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Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Bonhams | Gold SponsorBonhams is a privately owned British auction house and one of the world’s oldest and largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. It was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. This brought together two of the four surviving Georgian auction houses in London, Bonhams having been founded in 1793, and Phillips in 1796 by Harry Phillips, formerly a senior clerk to James Christie. Today, the amalgamated business handles art and antiques auctions. It operates two salerooms in London—the recently renovated, state-of-the-art salerooms at the former Phillips address 101 New Bond Street, and the old Bonham’s sale room at the Montpelier Galleries in Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge—with smaller regional sale rooms in Edinburgh and Oxford. Sales are also held around the world in New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Paris, San Francisco, Sydney, and Singapore.Visit www.bonhams.com.

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company, artnet offers services aimed at providing price transparency for its users, and enabling them to contact galleries directly through the Gallery Network. The Price Database Fine Art and Design and the Price Database Decorative Art contain more than 9 million auction results dating back to 1985, from over 1,600 international auction houses. artnet Auctions & Private Sales is the world’s leading online platform for buying and selling Modern and Contemporary paintings, photographs, sculptures, prints and more. In addition to its core products, in February 2014, the company launched artnet News, a 24/7 newswire, which provides readers access to the events, trends, developments and people that shape the art market today.Visit www.artnet.com.

Alvarez Fine Art Services, Inc. | Reception SponsorAlvarez Fine Art Services has been a trusted resource in the field of paper conservation for over 30 years. They specialize in the conservation treatment of a wide range of art on paper: drawings, watercolors, pastels, gouaches, oils, books, documents, manuscripts and all types of prints. The company treats conditions found in works on paper such as stains and foxing, removal from harmful backings like wood and acidic boards, repairs to tears and the placement of inserts to fill losses, crease removal and flattening, selective in-painting, deacidification, tissue lining and other archival mounting. The strength of the studio lies in their judicious handling of difficult conservation problems while preserving the integrity of each work of art.Visit www.alvarezfas.com.

Strand Bookstore | Friend SponsorFounded in 1927, Strand Book Store is New York City’s legendary home to 18 miles of new, used and rare books. A family-owned independent bookstore located in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Strand’s inventory holds about 2.5 million books and boasts New York City’s largest selection of art, architecture and design books. Strand ships books and merchandise globally and shipping can be arranged by speaking with a manager on site.Visit us at 12th Street and Broadway or online at www.strandbooks.com.

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Sponsor Profiles

Stevens Company | Friend SponsorFor more than 20 years Stevens Company has provided fine art transit, storage, packing/crating and installation services. Stevens Company understands how important the quality of packing/crating, storing, transporting or installing is for the ultimate security of client’s fine objects. Their meticulous attention to detail that their highly-skilled craftsmen pay to each item guarantees an individually tailored solution to ensure the perfect safety of client valuables.Visit www.stevenscompany.us.

Urban Archaeology | Friend SponsorIn the 1970s Gil Shapiro was at the forefront of the nascent scavenging movement. A guerrilla preservationist with a collector’s eye and entrepreneurial spirit, Shapiro capitalized on the emerging home restoration movement and repurposing of architectural remnants for newly designed residences and commercial spaces. In 1978 Urban Archaeology opened in SoHo, selling restored pieces. Joined by Judith Stockman, a recognized interior designer and integral member of the firm, Urban Archaeology, the recipient of numerous awards, was at the forefront of many restoration and developer commissions using salvaged and custom fabrications. As time progressed, business and demand quickly outweighed supply and Urban Archaeology’s focus shifted to fabricating products based on salvaged pieces that met modern and personal specifications. Urban Archaeology, expanded into a six story building in Tribeca, which houses the company’s workshops, and also operates a number of showrooms in the New York design district, a shop in Bridgehampton, and a showroom in Chicago.Visit www.urbanarchaeology.com.

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magazines, catalogs, books and high-end print advertising. Sappi North America is a subsidiary of Sappi Limited (JSE), a global company headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, with over 14,000 employees and manufacturing operations on three continents in seven countries and customers in over 100 countries around the world.Visit: www.sappi.com/na.

RICS | Friend SponsorThe Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) promotes and enforces the highest professional qualifications and standards in the development and management of real estate, property and construction professionals at an international level. Our name promises the consistent delivery of standards—bringing confidence to the markets we serve. RICS members’ expertise covers property valuation; the costing and leadership of construction projects; and facilities management. With offices covering the major political and financial centers of the world, RICS market presence means they are ideally placed to influence policy and embed standards globally.Visit www.rics.org.

ArtCare | Friend SponsorArtCareNYC and ArtCare Miami, Rustin Levenson companies, are committed to the care and conservation of cultural heritage, specifically paintings. Their experienced conservators—trained at prestigious graduate conservation programs in North America and Europe—approach each painting with respect to its physical, esthetic and conceptual uniqueness. Conservation treatments are custom-designed based on careful testing and examination. They have expertise in paintings ranging from the 14th to the 21st centuries as well as mural paintings in public and private settings. Their array of art historical knowledge includes European Old Masters, American, Latin American, South Asian and Contemporary paintings. For more than 35 years, they have provided painting conservation services to a broad range of private and public clients who appreciate their integrity and individual touch. Visit www.artcarenyc.com.

