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• Collecting Information for Appraisal Reports Tuesday, September 19, 2017 in Member Insights When you are on-site collecting information for your appraisal report, make sure you take the time to take the right number of good quality photos. Luckily, digital photography has made it affordable to take enough photos... View More
• Design Patent in a Nutshell Tuesday, August 15, 2017 in Member Insights, Business Tips When working with 20th-century design items, it's important to know how design patents and trademarks work and to use the correct terminology when describing these items. View More
• Connoisseurship Outside the Classroom: Special Activities For Chicago Modernism Students Tuesday, May 24, 2016 in Education Modernism has been a passion of mine for many years, and I am thrilled about the brand new Modernism course that the ISA will be offering next month in Chicago: "Modernism: Prints, Photographs, and Multiples," June 13-15, presented by Meredith Meuwly, ISA CAPP. View More
• Inside the New Modernism Design, Furniture, and Decorative Arts Course Tuesday, April 5, 2016 in Education One concept that we learn from the beginning of our appraisal career is that nuances matter. In modern design, they are even critical. View More
• Modernism: Prints, Photographs, and Multiples Tuesday, March 8, 2016 in Education, Member Insights Modern art traces its roots back to the Industrial Revolution. Rapid changes in transportation, manufacturing, and technology had profound effects on the social and cultural conditions first in western Europe and then around the world... View More