ASA Personal Property Conference

Fellow appraiser and friend Soodie Beasley, AAA, ASA sent me a reminder about the ASA annual conference being held in Santa Fe, NM on March 10-13, 2019. From what I understand this will be the last stand alone personal property conference from ASA before merging with its multi-discipline annual conference.

The registration information is

Cost:

• Early Registration (Before 1/20/2019), $550 Member, $650 Non-Member
• Standard Registration, $650 Member, $750 Non-Member, $350 Student
•  (ASA member rate will be honored for the following compeer organizations: AAA, ISA, SAA.)
•  Where: La Fonda on the Plaza 100 E San Francisco St., Santa Fe, NM 87501

ASA states about the conference, "The two and a half-day conference provides hard-to-obtain insights into market arenas that personal property appraisers confront regularly in their appraisal practice. EXPLORING MARKETS will connect appraisers with experts, scholars, and allied professionals across North America."

The speaker lists includes some excellent speakers and topics, from Marion Maneker of the Art Market Monitor on the art market, to Alsdair Nichol of Freeman's Auction, IRS appraisers and Soodie Beasley speaking on  Decorative Art Markets –Identification:  Attributions and Misattributions. Soodie is an expert on 20th century furniture as well as important women designers of the 20th century. Look for more from Soodie in the spring when she will also be presenting a webinar on the importance of 20th century women designers. 

The ASA schedule is as follows, for more information follow the source link below.

Sunday, March 10
3:00pm Registration Opens

5:30pm First Timers Meet & Greet
 
6:00 – 7:30pm
Opening Reception

Monday, March 11
7:45am – 8:45am
Registration and Breakfast
 
8:45am – 9:00am Welcome Remarks
 
9:00am – 9:45am KEYNOTE: From Masterpiece to Middle Market: The Evolution of the Art Market, 2009-2019, Marion Maneker, Art Market Monitor
 
9:45am – 10:45am Current Legal Issues Affecting the Native American Art Market
Kate Fitz Gibbon, Fitz Gibbon Law, LLC
Thomas Cleary LLC, Brokerage firm
 
10:45am – 11:00am Networking Break
 
11:00am – 12:00pm Issues of Title – Red Flags and Other Clues
Laurie Stein. L. Stein Research, LLC (Provenance), Pamela Bensoussan, ASA (WPA)
 
12:00pm – 1:00pm COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
 
1:00pm – 2:00pm Compromised Markets
Ana Archuleta, Gerald Peters Gallery (Surmoulages), Kenneth Pushkin, Pushkin Gallery (Russian Markets)
 
2:00pm – 3:00pm Markets Down Memory Lane
Leila Dunbar, AAA, ISA AM
 
3:00pm – 3:30pm Networking Break
 
3:30pm – 4:30pm Decorative Art Markets –Identification:  Attributions and Misattributions
Soodie Beasley, ASA, AAA (20th-Century Furniture)
Jed Foutz, Shiprock Santa Fe (Navajo rugs and Southwest silver)
 
4:30pm – 5:30pm Characteristics of Value Driving the Poster and Illustration Art Markets
Louis Bixenman, Alasdair Nichol, Freeman’s Auction
 
6:00pm – 7:30pm Cocktail Reception
Peters Projects (Gerald Peters Gallery), Santa Fe

Tuesday, March 12
8:00am – 9:00am
BREAKFAST
 
9:00am – 10:00am KEYNOTE: Market Trends in European Design of the 20th Century
Lauren Hunt, Owner, Hunt Modern
 
10:00am – 11:00am Photography Markets in the Gallery and Auction Arenas
Daile Kaplan, Vice President, Director of Photographs & Photobooks, Swann Auction Galleries, Sidney S. Monroe, Monroe Gallery, The Market for Works by Photojournalists
 
11:00am – 11:20am Networking Break
 
11:20am – 12:30pm The Retail /Wholesale Conundrum in Galleries, Private Sales and Auction
Gillian Blitch, Santa Fe Art Auction, Ann Bodelson Brown, Nedra Matteucci Galleries
 
12:30pm – 1:30pm COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH
 
1:30pm – 2:30pm Folk Art Markets – Reacting to Market Influences – Good, Better, Best
Curators from the Museum of International Folk Art, Nicolasa Chavez (Spanish Colonial), Amy Groleau (Latin American)
 
2:30pm – 3:30pm The Southwest- Art of New Mexico and Modernists in Taos
Joseph Traugott, author, The Art of New Mexico: How the West Is One, David Witt, author, Taos Moderns: Art of the New
 
3:30pm – 3:45pm Networking Break   
 
3:45pm – 4:45pm Opening the Closet: The Emergence of Fashion as a Collectible
Deborah Miller, Textile and Clothing Appraisals
 
4:45pm – 5:45pm        Insurance Solutions: Damage and Loss, Arbitration, and Umpires
Robert F. Salmon, ACII, Managing Director - Fine Art, Jewelry & Specie, Willis Towers Watson, Nicole Sheley, NS International, Lela Hersh, ASA, Moderator

Wednesday, March 13
8:00am – 9:00am BREAKFAST
 
9:00am – 10:00am Protection: Airtight Agreement Letters
Taila Kosh, The Bennett Law Group
 
10:00am – 11:00am Challenging Assignments: Making the Case
Holly Mitchem, ASA, Janella Smyth, FASA
 
11:00am – 11:15am Networking Break
 
11:15am – 1:00pm IRS Stamp of Approval
Robin Bonner, Appraisal Services Department, Karin Gross, Special Counsel in the Office of Chief Counsel
 
1:00pm Closing Remarks

Thursday, March 14
8:00am – 6:00pm OPTIONAL POST CONFERENCE TOUR
Exploring Taos

Join us for a full day exploring the wonders of Taos, New Mexico. Our visit will include a stop at the Millicent Rogers Museum. Then enjoy lunch in the Taos town square (lunch on your own with time to wander around) followed by a visit to the Taos Museum/Fechin House and Harwood Museum. We’ll wrap up the day with a stop at the historic church-Ranchos de Taos.

Source: ASA 

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