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Anderson Kill | Friend SponsorAnderson Kill practices law in the areas of Insurance Recovery, Commercial Litigation, Environmental Law, Estate, Trusts and Tax Services, Corporate and Securities, Antitrust, Banking and Lending, Bankruptcy and Restructuring, Real Estate and Construction, Foreign Investment Recovery, Public Law, Government Affairs, Employment and Labor Law, Captive Insurance, Intellectual Property, Corporate Tax, Hospitality and Health Reform. Recognized nationwide by Chambers USA for Client Service and Commercial Awareness, and best-known for its work in insurance recovery, the firm represents policyholders only in insurance coverage disputes—with no ties to insurance companies and has no conflicts of interest. Clients include Fortune 1000 companies, small and medium-sized businesses, governmental entities and nonprofits as well as personal estates. Based in New York City, the firm also has offices in Ventura, CA, Philadelphia, PA, Stamford, CT, Washington, DC, Newark, NJ and Dallas, TX.Visit www.andersonkill.com.

Paddle8 | Friend SponsorPaddle8 is the premiere collecting destination, presenting online auctions of and consignment opportunities for extraordinary art, design, jewelry, watches and other contemporary collectibles. Using innovative technology, Paddle8 has streamlined the collecting experience, combining the excitement and expertise of an auction house with efficient operational solutions and an international perspective. Founded in 2011 by Alexander Gilkes, an auctioneer and LVMH veteran, and Aditya Julka, a Harvard Business School MBA and serial entrepreneur, Paddle8 has a team of over 100 art and technology experts worldwide, with offices New York, Los Angeles and London. Paddle8 is funded by the investors behind Uber, Vimeo, Buzzfeed, Paperless Post, Warby Parker and Bonobos, among others, as well as art-world insiders including artist Damien Hirst, art dealer Jay Jopling, and Matthew Mellon.Visit paddle8.com.

Purchase College, State University of New York | University PartnerFounded by Governor Nelson Rockefeller in 1967 as the cultural gem of the State University of New York system, Purchase College enjoys a world-class reputation for its arts programs and boasts the 10th largest university museum in the country, The Neuberger Museum of Art. An American Society of Appraisers University Partner, Purchase College offers the Society’s Principles of Valuation courses in an accelerated format over 16 days during the summer and an appraisal studies certificate program.Visit https://www.purchase.edu/summerappraisal.

ASA New York City Chapter | Local PartnerThe American Society of Appraisers New York City Chapter was founded in 1961 and services nearly 200 multidiscipline members.Visit www.asany.com.

ASA Princeton Chapter | Local PartnerThe American Society of Appraisers Princeton Chapter was founded in 1986 and services over 50 multidiscipline members.Visit www.asaprinceton.com.

Sponsor Profiles (cont.)

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02 Sponsor Profiles

06 General Information

08 Map

09 Local Scoop

11 Schedule-At-A-Glance

14 Conference Agenda

17 Speaker Biographies

27 Field Trip

Contents

American Society of AppraisersThe 2015 ASA Personal Property Conference is hosted by the American Society of Appraisers. ASA is a world renowned and respected international organization devoted to the appraisal profession. As the oldest and only major appraisal organization representing all appraisal specialists, ASA is devoted to providing the highest possible standards in all areas of ethics, professionalism, education and designation criteria in the areas of: Appraisal Review & Management, Business Valuation, Gems & Jewelry, Machinery & Technical Specialties, Personal Property and Real Property.Visit www.appraisers.org.

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Conference Location

The Yale Club50 Vanderbilt Ave.New York, NY 10017(212) 716-2100www.yaleclubnyc.org

Directions (see Conference Map on page 8.)Subway: Take the 4, 5, 6 or 7 trains to Grand Central Station.

Parking• Hippodrome

Located at 50 W. 44th St. between 5th and 6th Ave. $35 for 24 hours

• Central Parking Located at 215 E. 43rd St. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. $30 for 24 hours

• Grand Central Garage Corporation Located at 335 Madison Ave. between Madison and Vanderbilt Ave.’s. $28 for 24 hours (weekends only)

Attire & Code of Conduct for The Yale ClubGeneral Rules• Food or beverage may not be brought into the Club for

consumption in a public area.• Cigarette smoking is not permitted in the clubhouse.• Gratuities are not permitted.

Dress CodeBusiness casual dress is required in the Main Lounge, Tap Room and other areas of the Clubhouse. Denim that is neat, clean and in good repair is permitted on the Library floor and the Grill Room at all times. Denim is also acceptable in the Roof Dining Room on weekends throughout the year and at all times during the summer months. Neat, respectful appearance is required at all times.

Electronic PolicyTo ensure the enjoyment of the Club by all, the use of electronic devices in the House should conform to the following:• Phone Conversations (ringer must be set to ‘silent’ mode

Permitted use: Lobby, enclosed stair cases, phone booths, guest rooms and Grill Room 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. Mon. through Fri. (except during lunch service).

• Tablets, eReaders, PDAs, smart phones and BlackBerries (ringer must be set to ‘silent’ mode). Permitted use: Any time, any room (except locker room).

