Sneak Peek—2016 ASA Personal Property Annual Connoisseurship Conference

Richard-Raymond J. Alasko, FASA

The New Year brings anticipation for the 2016 ASA Personal Property Annual Connoisseurship Conference, March 10-12 in Vancouver, Canada. With the theme of the conference The Sacred and the Profane, the line-up of speakers and topics will ensure a provocative and stimulating time that all will want to attend. The conference will begin with an introductory lecture on the sacred and the profane by Richard-Raymond J. Alasko, FASA. This will be followed with two and one half days of presentations and panel sessions.

Dr. Don Thompson

Speakers include renowned author and economist Dr. Don Thompson speaking on the contemporary art market, which he has eloquently written about in The $12 Million Stuffed Shark and The Supermodel and The Brillo Box. Joining him on a panel on the profanity of the contemporary art and collector car markets and the impact on appraisers will be colleagues David H. Kinney, ASA, and Donald W. Osborne, ASA, who is also a regular contributor to Jay Leno’s Garage on CNBC. A leading art dealer will also be joining this panel.

Donald W. Osborne, ASA

David H. Kenney, ASA

In addition, there are sessions on appraising sacred books with Lee Biondi and John V. Henley, ASA. Noted authority and scholar Dr. Wendy Salmond, Chapman University Professor of Art and Art History and author of numerous books on Russian and early Soviet art and culture, will speak on icons and what appraisers need to know about them when asked to value them. David Borondin, ASA, will speak on the Chinese fine and decorative art market and its impact on what we as appraisers should be aware of. A session involving properties from the fringe, such as Nazi memorabilia, pornography and crime material, will be led by John V. Henley, ASA, and Susan Golashovsky, ASA.

Mary Jane Andrews

Mary Jane Andrews, CBV and advisor to the International Valuation Council, will speak on ethics in a new appraisal environment. Ms. Andrews was recently appointed CEO of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuers and has served on the IIBV board.

In addition to these sessions, there are private tours of the Museum of Anthropology and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Plans are also in the works for an opening reception.

Vancouver Art Gallery

Museum of Anthropology

So grab your passport and make sure you register TODAY for this exciting conference in beautiful Vancouver Canada!