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Categories Include: Appraising; Collecting; Provenance; Value; Insurance; Fine Art; Antiques & Design; Books, Manuscripts & Archives; Conversations; Exhibitions

Appraising

• Appraising Archival Cultural Property in a Descendant Market

• What is a Certified Appraiser of Art and Antiques?

• What Type of Appraisal Report Do You Need? An Overview of Common Appraisal Report Categories

• Can I Deduct That?

• An Introduction to Appraisals

• A Consumer’s Guide to the Appraisal Process for Art and Antique Appraisal Reports

• Think Like a Diplomat, Listen Like a Shrink: An Appraiser’s Tips for Successfully Navigating Emotionally-Charged Assignments

• High-Value Decisions May Require the Professional Services of a Qualified Appraiser

• Not Like on TV: Appraising is a Professional Service like Law or Accounting

• “What’s it Worth?” – Why It Matters Who You Ask

• A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

• The Impact of COVID-19 on Appraisal Market Analyses

• What to Look for When Seeking a Qualified Personal Property Appraiser

• What’s New in USPAP 2020-2021: From A Personal Property Perspective

• Beware the One-Page Appraisal

Collecting

• The Way They Are: Preserving the Material Culture of Black Victorians & 19th Century Historically Accurate Representation

• Collecting with Intention: Why You Should Have Collecting Criteria and How to Set Them

• Decluttering Through the Grief

• Collecting Victorian Mourning Jewelry and Its Modern Historical Significance

• 10 Steps for Cataloging Your Collection

• Pandemic “Homework:” An Appraiser’s Personal Perspective on the Importance of Insurance Appraisals, Estate Planning, & Creating an Inventory

• How to Use Your Time at Home to Save Your Family History – And at No Cost!

• The Half-Truth Lies of “My Kids Don’t Want My Stuff”

• Questions to Consider Asking Yourself While Contemplating a New Addition to Your Art Collection

• A Maximalist at Heart: Confessions of a Millennial

• The Right Stuff: The Surprising Compatibility of Collecting and Minimalism

• Product Disparagement and Its Impact on Connoisseurship

• The Catalogue Raisonné: An Art Collector's Underutilized Friend

Provenance

• Risky Business: How Provenance Can Influence Collecting

• Due Diligence in the Digital Era: A Case Study of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s "Les Petits Dénicheurs"

• Provenance Now: Documenting Your Contemporary Art

• How to Use Your Time at Home to Save Your Family History – And at No Cost!

Value

• “What’s it Worth?” – Why It Matters Who You Ask

• Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Insurance

• Thoughts About Art Insurance From Fine Art Shippers

• The Time to Protect Your Collection from Extreme Weather is Now

• Pandemic “Homework:” An Appraiser’s Personal Perspective on the Importance of Insurance Appraisals, Estate Planning, & Creating an Inventory

• A Consumer’s Guide to Insurance Appraisal Reports: Do You Need One and How to Get One?

Fine Art

• Identifying Restoration in Contemporary Prints

• What is a Certified Appraiser of Art and Antiques?

• The Rise of the Emerging Art Market

• How to Judge Quality in a Work of Art by an Unknown or Unidentified Artist

• Understanding Versos: When to Flip a Painting Over

• Due Diligence in the Digital Era: A Case Study of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot’s "Les Petits Dénicheurs"

• 10 Steps for Cataloging Your Collection

• How to Evaluate an Unsigned or Unidentified Painting

• Questions to Consider Asking Yourself While Contemplating a New Addition to Your Art Collection

• The Catalogue Raisonné: An Art Collector's Underutilized Friend

Antiques & Design

• What is a Certified Appraiser of Art and Antiques?

• A Guide to Selling Antiques Online

• Death of the Auction Catalogue Description?

• Hidden Legacies: African Presence in European Antiques - An Overlooked History

• A Brief Guide to Handling Ivory Material in Client Collections

• New Uses for Old Things: Thoughts in Support of Mixing Antiques in Modern Interiors

• Old is New Again: Creatively Repurposing Inherited Family Heirlooms to Suit Your Life and Style

• The Depressed Dining Room: Understanding the Current Market for Formal Dining Antiques

• The Gulf South Decorative & Fine Arts Database

• Is Midcentury Modern the New Chippendale of Furniture?

• The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle

• An Evolving Market of Light and Color: Collecting American Studio Glass Art

Books, Mansucript & Archives

• Appraising Archival Cultural Property in a Descendant Market

• In Good Company: The Lost Art of the Handwritten Note

• Five Conversations with European Booksellers

• Tending to One’s Own Library: The Origins and Outlooks of Bunny Mellon’s Oak Spring Garden Library

Conversations

• Photographer Lance Wilson

• Financial Advisor: Tracy Shen of the Florin Group

• Arts Philanthropy with Claudia Worthington Hess and Catherine Pyke, Founders of The Arts of Philanthropy

• Lebanese Artist Mirella Salamé

• Alexander Wendl: Creator and Curator of TOAD Archive

• Art Detective: Doug Bort of Odyssey Global Consulting

• Auctioneer: Jason Roske of KC Auction Company and Host of “Behind the Gavel with Jason”

• Art Advisor: Shelli Beermann

• Silver Expert: Joseph P. Brady

• Spencer W. Stuart: Deepen Your Collecting & Collections Knowledge

• Art Adventuring with Claudia Hess of Hess Art Advisory

• Ally Zlatar: Artist, Curator, Activist & Everything in Between

• Artist Mario Loprete

• Loupe Art Streaming Team: Dot Bustelo and Nicole Kutz

• Art Restorer: Anabela Ferguson of Brush Strokes Fine Art LLC

Exhibitions

• Announcing the Upcoming Yale University Exhibition “Allegories, Renditions, and a Small Nation of Women”

• Sense of Place: Artists Pivot to Virtually Exhibit Work