The Personal Property Appraisers Post: Mies van der Rohe

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Quality Condition Adjusted Mean Methodology: A Comparative Valuation Tool for the Appraiser

This paper explores the process of using a quality/condition adjusted mean methodology (Q-CAMM) to determine value of a subject property. A quality/condition adjusted mean regulates comparable values based upon condition level and quality points, and arrives at a final value conclusion relative to the subject property’s intrinsic features and state of preservation. Q-CAMM continues to rely upon the personal opinion and experience of the appraiser while introducing additional mathematical components to basic statistical averaging. Click the image to read the article by Todd W. Sigety, ISA CAPP.

(First Published in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies - 2008)

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Reconceiving Connoisseurship, by Carol Strone

Connoisseurship is a dead language and a dead art. Or so art theorists with disdain for aesthetic judgments would have us believe for some 40 years now. Indeed, connoisseurship has long languished — unfashionable and unpracticed — in academic circles and beyond. But still it matters for many people, and there are signs of a renaissance, even in the most unlikely realms of the art world. The time is ripe for reconceiving connoisseurship as relevant to furthering culture and seeing with maximum powers of observation that which humankind creates. Click the image to read the article by Carol Strone of Carol Strone Art Advisory, NY.

(First Published in the Fine Art Connoisseur, March/April 2010)

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The Barcelona Chair Reconsidered

Thursday, March 18, 2010 Reporter: soodie :: 3 Comments

We all know this iconic chair and we know it was designed in 1929 for the German national pavilion at the Barcelona world's fair, from which the chair was named. Two of these chairs were created and set side by side to receive the king and queen of Spain on their official visit to the building. The broad, white tufted leather chairs were modern thrones. The design was based upon the ancient Roman X-frame curule stool which was reserved for the most powerful.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is credited for the design of this chair. But many of us might not know that Lilly Reich (1885-1947) played an enormous role in the development of many of Mies van der Rohe’s designs. Though she has been credited in a few scholarly journals and books, her name has largely been forgotten. It is interesting to note that Mies did not fully develop any furniture designs successfully before and after his professional and personal relationship with Lilly Reich.

After all, architecture and industrial design were considered a man’s domain. There were male as well as female practitioners, and yet history books are filed with primarily men’s. When Mies was asked to design the German Pavilion, he chose Reich as his co-collaborator. Reich was responsible for the curvilinear forms and vivid colors of Mies work. She brought a soupçon of sophistication to their designs. She understood that fashion was integral component. Reich continually explored the visual as well as tactile qualities exploring the contrasts between polished metal and textured surfaces.

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