, Charitable Contributions, Family Division, Bankruptcy, Insurance, Expert Witness Testimony, Valuation Consult, Pre-Auction Estimates, Restoration Advice, and Broker/Market Research. Jane and partner Todd Sigety hold appraisal related workshops in Alexandria, VA. She is an instructor of Appraisal Methodology for International Society of Appraisers and is also an instructor/lecturer for students of antiques and speaks publicly to various organizations annually. She is an annual vetter for the Houston Antiques Dealers Association (HADA) Antique Shows in Houston.

Contact Information:
Jane C. Brennom, ISA CAPP International Society of Appraisers
1831 Oakdale Street
Houston, TX 77004
Click HERE to email Jane
713 527 0124 Office
713 527 0124 Fax
www.appraiserworkshops.com

Todd W. Sigety, ISA CAPP

Todd W. Sigety is a certified member of the International Society of Appraisers, and is currently serving as member of the ISA Board of Directors. With a certification in Antiques and Residential Contents, he is qualified to appraise a wide range of fine and decorative arts, although he is known primarily for his expertise in appraising, evaluating and authenticating period English and American antique furniture.

Todd Sigety is also the editor and developer of the annual Journal of Advanced Appraisal studies, published by the Foundation for Appraisal Education. He also contributed articles for both the 2008 and 2009 editions of the journal. He has been a feature article writer on antique furniture with the Antiquer, a fine art and antiques magazine published out of New York City. The monthly magazine was usually theme based, with Mr. Sigety contributing on topics such as American Southern Furniture, Colonial Revival Furniture and Chinoisere.

He is a recipient of the ISA Publications award for a series of articles on world furniture which have now been published as a book, World Furniture: An Introduction to Regions, Styles, Periods and Tastes. In addition to serving on the national Board of Directors of the International Society of Appraisers he is currently the editor of the National Capital Area Chapter ISA newsletter, VALUES, and webmaster and developer of the chapter website, and past Chairman of the ISA Technology committee. He is also an active public speaker on antiques and appraising, with presentations to local and national collecting and appraisal organizations.

Contact Information:
Todd W. Sigety, ISA CAPP
WSA Appraisals
425 South Washington St
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-836-1020
Click HERE to email Todd W. Sigety, ISA CAPP
Click for WSA Appraisals website

David J. LeBeau, AM (ASA), MFA

David J. LeBeau MFA AM USPAP is an independent fee appraiser and is an Accredited Appraiser in the American Society of Appraisers [since 1978] certified in the Specialties of Antiques and Residential Contents General and is Past President of the NYC Chapter of the ASA (1989/90).

Currently the appraiser is USPAP recertified as of August 2006 and is the New England Representative for Bonhams Auctioneers, and is the owner of David J. LeBeau Appraisal Services at the above address. Previously he was an Auctioneer and Head of the General Sales & the Arms & Armor Departments with Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers of N.Y.C. and was employed as a consultant to the Arms & Armor Department of Christie's East of NYC and was employed as a consultant to Lubin Galleries of NYC.

The appraiser was a member of the founding faculty of the Appraisal Studies Program at Yeshiva University (NYC). The faculty and curriculum were transferred to New York University' School of Continuing Education.

Currently the appraiser is part time faculty at Berkshire Community College Division of Lifelong Learning.

He is a retired Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arts N.Y.U. and has taught Appraisal Subjects at Long Island University's; C.W. Post College, Brooklyn Center and The Campus at Home. He has also teaches appraisal subjects at Berkshire (MA) Community College,and has taught at BCC's Elderhostel, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Division of Lifetime Learning and the adult education programs of Central Berkshire County and the Chappaqua (Westchester County. N.Y.) Boards of Education. He has taught The Appraisal Foundation's course, "Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and Professional Appraisal Ethics" for the Connecticut Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers.

The appraiser is the author of several published articles on the subjects of antiques and appraising antiques for several newspapers that are dedicated to arts, antiques and interior decorating.

The American Society of Appraisers published his five page technical article, "A Method of Standardization of Terminology in the American and English Decorative Arts", in the Spring 1995 edition of "The Personal Property Journal".

David J. LeBeau
119 South Main Street
Sheffield, MA 01257-9670
413 229 3445
Click HERE to email

Richard E. Merritt, AM, ISA AM

Richard E. Merritt is a personal property appraiser and is an Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and the International Society of Appraisers (ISA). He is one of only four appraisers within a two-hundred mile radius of the Washington, D. C. metropolitan area that specializes in antique furniture and is accredited by more than one national professional appraisal organization. (Please go to www.appraisers.org to understand the relevant experience, education and skills an accredited member must possess.)

