ISA Annual Conference

ISA's Annual Conference is scheduled for February 18-21 in Nashville, TN.  The Conference is being held at the fabulous Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center.This year, ISA scheduled the conference at the same time and location as the Heart of Country antiques show. A great combination for both collectors and appraiser for a weekend full of interesting fine and decorative arts as well as a very interesting group of speakers on appraising, product knowledge and valuation.

Registration for the conference has been extremely strong and the guest speaker list is rather impressive, from Legih Keno to Joesph Bothwell of the IRS Art to Rick Baumgardner from the Appraisal Qualifications Board.

The ISA conference planners and staff did an amazing job, as the high registration numbers attest to.  It is going to be another in a long line of excellent ISA annual conferences.

You mayl notice the pre conference event "Reading Between the Wines" for the new Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies- 2011. The event/gathering/party is being held on Friday evening to promote the new edition of the journal.  Friday evening has always been a good night for this event as many attendees are just getting in to the hotel, and are looking for something fun to do, but still be close to their rooms. All attending conference are welcome to come, have a glass of wine and support the Foundation for Appraisal Education and of course purchase the new journal.

The full program for the conference is

Friday evening:
6:00pm – 8:00pm Foundation for Appraisal Education Book Signing,
“Reading Between the Wines”

Sat, February 19
7:00am – 5:30pm Registration
7:00am – 8:30am Networking Breakfast Buffet
8:30am – 9:00am Welcome & Opening remarks
Judith M. Martin, ISA CAPP, ISA President
9:00am – 10:30am KeynOTe speAKer
Joe Bothwell
10:30am – 11:00am Networking Break / Exhibits
11:00am – 12:15pm Working with Adjusters and insurance
Companies: information for the Appraiser
Ken Gilreath
12:15pm Lunch on Own
1:30pm – 2:30pm using Comparable sales in Appraisal reports
Leon Castner, ISA CAPP
2:30pm – 3:00pm Networking Break / Exhibits
3:00pm – 5:00pm American Folk Art: past through present;
real or Fake
Susan Golashovsky & Steve Slotin
5:00pm – 7:00pm Committee Meetings

Sunday, February 20
8:00am – 5:30pm Registration
8:00am – 9:00am CAPP Breakfast
9:00am – 10:15am Breakouts:
Fine Art: A survey of southern pottery:
Characteristics and Value Factors
John Case
ARC: Appraising Civil War Memorabilia
John Sexton
10:15am – 10:45am Networking Break / Exhibits
Program Schedule
10:45am – 12:00pm Breakouts:
Fine Art: panel – Valuation Challenges
Pam Campbell, ISA CAPP, Steve Roach, ISA AM, &
Kathryn Minard, ISA CAPP
ARC: Modernism: Furniture & Accessories
Noah Fleisher
12:00pm – 1:30pm Buffet Luncheon
1:30pm – 2:45pm Breakouts:
Fine Art: understanding historic Frames
William Adair
ARC: Tankards, Teapots and Taxes:
An Overview of American silversmithing
Joseph Brady
2:45pm – 3:15pm Networking Break / Exhibits
3:15pm – 4:30pm Breakouts:
Fine Art: sculpture by remington and russell: The price of Fame
Alice Duncan
ARC: Authenticating period Furniture
David Lindquist
4:30pm – 5:30pm Meet the Speakers Event
6:00pm – 8:00pm Bourbon, Barbeque and FAE Fun’d Auction

Mon, February 21
9:00am – 10:30am ISA Business Meeting
10:30am – 12:00pm due diligence and evaluation
Leigh Keno
10:30am – 11:00am Networking Break / Exhibits
11:00am – 12:00pm Breakouts:
Fine Art: identifying photography
Scott Hale, ISA AM
ARC: Wood identification
David Lindquist
12:00pm – 2:15pm Closing speaker and Awards Luncheon
Rick Baumgardner, Appraisal Qualifications Board

Click HERE for a full conference schedule and PDF brocuhere.