• Laptops & Netbooks Permitted use: Library, enclosed stair cases, phone booths, guest rooms and Grill Room 9:00a.m. - 4:00p.m. Mon. through Fri.

• Audio devices (with headphones or earbuds) Permitted use: Library, gym and guest rooms at any time (volume must not disrupt others).

• Cameras Forbidden throughout the Clubhouse.

General Information

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RegistrationThe conference registration desk will be located in the Grand Ballroom and open: Wed., Mar. 25; 7:30–8:30a.m.

Conference EvaluationsThe 2015 ASA Personal Property Conference is YOUR conference—and your feedback is vital to help us continue to provide an event that meets your needs. An evaluation form will be e-mailed to you immediately following the conference. Please take the time to complete the survey and let us know how we did. This will also be your chance to tell us where we can improve and what you want to see in future events.

ASA Reaccreditation OpportunitiesAttendees may request reaccreditation credits for attending educational sessions held at the conference. The CE form for the 2015 ASA Personal Property Conference is available at the registration desk. You may submit your completed CE form at the conclusion of the conference or to:

• American Society of Appraisers 11107 Sunset Hills Road, Ste. 310, Reston, VA 20190 Fax: (703) 742-8471 Attn.: Jennifer Schleining

Refreshment BreaksBeverages will be available during scheduled breaks. In addition, water stations will be available in all meeting rooms.

PhotographyPlease be advised that ASA or its contractors may record or photograph various aspects and activities of the 2015 Personal Property Conference for both archival and promotional purposes. By attending the conference, you agree to give ASA and its contractors permission to use voice and image data collected at the event. Attendees are prohibited from photographing or videotaping any of the educational programming related to the conference.

Medical Emergency/SecurityIn the event of a medical emergency or security concern, please immediately dial ‘0’ from any hotel house phone or your guest room. Security staff is on call 24x7 to address any needs.

General Information (cont.)

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Conference Map

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Conference Locations

01 The Yale Club | 50 Vanderbilt Ave.02 The Hotel Roosevelt | 45 East 45th St.03 Urban Archaeology | 239 E 58th St. 04 Bonham’s Auction House | 580 Madison Ave.

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Local Scoop

Resturants

05 Ammos ($$$) - 1 min. walk | 52 Vanderbilt Ave. | Greek

06 La Fonda del Sol ($$) - 1 min. walk | 200 Park Ave. | Tapas

07 Uncle Paul’s Pizza ($) - 1 min. walk | 70 Vanderbilt Ave. | Pizza

08 Cinema—The Brasserie ($) - 3 min. walk | 2 E. 45th St. | American

09 Annie Moore’s Pub ($) - 3 min. walk | 50 E. 43 St. | American

10 The Campbell Apartment (Bar) ($$) - 3 min. walk | 15 Vanderbilt Ave. | Cocktails

11 Grand Central Dining Concourse ($$) - 3 min. walk | 89 E. 42nd St. | Multiple Restaurants

12 Pershing Square Grill ($$) - 3 min. walk | 90 E. 42nd St. | American

13 Cipriani Le Specialita ($$) - 4 min. walk | 110 E. 42nd St. | Italian

14 Benjamin SteakHouse ($$$) - 5 min. walk | 52 E. 41st St. | Steak

15 Graso Grill ($$) - 5 min. walk | 16 E. 48th St. | American

16 Dig Inn Seasonal Market ($$) - 6 min. walk | 275 Madison Ave. | American

17 DB Bistro Moderne ($$$) - 6 min. walk | 55 W. 44th St. | French

18 The Red Flame ($$) - 7 min. walk | 67 W. 44th St. | Diner/Coffee Shop

19 Sushi Zen* ($$) - 8 min. walk | 108 W. 44th St. | Japanese

20 Docks Oyster Bar ($) - 8 min. walk | 633 3rd Ave. | Seafood

21 Trattoria Dopo Teatro* ($) - 9 min. walk | 125 W. 44th St. | Italian

22 Osteria al Doge* ($$) - 9 min. walk | 142 W. 44th St. | Italian

23 Chin Chin ($$) - 10 min. walk | 216 E. 49th St. | Chinese

24 Bukhara Grill ($$) - 10 min. walk | 217 E. 49th St. | Indian

25 Bryant Park Grill ($$) - 10 min. walk | 25 W. 40th St. | American

26 Koi ($$) - 10 min. walk | 40 W. 40th St. | Japanese

*not indicated on map

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(As of 2/23/2015)

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

6:00-8:00p.m. Pre-Conference Reception at Naples 45 (200 Park Ave., accross from The Yale Club)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 (all meetings and lunch in The Grand Ballroom)

7:30-8:30a.m. Registration/Breakfast (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-8:45a.m. Welcome/Announcements

8:45-9:45a.m. Conference Topic Overview from the Legal Perspective and the Process by which Experts Authenticate ArtRonald D. Spencer

9:45-11:00a.m. Panel: The Catalogue Raisonné. Discussion of the Art and Objects with which They are Working, The Potential Impact of New Scholarship and Technology and what They Do to Bring About Successful Completion to Their Projects(Moderator) Ronald D. Spencer, Susan Cooke, Alastair Duncan, Jane Kallir

