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Education
University of Toronto – Bachelor of Music in Performance (Voice), 1986
University of Toronto – various courses in Fine Art History
International Society of Appraisers: Certificate of Re-qualification, 2008, 2002, Personal Property Program, Canadian Core Courses, Toronto, 1997
National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Course, Toronto, 2006
Professional Experience
2006 – Present Curator Asset Management Inc.
Founded in 2006 by Contemporary Fine Art Services Inc and Waddington, McLean and Company, Curator Asset Management provides specialized services in appraisal, research and collection management. Appraisal services include reports for insurance coverage, damage and loss claims, charitable or cultural property donation, estate planning and division of assets, determination of probate fees or capital gains tax, bankruptcy and divorce or partnership dissolution.
1988-1992
1996 - Present Contemporary Fine Art Services Inc.
Founded in 1981 Contemporary Fine Art Services provides advisory services to corporate and private collectors for the acquisition or dispersal of art collections and representation in purchase and sales transactions. Prior to founding Curator Asset Management Inc., the firm also provided art appraisal services to major corporations, financial institutions, government, public galleries, museums and archives, registered charities, law firms, insurance companies and private collectors.
Association Memberships
International Society of Appraisers, Seattle, Washington – Accredited Member
Related Experience
2008 |
Gold and Silver: Treasures, Fakes & Forgeries; Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2007 |
Crystal & Glass: Glorious Grains of Sand, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2006 |
SE 100: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), American Society of Appraisers, Herndon, Virginia |
2006 |
The History of Dining, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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Group of Seven Roadshow: Art and Public Culture 1920-2005, Symposium Oct. 20-21, 2005, Sponsored by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries |
2005 |
Designers & Tastemakers, Innovators in the Decorative Arts, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2004 |
The Country House: From Antiquity to the New Age, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2003 |
Beauties of the Baroque, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2002 |
Picturing Shakespeare, Interdisciplinary Symposium to explore issues of public and scholarly interest generated by the Sanders portrait, University of Toronto |
2002 |
Scotland and Away, Symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2001 |
What is Original? Symposium on issues of authenticity, originality, reproduction and copyright related to the sculpture of Auguste Rodin, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2001 |
Regency: The Age of Jane Austen, symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
2000 |
Print Appreciation – seminar on identifying various types of fine art prints, Open Studio, Toronto |
2000 |
21st Annual International Conference on Personal Property Appraising, International Society of Appraisers, Toronto, Ontario
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1999 |
Donations – How To Get It Right, symposium on the benefits and procedures of donations, presented by the Professional Art Dealers Association of Canada Art Foundation |
1999 |
20th Annual International Conference on Appraising, International Society of Appraisers, Troy, Michigan
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1999 |
Buried Treasure – Corporations & Designated Institutions Working Together to Preserve Canadian History, symposium on donating and receiving Cultural Property for Charitable Tax Credits, Archives Association of Ontario |
1998 |
SE 100: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), American Society of Appraisers, Herndon, Virginia
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1998 |
The Great Collectors, symposium on the Decorative Arts at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto |
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