USPAP Certification, May, 2008, Atlanta Georgia

International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, April 2008, Baltimore, Maryland
By the Dawn’s Early Light: The Rise of American Nationalism by Wendell Garrett; American Fancy, Exuberance in the Arts, 1795-1840 by Sumpter Priddy III; Setting a Jewel: Considering Picture Fames When Appraising Fine Art by Suzanne Smeaton; The Web of Entanglement by Charles Goldstein; Expert Opinion and Liabilities: The Treacherous Power of Words by Judith Bresler, Esq.; Peeling the Peales: A Look at the Peale Family in the Maryland Historical Society in Context by Carrie Rebora Barratt; The State of the Industry by Lita Solis-Cohen; Fake: Forgery, Lies & eBay by Kenneth Walton; tours of the Homewood House, the Walters Art Museum, the Maryland Historical Society, Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum.

Arts and Crafts Conference, Grove Park Inn, Asheville, NC, February 2007
Looking Back – Just Twenty Years by Bruce Johnson; Great Myths of the Arts & Crafts Movement by Andre Chaves; The Arts & Crafts Movement in California by Robert Winter; Gustave Stickley’s Craftsman Homes: The Dream – and the Reality by Ray Stubblebine; Arts & Crafts or Art Industry?: The Dilemma of American Ceramics by Martin Eidelberg; Arts & Crafts Exhibits and Sale of furniture, pottery, textiles, books, clothing, rugs, and jewelry.

Georgia Auctioneers Association, November, 2005
Updates in Georgia Auction Law including contracts, UCC agreements, real estate auctions, ethics, and others.

Tuscaloosa Antiques Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 2005
American Antiques: The Past is a Foreign Country by Wendell Garrett, Consultant on American Furniture, Sotheby’s and Editor at Large, The Magazine Antiques; The Chicken or the Egg: Design Relationships Between Silver and Ceramics by Jennifer Goldsborough, Independent Scholar and Professor; John Singleton Copley and Company: His Patrons, Colleagues, and Competitors in America and England by Carrie Barrett, Curator, American Paintings and Sculpture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; The Market for American Furniture by Brock Jobe, professor of American Decorative Arts at Winterthur; Furniture as Canvas: Painted Furniture in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington, 1790-1830 by Alexandra Kirtley, Assistant Curator, American Decorative Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Neoclassicism in the New Republic by Amy Coes, Independent Scholar and Consultant; The Art of Rugs and Carpets by Mary Jo Otsea, Senior VP Sotheby’s; tours of Lyon Hall, Bluff Hall, Thornhill.

International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, April 2005
Appraising for Bankruptcy; Appraising for Divorce; Mid Century Modern Art Glass; Restoration; Appraising Illegal Art; Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas; Tour of Art Institute of Chicago and Crab Tree Farms.

Appraising for Damage and Loss Claims in the Moving Industry, Orlando, FL, November 2004.

International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 2004
The Appraiser and the IRS; The Appraiser and the Endangered Species Act; Appraising Modern Furniture; A History of Clocks; The Appraiser and Damage Claims; others.

International Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA April 2003
Art Glass: Antique, Contemporary or Fraud? By Bruce Orr; Nineteenth Century Philadelphia Cabinetmakers 1825-1900 by Walter G. Ritchie; Jade, Ivory, and Lacquer: What Are You Really Looking At? by Lark Mason: Samplers and Needlework Pictures by Linda Eaton of Winterthur; Appraising the Dream Garden Mosaic by Victor Wiener; Victorian Furniture; Panel Discussion with Leigh and Leslie Keno and Wendell Garrett: The Art and Antique World: Present and Future; The World Trade Towers: the Ultimate Damage and Loss Case by Gayle Marie Skluzacek; The Internet for Appraisers and Sellers by Julian Ellison; Keys to Oriental Rug ID by Ellen Amirkhan, ISA-CAPP; Federal Furniture: Is It Old Enough? By Michael Flanigan; Identifying Unmarked Pottery: Learning to Judge Quality by David Rago; Office Furnishing Appraisal for the Generalist by Winston McKenzie, Jr., ISA.

Tuscaloosa Antiques Symposium, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 2003
George Washington, Redivivus by Wendell Garrett; Classical Style Furniture in Philadelphia and Baltimore including Edward Priestly and Joseph Barry by Alexandra Kirkley; Through a Glass Lightly: Changing Views of American Art by Jay Cantor; One Hundred Years in the Trade: Then and Now by Ron Bourgeault with Albert Sack; Historic Furnishings and First Families; The Permanent Collect of the White House by Betty Monkman; Recent Discoveries in the China Trade by Carl Crossman; American Furniture; The Golden Age of Mahogany in America by Wendell Garrett; American Fancy by Sumpter Priddy; tour of theWestvel-Warner Museum by Jack Warner.

Georgia Auctioneers Annual Meeting, Athens, GA, February 2003
Auction Marketing Institute Certified Estate Specialist Course.

International Society of Appraisers, Fine Arts Course, San Antonio, TX, October 2002
Overview of art history and significant period; definitions of terms common to the art world, appraising paintings, sculpture, prints, icons, photography, animation art, Spanish Colonial art, and Japanese prints; market research and valuations.

Atlanta Chapter, International Society of Appraisers, Atlanta, GA, July 2002
The appraisal of oriental rugs including, terminology, colors, age, identity, manufacturing, pricing, markets.

International Society of Appraisers Expert Witness Course, Atlanta, GA July 2001
Civil and criminal courts, evidence, burden of proof, discovery, federal rules, trial, opinions.

Georgia Auctioneers Association Winter Conference, Savannah, GA, February 2001
Multi-parcel & multiple seller real estate auctions; selling historical real estate and antique contents; personal property appraisals as a primary or secondary income source.

Whitehall at the Villa 1999, 2000 summer courses on:
Wood identification, the Federal era, silver identification, rugs, antique pottery and porcelain, 19th century Asian ceramics and decorative arts.

Mendenhall School of Auctioneering, High Point, NC, February 1999.

International Society of Appraisers Specialty Course in Antique and Residential Contents, Atlanta, GA, September 1998
American, French, and English furniture; American English, Continental, and Oriental pottery and porcelain; American glass; American, English, Continental, and Oriental silver; toys; dolls; vintage fashion; garage; kitchen; prints; Orientalia including amber, cloisonné and enamel ware, colored hard stone carving, ivory, bone and related materials, lacquer including coromandel and cinnabar, metal ware, export paintings, eglomise, stoneware and porcelain, soapstone carving, textiles, sewing accessories.

Antique and Period Jewelry and Gemstone Course, Joyce Jonas, Director (NYU Professor in Appraisal Studies), University of Maine, Orono, ME, July 1997
Cameos, Copper Jewelry, Georg Jensen, Identifying Gemstones, Determining Quality, etc.

University of Maryland/ International Society of Appraisers Core Courses,
Atlanta, GA, February 1997
Ethics, business practices, communications, identification and authentication, research, terminology, report writing, legal aspects of appraising, case studies, expert witness, IRS report writing.

Bachelor of Science, University of Georgia.

Memberships

International Society of Appraisers – Certified Member in good standing
Auction Marketing Institute – Certified Estate Specialist

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