11:00-11:15a.m. Comfort and Snack Break

11:15a.m.-12:30p.m. The Conservator’s Potential Role in Identifying Issues Pertinent to Authenticity and ValueHarriet Irgang, Jackie Wilson

12:30-1:45p.m. Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

1:45-3:00p.m. The Changing Landscape in the 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts MarketAlastair Duncan

3:00-3:15p.m. Comfort and Snack Break

3:15-4:15p.m. Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi: Its Journey to RediscoveryRobert B. Simon

4:15-5:15p.m. Authentication of Fine Art: an Insurer’s PerspectiveVivian Ebersman

6:00-8:00p.m. Talk and Reception at Urban ArchaeologyGil Shapiro, Bill Edgerton

THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (all meetings and lunch in the Roof Top Dining Room)

7:30-8:30a.m. Breakfast/Announcements (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-9:30a.m. The Technology of 3-D Printing; Its Possibilities and Implications to the World of Art, Functional Objects, Historical Art and Objects PreservationJoris Debo

9:30-10:45a.m. Issues in Identifying, Authenticating and Valuing 19th and Early 20th Century American and European ArtDebra Force, Howard Rehs

Schedule-At-A-Glance

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Schedule-At-A-Glance (cont.)

10:45-11:00a.m. Comfort and Snack Break

11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. A Case Study: Sculptures by Gaston Lachaise—Issues Involved in Identifying and Ranking Posthumous vs. Lifetime Casts in the MarketplacePaula Hornbostel

12:00-1:15p.m. Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

1:15-2:15p.m. IFAR’s Online Resources as Aids to Provenance and Authentication Research and Due Diligence Sharon Flescher

2:15-3:45p.m. Provenance Panel(Moderator) Evie Joselow, Marc Masurovsky, Irina Tarsis, Lucille Roussin

3:45-4:00p.m. Comfort and Snack Break

4:00-5:00p.m. The Protocol for Due Diligence and any Differences in Their Roles as an International Auction House(Moderator) Jennifer Carman, John McCord, Megan Noh

6:00-8:00p.m. Program and Reception At Bonhams Auction House; Preview of the Lauren Bacall Collection

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (all meetings and lunch in The Grand Ballroom)

7:30-8:30a.m. Breakfast/Announcements (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-9:30a.m. Demystifying Jade: Pitfall and Pointers in Identification and ValuationWei Yang

9:30-10:30a.m. Toward an Anatomy of Authentication: What’s it All Mean for the Appraiser?David Borodin

10:30-10:45a.m. Comfort and Snack Break

10:45a.m.-11:45p.m. Exposing False Legacies: The Clues Forgers Leave BehindLela Hersh

11:45-12:45p.m. A Discussion on the Topics of Connoisseurship, the Role of the Expert and the Road to “Expertise”Michael Klein, Spencer Tomkins

12:45-2:00p.m. Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

2:00-3:00p.m. What the IRS Requires for AppraisalsRobin Bonner, Karin Gross

3:00-4:00p.m. Art Crime & the FBI Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, Ph.D.

4:00-4:15p.m. Comfort and Snack Break

4:15-5:00p.m Concluding Remarks/Open Forum

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Schedule-At-A-Glance (cont.)

SATURDAY, MARCH 28 (optional field trip—separate registration required)

7:00-8:00a.m. Breakfast (on your own)

8:00a.m. Leave from The Yale Club Lobby (transportation provided)

9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Morning tour of Princeton University Museum and Sculpture Collection

12:00-1:00p.m. Lunch (included and served at a local restaurant)

1:00-4:30p.m. Afternoon Self-Guided Tours of Library Exhibition, Book/Gift Shop, and Area Antique Shops and Boutiques

4:30p.m. Return to The Yale Club (transportation provided)

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(As of 02/23/2015)

TUESDAY, MARCH 24

6:00-8:00p.m.—Pre-Conference Reception at Naples 45 (200 Park Ave., accross from The Yale Club)

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 (all meetings and lunch in The Grand Ballroom)

7:30-8:30a.m.—Registration/Breakfast (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-8:45a.m.—Welcome/Announcements

8:45-9:45a.m. Conference Topic Overview from fhe Legal Perspective and the Process by Which Experts Authenticate Art Ronald D. Spencer, Esq. | Counsel | Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

9:45-11:00a.m. Panel: The Catalogue Raisonné. Discussion of the Art and Objects with which They are Working, The Potential Impact of New Scholarship and Technology and What They Do to Bring about Successful Completion to Their Projects (Moderator) Ronald D. Spencer, Esq. | Counsel | Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP Susan Cooke | Associate Director | Estate of David Smith | Will speak on David Smith Alastair Duncan | Author and Expert | Will speak on Tiffany Lamps and Metalwork Jane Kallir | Co-Director | Galerie St. Etienne | Will speak on Egon Schiele

11:00-11:15a.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

11:15a.m.-12:30p.m. The Conservator’s Potential Role in Identifying Issues Pertinent to Authenticity and Value Harriet Irgang | Director | Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Jackie Wilson | Objects Conservator | Wilson Conservation LLC

12:30-1:45p.m.—Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

1:45-3:00p.m. The Changing Landscape in the 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts Market Alastair Duncan | Author and Expert

3:00-3:15p.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

3:15-4:15p.m. Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi: Its Journey to Rediscovery Robert B. Simon, PhD, ASA | President | Robert Simon Fine Art

4:15-5:15p.m. Authentication of Fine Art: an Insurer’s Perspective Vivian Ebersman | Director of Fine Arts | AXA Insurance Co.