Richard Merritt has been actively involved for more than twenty years with antiques and quality collectibles in the Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland markets.

Mr. Merritt’s specialization is in Eighteenth, Nineteenth and early Twentieth century American, English and Continental furniture. He is especially knowledgeable about regionalism in American furniture – comparing the preferences for a particular type of furniture form and/or the use of a particular type of wood or construction technique in a given area.

He received a Certificate in Connoisseurship in Fine and Decorative Arts, with a concentration on Early American Furniture, from the George Washington University Center for Professional Development. He has pursued further connoisseurship courses on furniture construction, styles and periods through the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.

Richared E. Merritt, AM, ISA AM
2729 Franklin Court
Alexandria, VA 22302
(703) 379-8615 (office)
(703) 967-7806 (cell)
Click HEREto email

Daphne L. Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA CAPP

Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., author, professor, museum exhibition organizer, and appraiser, is a specialist in the field of Asian Art and Archaeology.

An Asian art consultant to museums nationwide, she has organized numerous traveling exhibitions on subjects as diverse as Chinese jades, 18th century Chinese court art, Chinese painting and ceramics, Korean art, and Japanese prints. Dr. Rosenzweig has presented many lectures for international and national audiences; including the Morikami Museum of Art’s National Endowment for the Arts Lecture Series, the International Netsuke Society, the College Art Association, the Association for Asian Studies, and the Ringling Museum of Art.

Dr. Rosenzweig earned her A B. from Mount Holyoke College, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Asian Art and Archaeology and Far Eastern Languages and Literature from Columbia University. She conducted research on later Chinese painting for two years at the National Palace Museum in Taipei on a Fulbright Fellowship, and has traveled extensively throughout Asia. She is the author of over fifty books and articles on Asian art, including the text “The Appraisal of Japanese Prints”, and is a member of the Morikami Museum’s Collections Visiting Committee and a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society-Korea Branch. She has edited books for the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and reviewed books for The Tibet Journal, and other professional journals.

A Certified Appraiser of Personal Property with the International Society of Appraisers (ISA CAPP), she is currently a member of its Board of Directors. Her company, Rosenzweig Associates, Inc., is a personal property firm specializing in Asian and Islamic art appraisals for the purpose of Federal Tax Functions (donation and estate) as well as for insurance, damage and loss, and equitable distribution. Among her clients are U. S. Customs, State Farm, and Sun Trust. She serves as a design consultant for firms engaged in special event planning, such as the yearly Chinese New Year displays for the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas and the Ringling Brothers Circus.

A university professor for many years, Dr. Rosenzweig currently teaches Asian, Buddhist and Islamic art, Western architecture, and other art history courses as a Liberal Arts faculty member of the Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, FL.

Click HERE to email Dr Rosenzweig.

David J. Maloney, Jr., AOA CM

David Maloney is a nationally-known appraiser, author, television host, radio-talk show guest, and veteran appraisal course writer and instructor. His reputation is based on 30 years of practical experience, extensive academic and personal study, writing, teaching and lecturing.

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.

He qualified as a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) in 1995 and as a Certified Member of the Association of Online Appraisers (AOA) in 2001. David is past-President and currently Sec./Treas. for the AOA.

For over twenty-five years Maloney 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, estate planners, insurance agents, the moving industry and attorneys. He has qualified as an expert witness in Virginia and Maryland.

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 from 1983 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, in 1994 David was charged with writing the all-new ISA's Core Course in Appraisal Studies — a six-month, full-time volunteer effort. For the next seven years he maintained and taught this course across the country and in Canada. He has also written ISA's Chapter's Manual and the Appraisal Report Writing Standard booklet. In addition, he wrote and taught the ISA Requalification Course, and he was primary writer for the ISA's Distance Education Course in Appraisal Studies. He has also written and taught appraisal courses for the Auctioneers Association of Canada.

David 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 coveted President's Award. The ISA has also honored David with the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his years of dedicated service to the ISA and the appraisal profession.

For fourteen years, David authored the biennial Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles Resource Directory, a compilation of over 20,000 resources for over 3,000 categories of antiques and collectibles. Called "the bible" of the industry by U.S. News & World Reports, "Maloney's" was considered a "must have" on every collector's bookshelf.

