2/16/2009

ISA Annual Conference, Charleston, SC






The following is the program schedule for the upcoming ISA Annual Conference in Charleston, SC.

To register, click HERE or call the ISA Office at 312.981.6778


Sunday, March 15th
4:00 – 7:00pm Arrival and Registration

Monday, March 16th
Exhibit area will be open throughout the conference

7:00 – 9:00am Registration

7:30am Networking Breakfast

9:00am Welcome and Introduction
Fred J. Winer, ISA CAPP, President, International Society of Appraisers Richard Wisner, President, Carolina’s Chapter, International Society of Appraisers

9:15 am Keynote Speaker: “Y’all Are Not From Around Here, Are You?”, Tom Savage, Director, Museum Affairs, Winterthur Museum

10:30am Coffee Break

10:45am “Made in China: Export Porcelain for England and America”, Ron Fuchs, Curator, Reeves Collection, Washington and Lee "English Maps and Prints", V.J. Duncan, VJ Duncan Antique Maps, Prints and Books, Savannah, GA “Edwardian and Art Deco, Still Popular, Still Holding Value”, Nina Woolford, ICGA, ISA CAPP, GG

12:30pm Lunch on your own Charleston trolley passes for three days will be provided to all attendees

2:30pm “Appraising Autos, Boats and Motorcycles”, Michael Coxwell, Dealership Manager/Collector “Are you Alone? Are you Sitting Down: The Cultural Art of the Gullah People”, Alvah Beander, Certified Member of ASA “Victorian Jewelry”, Dawn Evers, The “Charleston Silver Lady” and owner of Antiques on Main

3:30pm Coffee Break

3:45pm “Having Too Much Prejudice: Charleston’s Obsession With English Silver”, Al and Charlotte Crabtree, The Silver Vault, Charleston, SC, “FBI Art Crime Team: Regulatory Basis and Case Study”, Gregg Horner, FBI Art Crime Team, “Value Research”, Nina Woolford, ICGA, ISA CAPP, GG

4:00 – 6:00pm Education Foundation Fund Raiser

6:30 pm CAPP Reception
Tuesday, March 17th
Breakfast on your own

9:00am Appraisal Speaker: Janet Moffitt, IRS Art Appraisal Services

10:00am Coffee Break

10:15 am Committee Meetings

Those not involved in committees can enjoy the St. Patrick’s Day parade on King Street or visit shops and galleries in downtown Charleston.

12:30pm Buffet Lunch sponsored by the Education Foundation

2.00pm English Furniture, George Read, Appraiser and former Sotheby’s Auctioneer
“Americans Abroad”, Angela Mack, Executive Director of the Gibbes Museum of Art
“Rolex 101”, John Brojak, Collector, Authenticator and Author of The Rolex Report

3:00pm Attendee Tour Options (included in registration fee) Museum of Charleston or Gibbes Museum of Art Dinner on your own

7:00 pm Education Foundation Fund Raiser, “Sex and the City: It’s Affect on Fashion”

Wednesday, March 18th
Breakfast on your own

9:00 am ISA Annual Business Meeting
Welcome Comments: Charleston Mayor Joe Riley

10:30am Coffee Break

10:45 am “Basics of the Expert Witness”, Roger Durkin, Instructor USPAP and Expert Witness Courses

12:00pm Awards Luncheon

2:30pm “State of the Market”, Andrew Brunk, Brunk Auctions

3:30pm Coffee Break

3:45pm Closing Speaker, Wendell Garrett, Consultant of Americana at Sotheby’s and Editor-at-Large of The Magazine Antiques

5:30pm Closing Reception
Thursday, March 19th

Optional Tours – Please note that the deadline for tour registration is February 19, 2009

Magnolia Plantation Tour – $45.00
Magnolia Plantation was originally the home of the Patriot Thomas Drayton and was tended by the Drayton family for over 200 years. This plantation is known not only for its famous garden but also for the exciting collection of fine and decorative arts. We will depart from the hotel at
9:00 am. Our tour will begin as we travel toward the Ashley River to the avenue of famous plantations. Once at Magnolia we will have a 45 minute tour of the house to view ten rooms filled with early American furniture, European porcelains, quilts, coin silver and other treasures. Part of the private art collection of John Drayton Hastie is on display in an upstairs room. We will also have time to visit the out buildings and garden while we are there. The English garden is one of the oldest public gardens in South Carolina. There will be a boxed lunch provided for a picnic on the grounds. We will return to the hotel around 2:00 pm. Visit www.magnoliaplantation.com.
Cost: $45.00

Brookgreen Garden Tour – $55.00

Brookgreen Garden combines beautiful gardens with of our nation’s premier collections of American figurative sculpture. We will depart from the hotel at 8:30 am. The bus ride will provide time to view DVDs on the history of the garden and the processes used in creating some of the sculpture. We will arrive at the welcome center and walk through fabulous gardens framing part of the famous sculpture collection. The garden path ends at the research center which will be open for our group. The research center houses many more pieces of sculpture and is visited by artists and researchers from around the world. Lunch will be served at the auditorium where curator Robin Salmon will provide a lecture on the highlights of the collection
as well as tips for appraisers when approaching sculpture. We will return to the hotel around 4:00 pm. Visit www.brookgreen.org.
Cost: $55.00

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