6:00-8:00p.m. Talk and Reception at Urban Archaeology (143 Franklin Street, Tribeca) Gil Shapiro | Founder | Urban Archaeology Bill Edgerton, ASA | Appraiser | Edgerton Wine Appraisals

Conference Agenda

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Conference Agenda (cont.)

THURSDAY, MARCH 26 (all meetings and lunch in the Roof Top Dining Room)

7:30-8:30a.m.—Breakfast/Announcements (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-9:30a.m. The Technology of 3-D Printing; Its Possibilities and Implications to the World of Art, Functional Objects, Historical Art and Objects Preservation Joris Debo | Creative Director | MGX by Materialise, Belgium

9:30-10:45a.m. Issues in Identifying, Authenticating and Valuing 19th and Early 20th Century American and European Art Debra Force | President | Debra Force Fine Art Howard Rehs | Director | Rehs Gallery, Inc.

10:45-11:00a.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

11:00a.m.-12:00p.m. A Case Study: Sculptures by Gaston Lachaise—Issues Involved in Identifying and Ranking Posthumous vs. Lifetime Casts in the Marketplace Paula Hornbostel, MA | Director and Trustee | Lachaise Foundation

12:00-1:15p.m.—Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

1:15-2:15p.m. IFAR’s Online Resources as Aids to Provenance and Authentication Research and Due Diligence Sharon Flescher, PhD | Executive Director | International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)

2:15-3:45p.m. Provenance Panel (Moderator) Evie Joselow, PhD | Appraiser; Former Chief of Research | The Commission for Art Recovery Marc Masurovsky | Co-Founder | Holocaust Restitution Project Irina Tarsis, Esq. | Attorney; Founder and Director | The Center for Art Law Lucille Roussin, Esq. | Attorney; Founder and Director | Holocaust Restitution Claims Externship at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City 3:45-4:00p.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

4:00-5:00p.m. The Protocol for Due Diligence and Any Differences in Their Roles as an International Auction House (Moderator) Jennifer Carman, ASA | Appraiser John McCord | Specialist Contemporary Art | artnet Megan Noh, Esq. | Director of Trusts and Estates | Bonhams

6:00-8:00p.m. Program and Reception at Bonhams Auction House, Preview of the Lauren Bacall Collection (580 Madison Avenue between 56th and 57th streets)

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Conference Agenda (cont.)

FRIDAY, MARCH 27 (all meetings and lunch in The Grand Ballroom)

7:30-8:30a.m.—Breakfast/Announcements (included and served in meeting room)

8:30-9:30a.m. Demystifying Jade: Pitfall and Pointers in Identification and Valuation Wei Yang, PhD, ASA | Appraiser | Chinese Art Appraisal

9:30-10:30a.m. Toward an Anatomy of Authentication: What’s it All Mean for the Appraiser? David Borodin, ASA | Appraiser | Worthington Estate Sales

10:30-10:45a.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

10:45a.m.-11:45p.m. Exposing False Legacies: The Clues Forgers Leave Behind Lela Hersh, MS, ASA | Owner | Museum and Fine Arts Consulting, LLC

11:45-12:45p.m. A Discussion on the Topics of Connoisseurship, the Role of the Expert and the Road to “Expertise” Michael Klein, MA | Director | Michael Klein Arts Spencer Tomkins | President | Spencer Tomkins Fine Art Inc.

12:45-2:00p.m.—Lunch (included and served in meeting room)

2:00-3:00p.m. What the IRS Requires for Appraisals Robin Bonner | Art Appraiser | Internal Revenue Service Karin Gross, Esq. | Counsel | Internal Revenue Service

3:00-4:00p.m.—Art Crime & the FBI Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, Ph.D. | Program Manager of the Art Theft Program | Federal Bureau of Investigation

4:00-4:15p.m.—Comfort and Snack Break

4:15-5:00p.m.—Concluding Remarks/Open Forum

SATURDAY, MARCH 28 (optional field trip—separate registration required)

7:00-8:00a.m.—Breakfast (on your own)

8:00a.m.—Leave from The Yale Club Lobby (transportation provided)

9:00a.m.-12:00p.m. Morning Tour of Princeton University Museum and Sculpture Collection

12:00-1:00p.m. Lunch (included and served at a local restaurant)

1:00-4:30p.m. Afternoon Self-Guided Tours of Library Exhibition, Book/Gift Shop, and Area Antique Shops and Boutiques

4:30p.m.—Return to The Yale Club (transportation provided)

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Harriet Irgang Alden is the director and senior paintings conservator at ArtCareNYC, a Rustin Levenson Company, in New York, NY. Ms. Alden performs painting conservation treatments and

supervises the work of three other experienced conservators. The firm’s clients include museums, universities, private and corporate collections, auction houses, galleries, insurance companies and governmental agencies. Ms. Alden earned her Masters in Art History with a diploma in Art Conservation from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and has worked in the field of art conservation for thirty years.