David is the author of the 416-page Appraising Personal Property: Principles and Methodology - 2nd Edition (Appraisers Press 2008) — the only complete and fully-indexed course book and reference guide to personal property appraising. David has also authored The Personal Property Appraisers Guide to USPAP (Appraisers Press 2009), a plain-English guidebook to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

David served as 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 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, Maloney wrote the highly-acclaimed Complete Online Course in Personal Property Appraising Featuring USPAP, a unique and comprehensive online course covering the theory, principles, methodology, report writing, standards, and ethics relating to personal property appraising.

Contact information:
David J. Maloney, Jr., AOA CM
Click HERE to email
http://www.appaisalcourseassociates.com

Edith Yeomans, ASA

A professionally trained appraiser and an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers, Edith Yeomans has over 25 years of experience in the arts in Canada, including working for a prominent art dealers’ association, arts management, and copyright licensing. She has a BA (Hon) in art history from McMaster University and is a fine art specialist with extensive knowledge of contemporary Canadian and international art scenes. Ms. Yeomans and her business partner, Stephen Sweeting, ASA, established Appraisal Associates in Toronto in 1993, one of the very few private firms in Canada to offer complete appraisal services to a broad based group of clients, nation wide.

Active in Toronto’s arts community, Ms. Yeomans has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition since 1991, and was the chair of the board for three years. She is currently the personal property discipline governor on the American Society of Appraisers’ Board of Governors and previously served as the president of the society’s Toronto chapter. She is currently chair of the organizing committee for the American Society of Appraisers Personal Property Annual Connoisseurship Conference to be held in Montreal 29-31 October 2009.

Ms. Yeomans is on the faculty of the American Society of Appraisers Principles of Valuation education program and teaches the Introduction to Personal Property Valuation course. Her articles on valuation issues have been published in Canadian and American journals, and she has spoken to a variety of groups about professional appraisal practices.Selected publications:“The Allure of Couture,” Personal Property Journal, Vol. 12, No. 4, Winter 2000. (PDF 680 kb)"The Right Value," Antiques! No. 18, March/April, 1996. (PDF 660 kb)

Contact Information:
Edith Yeomans, ASA
Appraisal Associates
193 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5B 1Y7
Click HERE to email Edith Yeomans:
tel: (416) 368-4334fax: (416) 368-6679
website: www.AppraisalAssociates.ca

Stephen P. Sweeting, ASA

Stephen P. Sweeting, ASA is a personal property appraiser and one of the principals at Appraisal Associates in Toronto, Canada. Appraisal Associates is a full service personal property valuation firm providing art and antiques appraisals and consulting services for cultural property and charitable donations, insurance coverage and loss-claim, market advisory, estate planning, litigation support, and other uses. Established by Stephen and his business partner Edith Yeomans, ASA in 1993, Appraisal Associates was one of the first personal property valuation firms in Canada to adopt the use of USPAP. Tireless advocates for the use of Generally Accepted Valuation Principles, Appraisal Associates has been influential in the growth of the profession and professional standards in Canada.

An Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers specializing in Fine Art, Stephen is an active member of his local chapter and serves as the District Director of the Eastern Canada chapter. Currently on the chapter's ad hoc committee dealing with Canada's shift to International Valuation Standards in 2011, Stephen and his ASA colleagues in Toronto are grappling with issues and changes that will affect all personal property appraisers in Canada.

Stephen is a prolific writer and has contributed articles to the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, the ASA's Personal Property Journal, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Insurance, The Canadian Adjuster and a number of other Canadian and American publications. He has been quoted frequently on art market-related issues in the Globe and Mail, and has had many similarly themed letters to the editor published in the Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, and the Financial Post. Stephen also has been interviewed on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Radio One and the Aboriginal Radio's Arts Review.

Stephen's writing and research interests include cultural studies, Amerindian material culture, the interface of art and crime, aboriginal skin-and-frame watercraft, and the Canadian auction market. A great proponent of an integrated approach to both appraising and academic work,Stephen is a section editor of the nascent Journal of Integrated Studies --a new electronic academic journal to be published in the fall of 2009.

Future projects include a large-scale collaborative writing project to do with appraising, a sessional instructor's role in a Masters-level course at a Canadian university, and the completion of a final research project for a graduate-level degree. He is also interested in adapting grounded Theory research methods to the appraisal of personal property.

