Qualifications: Certified Appraiser in North Carolina
Executive Summary: Company Qualifications
At Appraising Plus, our team of professionals possesses a rich tapestry of qualifications and expertise, ensuring the delivery of top-tier appraisal and valuation services. Here’s an overview of our credentials:
Professional Education:
Our professionals have undergone rigorous training provided by esteemed institutions such as the International Society of Appraisers, Appraisal Foundation, the National Auctioneers Association, and the North Carolina Auctioneers Association. This training instills expertise in appraisal studies and ensures strict adherence to industry standards.
We put into practice our comprehensive knowledge of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), regularly updating our practices to align with evolving industry standards and best practices.
Graduating from prestigious institutions like the National Auctioneer Association and the Mendenhall School of Auctioneering underscores our team’s commitment to excellence in the field of appraisal.
Our commitment to staying at the forefront of our field is evident through our participation in continuing education courses, seminars, and workshops sponsored by the Appraisal Foundation as well as International Society of Appraisers. These nationally recognized organizations partnering with internationally recognized auction houses such as Heritage, Dallas Auction Gallery Freemans, Quins Auction Galleries committed to providing top tiered continuing education experiences.
These educational opportunities which many are listed in our dropdown window showcase our dedication to excellence and ensure that our clients receive the highest quality appraisal services tailored to their specific needs. Additionally, our advanced methodologies employed in the valuation landscape enable us to navigate changes effectively and provide informed insights to our clients.
Workshops & Seminars Attended Include:
- Collecting Civil War artifacts and currency
- Evaluating vintage comic books & original comic art
- Frederic Remington Bronzes, a technical analysis
- Techniques & approaches to fine art conservation
- Historic cabinet woods
- Charitable contribution appraisals
- Estate planning with art & collectibles
- Authenticating designer purses & scarves
- Art forensics & value: masters to modern & contemporary works of art
- Valuing minerals & fossils
- Current state of the archives market
- Quilt appraising methodology
- Identifying forgeries of Chinese Buddhist sculptures
• Why fakes matter: authenticating American furniture
• Online auctions & fake art
• Faking furniture in the twentieth century and beyond
• Impostors: faking faces on portrait miniatures
• Case law for art fakes
• Catching fakes, frauds and alterations
• Pennsylvania German Fraktur: from A to Z
• Pueblo pottery & current market trends
• Embroidery: the language of art
• Most dangerous imitations: Chinese export porcelain fakes
• Connoisseurship in American Furniture
• Watches: Luxury or Lie: methodology for identification of counter fit luxury watches
• Knoedler on trial: lessons learned from lawsuits against America’s oldest art gallery
• Identifying & valuing Southern furniture
• Do’s & don’ts of ivory, horn, bone and endangered species
• Current trends & value of Asian art & artifacts
• Tax court & appraisal expectations
• Valuation of contemporary glass
• Forensics of oil paintings
• Art pottery, a representation of good, better and best
• Religion and furniture in the Southern back country
• Good, bad and the ugly in American painting
• American stoneware: its history & uses (1812-1900)
• Ten ways to tell a fake painting without looking at it
• Chinese export for the American market (1785-1940)
• Licensed North Carolina Auctioneer (NCAL #8954)
• Past membership in esteemed organizations such as the International Society of Appraisers (earned ISA designation) and past member of National Auctioneers Association designation (NAA).
• Graduate Personal Property Appraiser (GPPA National Auctioneer Association certificate program. Member of the North Carolina Auctioneer Association.
• Trusted Trustee of the Elizabeth Stifel Kline Foundation, reflecting our commitment of giving back to those individuals in need and the organizations that provide that needed relief.
In summary, Appraising Plus offers a team of highly qualified professionals with a diverse range of credentials and experiences, dedicated to providing exceptional appraisal and valuation services tailored to meet the unique needs of our clients. Trust us to deliver accurate, reliable, and comprehensive assessments for all your appraisal requirements.