Robin Bonner joined the IRS Office of Art Appraisal Services after 35 years of experience as an artist, manager of an art transport company, private dealer, gallery director, gallery owner and

independent appraiser. Before joining the Service she owned RBW Fine Art Appraisal Services with offices in the Washington, D.C., area and Santa Fe, NM. Ms. Bonner has experience in appraising and appraisal reviews of 19th-21st century European and American art and other types of cultural properties. She has served on many boards including the Washington, D.C. chapter of the American Society of Appraisers, and the Washington, D.C. chapter and national board of ArtTable in New York. Ms. Bonner was recently accepted to serve on the Personal Property Resource Panel for The Appraisal Foundation, Washington, D.C.

David Borodin, ASA, is based in northern Idaho for the past five years after an appraisal career of over thirty years in Philadelphia. Mr. Borodin was a contributing author to the ASA’s

1994 handbook, The Appraisal of Personal Property, and he served as chief consultant to Murphy D. Smith’s 1992 catalogue, Due Reverence: Antiques in the Possession of the American Philosophical Society. He has spoken and moderated several panels throughout the years on various appraisal topics.

Susan Cooke is the Associate Director of The Estate of David Smith, currently directing and managing the preparation of a revised and completely updated Catalogue Raisonné of

sculpture in all media by David Smith (1906-1965), as well as editing an anthology of the artist’s writings, lectures and interviews. Other recent projects include curatorial, research and administrative consultation on exhibitions and related publications including David Smith Invents, Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, 2011, David Smith: Cubes and Anarchy, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011, David Smith: Drawing Space, Margo Leavin Gallery,

Los Angeles, 2011, David Smith: Points of Power, Galerie Gmurzynska, 2012 and David Smith: The Forgings, Gagosian Gallery, New York, 2013. Ms. Cooke has been the Program Director for the Catalogue Raisonné Scholars Association (CRSA) since 2013.

Joris Debo is the Creative Director of Materialise, a leading provider of additive manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing services. Mr. Debo’s work has received many awards,

including Good Design and Red Dot Design Awards, and has been featured in numerous international museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His work regularly appears in top design and decor publications such as Icon, Surface Magazine, Elle Decor and Vogue Living. Mr. Debo holds a Masters degree in industrial design and has lectured about 3D Printing at such venues as the Pratt Institute, Harvard University, Parsons, Columbia University and the Museum of Art and Design.

Alastair Duncan, past officer and consultant of Christie’s, New York for fourteen years (1977-1990), is an author and independent consultant for 19th and 20th century decorative arts. Mr.

Duncan is currently preparing his 36th book on the decorative arts, focused primarily on the French Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods, and the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Tiffany Studios. In addition, Mr. Duncan has researched and authored exhibition catalogues for art galleries in New York and the Museu Serralves in Oporto, Portugal, as well as American Art Deco (1986), which served as the catalogue of an exhibition on the subject which opened at the Smithsonian Institution’s Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C., in 1987. Mr. Duncan’s publication, Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany (1989), likewise acted as the catalogue for the exhibition of Tiffany masterpieces held at The Smithsonian Institution and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Vivian Ebersman is Director Art Expertise at AXA Art Americas Corporation where she works closely with the underwriters and claims managers to review and assess policies and

submissions. Ms. Ebersman is a member of ArtTable and APAA, and is on the board of the Salvador Dalí Research Center. Ms. Ebersman has recently completed her term on the Advisory Board of the American Friends of the Uffizi and has served as co-chair of the Mayor’s Visual Arts Award. Among her most recent speaking presentations include “Issues in Authentication”, Art Under a Magnifying

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Glass, Authentication and Conservation, Northern New Jersey Dartmouth Alumni Day Presentations, Princeton, 2011, “Mastering the Art of Writing Appraisals: An Insurer’s Perspective”, ASA Insurance Day Forum, 2011, “Protecting Art with Insurance”, Boston Bar Association CLE, “In Depth Planning for Artists and Art collectors: A Foundation for Intellectual Property and Trusts and Estates Attorneys”, Boston, 2011, “Avoiding the Potholes: Planning Museum Exhibitions”, Art Museum Partnership, 2012 and “Art as an Asset,” Wertheim Group, Dallas, TX, 2012.

Bill Edgerton, ASA, of Edgerton Wine Appraisals in Darien, CT, has appraised wine for 30 years and has been a member of ASA continuously since 1970. For several years Mr.

Edgerton has focused on counterfeit wine identification and his work has been used to convict counterfeiters and to help change identification practices used by several auction firms. From 1989 to 2005 he published the Wine Price File, the largest available listing of retail and auction prices of wine in print at that time. In 2006, Mr. Edgerton founded the website www.wineauctionprices.com, which provides detailed results, including the number of bottles in each lot, from major cataloged wine auctions worldwide. This site is one of the world’s largest compilations of wine auction results available to the public and currently contains about 600,000 entries.