Contact Information:
Stephen P. Sweeting, ASA
Appraisal Associates193 Church Street
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaM5B 1Y7
Click HERE to email Stephen P. Sweeting:
tel: (416) 368-4334fax: (416) 368-6679
website: www.AppraisalAssociates.ca

Francine Proulx, MS, ASA, ISA AM

Francine Proulx is an independent personal property appraiser specializing in antiques, decorative and fine arts, a decorative/fine arts consultant, free lance writer on antiques and appraising and publisher of bi-monthly A/AIR Upcoming Antique Events and Antiques Related Websites Listings. Her appraisal and consulting business, Art/Antiques Information Resource, LLC, began in 2001 and her national clientele include individuals, corporations and the highest levels of federal government.

After 20+ years in the non-profit executive management and an early career in media, Francine obtained two post-graduate Certificates, one in Appraisal Studies and the other in Connoisseurship from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She holds her B.A. with an Art History minor and a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy.

Francine is an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers, and an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers. In 2005-06, she was the first Candidate Member ever appointed to an ASA national committee, the ASA Strategic Planning Task Force. In 2008, she chaired the ISA Mentoring Task Force which developed a plan focused on competency to benefit accredited members, novice appraisers and the organization as a whole. She currently serves as Vice President of the Washington DC ASA Chapter as well as being active in the ISA National Capital Chapter.

Always available to share her expertise and experience, Francine guest lectures on appraising in the Smithsonian/Corcoran College of Art and Design’s Master’s program on decorative arts and speaks to professional and community groups on a regular basis. Her articles on antiques and appraising have appeared in general publications, antiques trades including Maine Antiques Digest and scholarly appraisal publications such as the initial Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies 2008 and the ASA Personal Property Journal.

Contact Information:
Francine Proulx, MS, ASA, ISA AM
Art/Antiques Information Resource, LLC
2901 Saintsbury Place, Ste. 401
Fairfax, VA 22031
To email click HERE
703-395-7015
www.ArtAntiquesInfo.com

Joyce Newman, ISA CAPP

Joyce Newman ISA CAPP is an International Society of Appraisers Certified Appraiser.

She is the owner of Newman Appraisal Services, LLC, a full-service personal property appraisal firm specializing in the appraisal of antiques and residential contents and fine art.

Ms. Newman attended the Pennsylvania State University and is a graduate of the University of Nevada Reno. She is also a graduate of the International Society of Appraisers’ Core Course in Appraisal Studies and its studies in the Appraisal of Fine Art, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), Antiques and Residential Contents, and has completed courses in Japanese prints, silver appraisals and expert witness preparation.

She is secretary of the International Society of Appraisers Fine Art Committee and serves on the Nevada Museum of Art’s Collections Committee.

Joyce is a Reno Gazette Journal and Galena Times columnist and received the International Society of Appraisers’ Media Award.

Mrs. Newman is former president of Western Industrial Nevada, former chair of the KNBP Channel 5 Public Broadcasting station board, a former member of the Reno Sparks Chamber of Commerce board of directors and a former member of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada board of directors.

To Contact Joyce Newman:
website: www.newmanappraisalservices.com
To Email Joyce Newman, click HERE.
telephone: 775.771.0464

Robert J. Corey, Ph.D.

Robert J. Corey, Ph.D. Following a career in industrial management (1977-1984), Dr. Corey taught marketing, and product and price policy courses at the university level for twenty years (1985-2006) prior to founding RJ Corey & Associates. The study of markets, products, and pricing served as a foundation for his interest in appraising. He received professional training in the principles of valuation, and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice at the University of Georgia, sponsored by the American Society of Appraisers and the Appraisal Foundation, and maintains an active appraisal and forensic consulting practice serving Charlotte County and Southwest Florida.

Dr. Corey is a member of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, a recipient of the Chamber's "Business of the Month - Exceeding Expectations" award, and a Candidate Member of the American Society of Appraisers. His academic publications have appeared in more than a dozen professional journals and conference proceedings. From 2006 to 2007, he wrote a regular series of articles for the Charlotte Sun-Herald newspaper under the title, "Ask the Appraiser."

As a social scientist, Dr. Corey’s interests lie in the advancement of social science methodologies and their application to appraisal practice. In his recent article, “Combining Metrics, Standards and Connoisseurship: A Weighted Factor Scoring Model,” published in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies 2009, he teamed with Todd Sigety, ISA CAPP to introduce a practical alternative appraisal methodology accepted and used by other professional disciplines to add a measure of objectivity to appraisal practice.

He has developed an interest and measure of expertise in the appraisal of mid-century modern furniture and has had the opportunity to appraise a wide variety of pieces by Isamu Noguchi and George Nakashima.

