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Heritage Auctions Appraisal Services, Inc

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

Announcing ISA's 2022-2023 Board of Directors Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Voting for ISA's 2022-2023 Board of Directors has ended and we would like to congratulate our recently elected members.
Understanding Guardianships Monday, August 29, 2022
In the Netflix movie “I Care A Lot,” Rosamund Pike’s character, Marla Grayson, is an icy, ambitious, court-appointed legal guardian who fleeces her wards out of their homes, cash, and personal property with amazing efficiency. The story is fiction, but it shines a (dramatic) light on the predicament of individuals who become wards due to mental incapacity, inability to care for themselves, addiction, or disability.
Extension of 2020-2021 USPAP Tuesday, August 16, 2022
The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board announced on August 11, 2022, that it was extending the current USPAP another year through the end of 2023. The next published edition will be effective January 1, 2024.
4 Tips for New Appraisers Thursday, July 14, 2022
Taking the Core Course in Appraisal Studies can be overwhelming to new appraisers. It is like learning an entirely new language or learning the correct language for concepts absorbed through prior business practices. A significant amount of information is presented in a short amount of time, and sometimes it is difficult to take in all the nuances and apply them to your appraisal practice...

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