Program

Assets 2012 Program

Thank you to our speakers for a fabulous conference!

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Thursday, April 19

 

4:00pm – 7:00pm

Registration open

 

Friday, April 20

 

8:00am – 5:00pm

Registration Open

9:00am – 5:00pm 

Specialty Tours
All tours depart from Tempe Mission Palms
Antiques & Residential Contents

Heard Museum and Musical Instruments Museum

Fine Art Tour
Arizona State University (ASU) Art Museum and Phoenix Art Museum

7:30pm

Reading Between the Wines
Sponsored by the Foundation for Appraisal Education

 

Saturday, April 21

 

7:00am – 5:30pm

Registration Open

7:00am – 8:30am

Breakfast Buffet

8:30am – 9:00am

Welcome & Opening Remarks
Todd Sigety, ISA CAPP, ISA President

9:00am – 9:15am

Welcome to Tempe
Rose Mofford, Former Arizona Governor

9:15am – 10:30am

Your Money, Your Life
Sharon Lechter

10:30am – 11:00am

Networking Coffee Break

11:00am – 12:15pm

The International Collector's Car Market
Malcolm Barber, Bonhams & Butterfields

12:15pm – 1:30pm

Buffet Luncheon

1:30pm – 2:45pm

To Tweet or Not to Tweet - How to use Mass Media and Social Networking in your Appraisal Business
Judith M. Martin, ISA CAPP, The Perfect Thing and Todd Sigety, ISA CAPP, WSA Appraisals

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Networking Coffee Break

3:15pm – 4:30pm

Legally Protecting Yourself as an Appraiser
Kirsten Smolensky, JD, ISA AM, Scottsdale Appraisal

4:30pm

Sessions Adjourn

4:30pm – 7:00pm

Committee Meetings

 

Sunday, April 22

 

8:00am – 5:30pm

Registration Open

8:00am – 9:00am

CAPP Breakfast

8:30am – 9:00am

Breakfast Buffet

9:00am – 10:15am

Breakouts
Antiques & Residential Contents
Mid-Century Modern
Heidi Abrahamson, Heidi Abrahamson Modern Jewelry Studio
Fine Art
Auction Houses and Galleries—How Do They Value Art to Sell?

Brad Richardson, Scottsdale Art Auction and John Marzolf, Biltmore Galleries

10:15am – 10:45am

Networking Coffee Break


10:45am – 12:00pm

Breakouts

Antiques & Residential Contents 
Toy Collectibles
Harlene Soucy, Arizona Doll & Toy Museum

Fine Art
Investor Perspective to Art Valuation: Investment Returns, Risk Factors & Liquidity Metrics
Sergey Skaterschikov, Skate's LLC

12:00pm – 1:30pm

Buffet Luncheon

1:30pm – 2:45pm

Breakouts

Antiques & Residential Contents
Unraveling the Mysteries of Good, Better, Best of Clocks: for the Generalist 
Appraiser Joe Cohen, National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors

Fine Art
Inspection Techniques for Fine Art: How to Recognize Condition Aspects and How Aspects Affect Value? 
Ariana Hartsock, Heritage Auctions

2:45pm – 3:15pm

Networking Coffee Break

3:15pm – 4:30pm

Breakouts

Antiques & Residential Contents
Costume Jewelry 
Craig Lynch, Ouellet & Lynch

Fine Art
How Do We Know What’s Real? Approaching the Question of Authenticity 
Marianne Berardi, Heritage Auctions

4:30pm

Sessions Adjourn

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Meet the Speakers Event

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Southwestern-Style Dinner Buffet and Live Silent Auction

 

Monday, April 23

 

7:30am – 8:00am

Continental Breakfast

8:00am – 9:00am

ISA Business Meeting

9:00am – 10:30am

Appraising Autographs, Manuscripts & Historical Documents—Easier Than You Think
Brian Kathenes, ISA CAPP, National Appraisal Consultants

10:30am – 11:00am

Networking Coffee Break

11:00am – 12:00pm

Breakouts

Antiques & Residential Contents
Silver
William Faust, Faust Gallery

Fine Art
North of Red River: the Art Pottery of Oklahoma at a Glance
Matt McNeil, ISA CAPP, McNeil Appraisals and Liquidations

12:00pm – 2:15pm

Closing Speaker and Awards Luncheon: The Art of Provenance
Jane Milosch, Smithsonian Institution

2:15pm

Meeting Adjourns

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Committee Report-Out