Contact information:
Robert J. Corey, Ph.D.
RJ Corey & Associates
Punta Gorda, FL 33982
(Ph.) 941-286-8071
(Fx) 941-575-4616
Click HERE to email Robert J. Corey
www.rjcoreyappraisals.com

Tom Helms

Tom Helms, ISA AMDue to his experience, Tom is often called on for speaking events, organizing charitable antique appraisal fairs, consulting with mall owners, working with local auction houses in product identification, and for various writing requests.Tom is a member of the Board of Directors for the Rosson House, a living museum and Phoenix’s first 1895 Victorian. He assists with vetting new donations and helps oversee and promote the museum which is part of the City of Phoenix. He also writes a monthly column, “Ask the Appraiser” for Sun Life, a magazine for retirees in the greater Sun City, Sun City West, and Sun City Grand Arizona. The magazine has a 75,000 monthly run with his easy to read and informative column.

Actively involved in the local chamber of commerce, networking with Arizona First which promotes locally owned businesses, and being a member of a fifty year-old business marketing and networking organization have helped Tom build his appraisal business. Name recognition is everything.Tom is an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA’s) national organization and a member of Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA). His specialty designation is “Antiques and Residential Contents” known as a generalist personal property appraiser. Tom specializes in everyday estates with the common trappings of collections, furnishings, bric-a-brac, vintage and antique items that are so prevalent in the average household.

Contact
Tom Helms
602-319-4207
a-zappraisal.com
mailing address:5555 North 7th Street#134-333
Phoenix, AZ 85014

Charles McCracken, D.Ed., ISA AM

Charles C. McCracken is an accredited member of the International So-ciety of Appraisers (ISA). He earned his Doctorate in Education (D.Ed.) from Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, his Master’s Degree in counseling and a Bachelor of Arts in the humanities. Charles and his wife, Faith, have twenty-five years’ experience as antiquarian art and rare book dealers. Charles is also a professional cellist. Visit www.charlesmccracken.com to learn more about Charles and two books he wrote and published through his business, Time Again Gallery, Inc.; The Art of Seymour Fogel: An Atavistic Vision and The Forgotten History: A Photographic Essay on Civil War Hilton Head Island. An article by Charles on selecting a qualified appraiser was published in the November 7, 2007, issue of Carolina Homes and Interiors. Charles is working on a 500-year historical timeline of the South Carolina Lowcountry featuring detailed descriptions of the region’s rare maps.

Contact Information
Charles C. McCracken,
Personal Property Appraisals
www.charlesmccracken.com
PO Box 8042
Hilton Head Island, SC 29938
843 785 7791 office
843 301 2505 cel
l843 341 5232 fax
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Patricia M. Dillon

Patricia Dillon is currently the President of Putnam Art Advisors and Consultants, Inc., specialists in the de-accessioning, financing, purchase and appraisal of fine art and antiques. Additionally, she advises artists and artist’s estates. Previously, she was a litigator who tried dozens of cases to verdict including matters involving authenticity and value in fine and decorative art. Patricia is a principal in an educational and consultant service for collectors in this changing economy. This fall, she will be teaching Art Law to appraisers and other art professionals at New York University and a course in“ Collecting Basics” at the Barlow-Pell Historical House in New York. A specialist in American Furniture and Contemporary American painting, Patricia has appraised for high net worth individuals, major corporations, museums and historical sites. Patricia also has appraised major ecclesiastical collections. She graduated from Boston College, The London School of Economics and Political Science and New York Law School. Additionally, she has a certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts from New York University and a certificate from the Winterthur Furniture Studies Program. She has taken and passed USPAP. Moreover, she has taken advanced courses at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Parsons School of Design, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Smithsonian Institution (Conservation Institute), New York University Graduate School of Fine Art, Winterthur Museum (University of Delaware) and Columbia University. She is a member of Winterthur Museum and Country Estate, American Institute of Conservation and the Appraisers Association of America.

Contact Information
Patricia M. Dillon
P.O. Box 158
Greenwich, CT 06836
(203) 260-6719
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Denise J. Levy

Denise J. Levy specializes in art of all media and household contents, 20th-21st century. Art Find Associates, Inc, her appraisal company began in 1988. Ms. Levy was an art administrator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, and Bellevue Hospital Center.

Denise is the President and Founder of Art Find Associates, Inc and Fine Art and Residential Contents Appraisal Company in New York City. She is a qualified USPAP appraiser.

Denise Levy has been a member of the Appraisers Association of America since 1991, she is a graduate of Ney York University and has attended the Graduate Center, CUNY, in Liberal Studies towards a Master of Arts.