Sharon Flescher, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of the International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR), a nonprofit educational and research organization that works at the

intersection of art scholarship, art law, and the public interest. In addition to her work at IFAR, she is an Adjunct Associate Professor at New York University (NYU). Dr. Flescher has lectured extensively and appeared on numerous panels in the U.S. and in Europe on subjects ranging from provenance to authenticity, forgery and fraud, to ethical issues concerning the acquisition and ownership of art objects. Dr. Flescher conceived and is Project Director of IFAR’s Art Law & Cultural Property Database, a comprehensive online research tool launched in December 2008, which serves as an information resource on case law and international legislation relating to the acquisition, ownership, and authenticity of art objects. She also created IFAR’s online Catalogue Raisonné Database, an integrated bibliographic database of published and in-preparation Catalogues Raisonnés.

Debra Force holds a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University and an M.A. and post-graduate work from the University of Pennsylvania. With a focus on American art of the 19th and 20th

centuries, her career has spanned over 35 years. Ms. Force served as Director at CIGNA Museum and Art Collection (1978-1984), Senior Vice President and Head of the American Paintings Department, Christie’s (1984-1993), Head of the Department of American Paintings, Hirschl & Adler Galleries (1993-1995), Director, Beacon Hill Fine Art, NY (1995-1999) and President, Debra Force Fine Art (1999-present). She is a member of the American Art Dealers Association and ArtTable and serves on the boards of the Archives of American Art and the Private Art Dealers Association. She also appears as an appraiser on “Antiques Roadshow” for PBS (2000-present).

Karin Gross, Esq., started her legal career at the U.S. House of Representatives, drafting legislation for Members of Congress and Committees. For more than 25 years, she has

worked as an IRS attorney-supervisor in Washington, D.C., and is an expert on the charitable contribution deduction. Ms. Gross earned her law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University. She has served on the Board of Advisors of the NYU Law School Center on Philanthropy and the Law and is a member of the D.C. Bar.

Lela Hersh, ASA, is the owner of Museum of Fine Arts Consulting, LLC in Chicago, IL. In addition to appraisal work, Ms. Hersh is an art advisor who specializes in all components of

collection, exhibition, and museum management. She teaches several classes in the graduate department of the Arts Administration program at the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, including The Art Object: Valuation and Authentication. Ms. Hersh is a twenty-year veteran of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago where she served as their Director of Collections & Exhibitions and is the current President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers.

Paula Hornbostel is the Director of the Lachaise Foundation. She worked for Salander-O’Reilly Galleries from 1996 to 2007, where she helped organize the exhibition “Gaston Lachaise:

Sculptures and Drawings,” in Europe. She has published essays on Lachaise including Editions Gallimard (2003), Gaston Lachaise/Alain Kirili (2007), Gerald Peters Gallery (2012) and The Bruce Museum, Greenwich (2012). Ms. Hornbostel collaborated on the documentary film, Flesh in

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Ecstasy: Gaston Lachaise and the Woman he Loved (2008) and organized the loan of monumental sculptures by Lachaise to institutions around the world. She has spoken on Gaston Lachaise at The New Orleans Museum, LA, 2007, The Colony Club, NY, 2009, The Naples Museum, FL, 2010, The Portland Museum of Art, ME, 2011, The Somerset Club, Boston, 2012, The Bruce Museum, CT, 2012, The Portland Art Museum, OR, 2013, and Sotheby’s Institute of Art, 2014.

Evie Joselow, Ph.D., is an independent fine art appraiser who brings more than 30 years of wide-ranging experiences to corporate, institutional and private clients seeking appraisals

of artworks and decorative objects. Formerly the Chief of Research at the Commission for Art Recovery, Dr. Joselow has worked on the successful restitution of art looted by the Nazis and continues to speak and consult on issues related to provenance research and due diligence. In addition to her appraisal and consulting work, Dr. Joselow has maintained a full roster of teaching, lecturing and publishing on appraisal practices and the history of art, architecture and design. She has taught on the faculties of New York University, Pratt Institute, the New York School of Interior Design and the Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

Jane Kallir, curator and co-director of the Galerie St. Etienne in New York City, is a noted Egon Schiele scholar and the author of the first comprehensive Egon Schiele Catalogue

Raisonné, Egon Schiele: The Complete Works. Ms. Kallir has also written many books on a variety of other artists, including Gustav Klimt and Grandma Moses, and has curated numerous exhibitions on American Folk Art and Austrian art of the early twentieth century. In 1979, Ms. Kallir was appointed co-director of The Galerie St. Etienne, which is the oldest gallery in the United States specializing in Expressionism and Self-Taught Art. Ms. Kallir is a member of the Art Dealer’s Association of America where she served on the Board of Directors, Executive Committee and as Vice President from 1994 to 2006.

Michael Klein is an artist’s agent, freelance consultant, curator and program director currently operating Michael Klein Arts in New York City. As the owner of the Michael Klein

Gallery in New York from 1983 to 1997, and later as an independent curator, Mr. Klein organized successful exhibitions of twentieth century and contemporary painting, sculpture and photography, notably for New York’s Independent Curators International, the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, the University of

South Florida’s Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa, and the Arthur Roger Gallery in New Orleans. In 1999, Microsoft appointed Mr. Klein as the first curator of its newly instituted art collection, a position he held for six years. Today, as the principal of Michael Klein Arts, Mr. Klein continues to consult on strategic planning and program development for major institutional clients including the Allan Stone Estate and the Grace Hartigan Bequest at Maryland Art Place.

