Connoisseurship Courses

Dive deep into specialized topics and build your skills

From Oriental rugs to modern prints, ISA's connoisseurship courses teach you how to appraise categories of items that you encounter as a personal property appraiser.

Courses instruct on terminology, components of identification, and value factors for appraising specific classes and categories of items
Provides comparables and common questions to ask clients
Incorporates lessons on authentication issues and common legal issues

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Find past Connoisseurship webinars in our Recorded Webinars library.

From the ISA Now Blog

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Asia Week in New York City Wednesday, May 01, 2019
Susan Lahey, MA, ISA AM recaps the Chinese Art Connoisseurship Course that took place in New York City in March 2019.
2019 Award Winners and New CAPPs Tuesday, April 30, 2019
ISA honored award winners and welcomed a new group of CAPPs at Assets 2019 in Louisville, Kentucky. Congratulations to all!
Announcing the New Digital Journal of Advanced Appraisal Practice Friday, April 12, 2019
Announcing the release of the new Digital Journal of Advanced Appraisal Practice. With online delivery, the reach, readership, exposure, and influence of the journal should increase exponentially, especially among High-Net-Worth Individuals.
Advertising Treasures Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Though stone lithography was invented in 1798, it took until almost 100 years later, or the later part of the 19th century, for the process to be used for advertising posters. Learn more about the art of posters, reproductions, and get some tips for appraising them from Tim Luke, ISA AM.

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