Articles published include:Published, April 28, 2008, New York Law Journal: “Appraising Personal Property”. The Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, March, 2009: “The Challenges of Appraising Photographs”.

Contact Information
Denise J. Levy135 Central Park West – Apt. 2 South
New York, NY 10023
Tel: (212) 595-5267
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Vicky Nash Shaw, ISA AM

Vicky Nash Shaw is an ISA accredited personal property appraiser, and owner of Authentic Appraisal & Estate Service, LLC. Her firm offers a full range of professional appraisal services as well as buying & selling consultations.

As a generalist with credentials in Antiques and Residential Contents, Vicky also specializes in American and Asian decorative arts and furniture, American silver, French furniture, prints, and Chinese export porcelain. Vicky has appraised a wide variety of antiques and collectibles, ranging from 18th century furniture to a USS Sequoia presidential flag with Richard Nixon provenance to archaic Chinese bronzes. Her firm also appraises antique and classic cars.

With over eight years experience in antiques and collectibles, Vicky is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and has an MBA from Marshall University. She has completed a wide array of professional specialty training, including courses such as “Japanese Woodblock prints”, “Chinese and Japanese Ceramics”, “Valuing Later Asian Art”, “18th & 19th Century French Furniture”, and “Silver and the Modernism Movement.”

Vicky is a recipient of the International Society of Appraiser Distinguished Service Award for 2008-2009. She has traveled extensively in China, studying the collections of Chinese ceramics and Chinese furniture at the Shanghai Museum, at the Imperial Palace Museum in Beijing, and at the Shaanxi History Museum in Xian, China. She participated in a mini-appraisal fair with international antiques expert and author Judith Miller in 2007, and she has worked Antique Roadshow style appraisal fairs in North Carolina and Florida.

Contact Information:Vicky is located near Raleigh-Durham, NC and can be contacted at 919 475-6930, or Click HERE to email Website: www.TheAuthenticAppraisal.com

Corinne Cain, ASA

Corinne Cain first began her practice as an appraiser in 1975. In May 1980, she formed Corinne Cain & Associates, incorporating in May 1982 to become Corinne Cain, Ltd., a nationally recognized firm affording expert appraisal and consulting services on Fine Art and Native American Art.

Ms. Cain is only the second Arizonan to be admitted as a Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers in Fine Arts and the fifteenth individual internationally to earn a second designation. She wrote the examination for appraising Native American Art in 1987, rewriting it along with Maryann L'Heureux in 1993.

Since 1987, Ms. Cain has served on the International Board of Examiners of the American Society of Appraisers. In 1992 she became a Certified Appraiser of Personal Property, tested in the specialty of Limited Edition Prints. She was elected to the prestigious national ASA Personal Property Committee from June 1993 to June 1996. In 1999 she helped construct the new Fine Arts exams for the American Society of Appraisers.

Ms. Cain's background in art includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting & Drawing) and a unique double Masters in Fine Arts (Arts Administration) and Business Administration (Finance) from Southern Methodist University. Ms. Cain has completed additional postgraduate work in art history at Arizona State University.

Ms. Cain's background also includes extensive study in museums throughout Great Britain, Europe and the Russian Bloc countries. She was the original director of Gallery 10, Inc. of Scottsdale, known for museum-quality Native American art. Her appraisal apprenticeship took place at Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas, a gallery specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century paintings, drawings and sculpture. While in graduate school, she developed a marketing campaign for Sotheby's New York.

She is listed as a qualified appraiser for the Southwest Region's Source List for the Internal Revenue Service and for the Resolution Trust Corporation. Ms. Cain has served as an expert witness in court and provides professional consultation to both individuals and to corporations.

She currently serves as Co-Curator to the Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold (formerly Phelps Dodge) collection. For over fifteen years, Ms. Cain has functioned as curator of the AP Fenderson as well as the QV Distributors Collection of primarily Native American art. The year 2000 marked her first year as a member of the prestigious national women's art group known as Art Table.

CORINNE CAIN, ASA
Senior Member, American Society of Appraisers
President, Corinne Cain, Ltd.
326 West Harmont Drive
Phoenix, Arizona 85021-5643
USA
602-906-1633
FAX: 602-906-0677
www.corinnecain.com
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Scott Mitchell

Scott Mitchell is a lawyer and CPA practicing in Houston, Texas. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, and acquired his Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the Bates College of Law at the University of Houston. He joined the Texas Bar in 1980 and was admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court in 1986. His specialties include tax law, receivership law, and estate law. Scott Mitchell has also served in over 20 major court receivership cases, in which he was responsible for the management and eventual liquidations of various properties with values of up to $38 million dollars. He is also the national chairman of the American Tinnitus Association, a medical research non-profit corporation. Scott has an avid interest in art and history, and has a particular interest in neoclassical 19th century bronzes. Astronomy is another interest, with Mr. Mitchell having served as the President of the Houston Astronomical Society and a director of the international astronomical gathering known as the Texas Star Party.

