PRESENTATION OUTLINE
The Best Antique appraisers
most appraisers start out as
Skills required
- Experience
- Experience
- Experience
- Large reference library
- Fraud/Counterfeit Detection abilities
Famous antique appraisers
- Dennis Gaffney --Antique Roadshow
- Kathy Bailey --Independant Appraiser
- Frederic Conningham --Currior & Ives
Key to Success as an antique appraiser:
Antique Appraisers Hourly Salary
Antique Appraisers work at
- Home
- For Attorneys valuing estates
- Private Dealers
- Freelance
- Museums
ASHFORD INSTITUTE
Asheford Institute of Antiques offer a curriculum focused on the subject of antiques. Interior design schools and art institutions may offer furniture and art history courses that include a study of antiques. A bachelor's degree or associates certificate in art history or interior design is helpful.
ANTIQUE CERTIFICATIONS
The International Society of Appraisers, the Appraisers National Association and the American Society of Appraisers offer certification programs.
CERTIFICATES OF AUTHENTICITY
COAs are used to validate the value of a piece of art or collectible. A certificate of authenticity, shows that either the artist or an expert on the piece has certified that it is real and not a counterfeit. ONLY CERTIFIED