Contact Information:
Scott Mitchell
Mitchell & Callavo, P. C.
Two Memorial Plaza820 Gessner, Suite 1380
Houston, TX 77024713 827 7500
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Steve Roach, JD, ISA AM

Jerry Sampson, ASA

Jerry Sampson, ASA has owned and operated the brick and mortar store front, J. Sampson Antiques & Books, since 1992. A book dealer by trade he locally saw a need for appraisals and began seriously appraising personal property in 2000 and in 2004 he began his studies with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). He is a has the designation of Accredited Senior Appraiser in personal property with a specialty in antiques and decorative arts in this organization.

With plans for other specialties in the near future. Jerry in his appraisal career has a strong emphasis on Southern decorative arts and because of this, is passionate about about the research, history and preservation of this area of our country.

Being that Jerry is a avid reader and book dealer, in January of 2009 he began writing his blog "Antiques Reference Books Reviews" as a way of helping seasoned and beginning appraisers explore a world of reference books. Each review fittingly ends with the catch phrase of "Remember Knowledge Is Power, So Arm Yourself." He has been the presiding President of The Harrodsburg Historical Society for the past eight years and serves on the boards of several historic and preservation societies. He resides currently in the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky.

Brian Hiatt

With more than two decades of business and information technology management experience, Brian Hiatt has developed a sharp eye for how Information Technology can enable businesses to gain efficiency, improve service, save money, and beat their competition. As an entrepreneur and co-founder of Collectorpro Software Inc, Brian and his co-founder built Collectorpro Software Inc. into a leader in providing software and services to the art and antique communities. Brian gives his time to other IT management professionals in job transition to help them learn the techniques and strategies to land their next great opportunity. Brian has spent time as Chief Information Officer of many companies, including public, private, start-up, turn-around, and rapid growth companies. He uses his leadership and communication skills to effectively mentor and train teams to excel, while still maintaining a balance of work and personal life. Brian has spoken at numerous events on how to properly align information technology with business strategy, including presentations at IBM Corporation, and regional events in the Nashville and Dallas areas.

Brian Hiatt
1823 Marchmont Dr
Lucas, TX 75002
972.908.3964
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www.collectorpro.com
www.brianhiatt.com

Terri Ellis, ISA CAPP

Terri Ellis, ISA CAPP, has been an appraiser since 1991. After graduating from the University of Texas with a BA in Spanish and French, she worked for the US government in various capacities doing computer programming, and didn't find her true calling in the appraisal world until she became interested in old quilts and textiles and took appraisal courses from the American Quilters Society. This led to starting an estate liquidation business, course work from the International Society of Appraisers, and eventually her certification as a personal property appraiser in 2001. She is also USPAP qualified. She is a member of the North Texas Chapter of the ISA, and has served this chapter in various capacities, including 2 terms as president. In 2009 she received the Ellen Amirkhan Award for her service to NTISA. As a member of ISA, she has served as Chair of the Chapter Studies Committee, and is currently the Chair of the Ethics Committee. She is the owner of Mistletoe Estate Sales and Appraisals in Fort Worth, Texas, which she has operated since 1992. Her specialty is quilts and textiles, although she is a general personal property appraiser.

Contact Information:

Terri Ellis, ISA CAPP
1205 Mistletoe Dr.
Fort Worth, TX 76110
Telephone: 817-926-9424
Fax: 817-926-0386
www.mistletoesales.net
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Rachael Goldman, Ph.D.

Dr. Rachael Goldman has been a personal property appraiser for the past decade in the fields of Antiquities, Judaica, Ethnographic Art, Hungarian Art and Collectibles and even office furniture. She holds degrees from Rutgers University, Sotheby's Art Institute and City University of New York. Dr. Goldman teaches regularly at Rutgers, New York University, City University of New York and the Cooper Hewitt Design Graduate Program. Rachael knows several languages Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Italian and German. She has published articles in the Bard Graduate Center Journal and Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Having served as a fellow at the American Academy in Rome, Rachael gives tours throughout Rome and in New York City. Her manuscript is on cultural constructions of color in ancient Rome.

Nancy Burke Bosch, ISA AM

Nancy Burke Bosch, ISA AM
Bosch Appraisal & Estate Services
Antiques Appraiser - Estate Liquidator - Art & Antique Brokerage - Auction Placement

Nancy is an independent fine art and antique appraiser serving the San Francisco Bay Area. She is owner of Bosch Appraisal and Estate Services and specializes in appraisals of antiques, fine art, decorative art and residential contents for insurance, estate, charitable contribution, and equitable distribution. She also specializes in consultations for downsizing, sale, and liquidation of personal property for trustees and heirs. Bosch Estate Services also conducts onsite estate sales.

First as a collector,later as a dealer, Nancy has been actively involved with buying and selling antiques since 1975. She has extensive knowledge and experience with antique and collectible American and European furniture, American wicker furniture, china,pottery, porcelain, crystal, sterling silver, silver plate, linens, crystal and pressed glassware, costume jewelry, decorative art, folk art, European and American contemporary and period fine art, early California Art, Asian antiques, oriental rugs and
carpets, lighting, kitchen collectibles,garden and architectural antiques, French, German and American antique and collectible dolls, cast iron toys, and general collectibles. She also has experience with Japanese and Chinese ceramics, furniture, decorative objects,African art and artifacts, antique prints and maps.

For ten years Nancy co-owned and operated an 8,200 square foot antique collective of 45 antique dealers in Northern California. Later she started her own very successful antique consignment shop. Upon selling these businesses, in 1996, she completed the Core Courses to become Accredited with the International Society of Appraisers. In 1997 she started Bosch Appraisal & Estate Services and became a full-time appraiser. She has
also completed both the Antiques and Residential Contents Course and the Fine Arts Course with ISA.

Her love of antiques and people combines to provide Nancy with a career she truly enjoys. It is her mission to provide the best possible appraisal experience to her clientele.

Contact information:
Nancy B. Bosch, ISA AM
Bosch Appraisal & Estate Services
1610 Northstar Drive
Petaluma, California 94954
707-773-3970
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www.boschappraisal.com

Amy Lawch, GG< ISA AM

Amy Lawch is a graduate gemologist with a specialization in antique and period jewelry. She frequently lectures on jewelry and the auction process. She has been an instructor at the Antique and Period Jewelry and Gemstone Conference in New York. Ms. Lawch spoke to The Friends of the Mansfield Traquair Centre in Edinburgh on Phoebe Anna Traquair, noted Scottish Arts and Crafts artist. She is an accredited appraiser and has been actively involved in the Gulf Coast chapter International Society of Appraisers, The Society of Jewelry Historians and Gemological Institute of America Alumni Association. She spoke about the Golden Age of Jewelry from 1890-1918 at the ISA Annual meeting in Chicago.

Amy Lawch is the owner of A. A. Benjamin, Ltd., a jewelry and appraising business focused on antique and estate jewelry. A. A. Benjamin was named for her grandparents Anna and Benjamin Silver who instilled her with the love of fine jewelry. Besides its main focus on antique and estate jewelry, A. A. Benjamin assists clients in purchasing their dream wedding rings and was three times named “the best place in Houston to purchase an engagement ring” by the Houston Press, and the best place to purchase estate jewelry in Houston by Htexas magazine. Amy and her jewelry business have been the subject of articles in Town and Country magazine, Paper City, Htexas magazine, the Houston Chronicle, The Houston Press, The Jewish Herald Voice and The Villages by Media Ink.

Besides her own business, Ms. Lawch is the representative for Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers. Ivey Selkirk, one of the oldest privately held auction houses in the U.S., was founded more than one hundred seventy-five years ago in St. Louis. Amy manages the Houston office and is responsible for business activity in Texas and Mexico. Ms. Lawch was the representative for Phillips International Auctioneers (now Phillips de Pury) from 1994-2001. Amy managed the Houston office and was responsible for all business activity in the Southern U. S. She assisted Phillips at their jewelry auctions in New York, London and Geneva.

Prior to her foray in jewelry, Amy was an international banker for many years working for several foreign banks. She has a BA in English Literature and an MBA in Finance. She is also active in a number of local charity and arts organizations in Houston.

Contact Information:
Amy Lawch
A.A. Benjamin, LTD.
Fine Antique and Period Jewelry
1775 St James Place, Suite 105
Houston, TX 77056
713-965-0555
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On the web at www.aabenjaminjewelry.com