Bonnie Magness-Gardiner, Ph.D., is Program Manager of the Art Theft Program at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. She manages the National Stolen Art File and provides

support for the Art Crime Team, fifteen special agents investigating cultural property cases in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Magness-Gardiner received a Ph.D. in Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Arizona. After teaching archaeology for five years, she entered government service as the Archaeology Program Manager for the National Endowment for the Humanities, and then became an American Memory Project Manager at the Library of Congress. Dr. Magness-Gardiner subsequently joined the Department of State, where she served as the Senior Cultural Property Analyst responsible for implementing the 1970 UNESCO Convention against illicit traffic in cultural property. She also ran US-funded cultural heritage restoration projects in Iraq after the looting of the Baghdad Museum. Since June 2005, Dr. Magness-Gardiner has been with the FBI.

Marc Masurovsky is an independent historian based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Masurovsky has worked on a variety of geographic and historical research and digitization projects, including, but

not limited to, forced and slave labor, cultural plunder, death marches and concentration camps in France and North Africa. A former Director of research on gold-related matters for the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust-Era Assets (PCHA), Mr. Masurovsky is co-founder of the Holocaust Art Restitution Project (HARP). His current research focuses on the history and dynamics of cultural plunder during the Holocaust and World War II, and its postwar consequences, and is completing a book on this topic. He manages a historical database project entitled Database of Art Objects that Transited through the Jeu de Paume, 1940-1944. He is also the director of the Provenance Research Training Program (PRTP) of the Prague-based European Shoah Legacy Institute (ESLI).

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John McCord is a Contemporary Art specialist at artnet, with a focus on emerging and late Contemporary Art. Prior to joining artnet, Mr. McCord studied fine art at The Cooper Union in

New York City, which eventually led him to work at the American Fine Arts Gallery as Associate Director from 2002-2005 and Daniel Reich Gallery as Director from 2005-2007. Mr. McCord later became a private dealer of Contemporary Art where he further developed an extensive background working with prominent private and corporate collections, artists, galleries, and curators throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

Megan Noh, Esq. serves as Director for the Trusts & Estates department in Bonhams’ New York office. Her role focuses on liaising with professional advisors on multi-departmental

appraisals and consignments, with a particular emphasis on projects with a complex analytical element or planning objective. Ms. Noh joined Bonhams in January 2014, bringing with her a broad range of expertise developed over eight years of leading cross-functional teams in both the legal and auction industries. From 2010-2014, Ms. Noh served as an Account Manager in the Estates, Appraisals & Valuations department of another major international auction house, where she generated business opportunities by developing and maintaining relationships with advisors and collecting clients, as well as coordinating multi-departmental appraisals and proposals.

Howard Rehs is the Director and co-owner of Rehs Galleries, Inc. and Rehs Contemporary Galleries, Inc., in New York, NY. Mr. Rehs began with the gallery in London, later returning to

New York bringing European paintings, French Academic, Realist and Barbizon art into the gallery’s inventory. In 1991, Mr. Rehs began working on the Catalogue Raisonné projects for artists Julien Dupré and Daniel Ridgway Knight. In 1995 Rehs Gallery was elected a member of the Fine Art Dealers Association and in 1997, Mr. Rehs was elected President of the Association, a position held until July of 2009. In 2003 the gallery began its Emile Munier online Catalogue Raisonné project and in 2007 the online project for Antoine Blanchard was launched. In 2008 Mr. Rehs was appointed to the Internal Revenue Service’s Art Advisory Panel.

Lucille Roussin, Esq., is the founder and Director of the Holocaust Restitution Claims Externship at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City, where she teaches a seminar on

Remedies for War Time Confiscation, coaches the Cultural

Heritage Moot Court Team and teaches a seminar on Cultural Heritage Law. She was Deputy Research Director of the Art and Cultural Property Team of the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States and was an associate in the Art and International Law Practice Group at Herrick, Feinstein LLP in New York City. She also teaches a course on “Art, the Law and Professional Ethics” in the School of Graduate Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She was a member of the Cultural Properties Legislation Committee of the Archaeological Institute of America and Vice Chair of the Art and Cultural Heritage Committee of the American Society of International Law, on the Board of the Lawyers Committee for Cultural Heritage Preservation and was a member of the Art Law Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York for several years. Her law practice is primarily devoted to restitution of property taken from Jewish families during the Holocaust, especially Jewish ritual objects. She served as an expert witness for the claimants in Schoeps et al., v. Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation.

Gil Shapiro is the owner of Urban Archaeology in New York, a business dedicated to saving historic architectural elements from destruction and extinction, and selling these restored pieces.

Mr. Shapiro opened his first store in 1978 in New York, igniting the trend of salvage design, reusing discarded materials from demolished buildings. Mr. Shapiro capitalized on the burgeoning home restoration movement and the repurposing of architectural remnants for newly designed spaces. The focus of Urban Archaeology later shifted to fabricated products, based on the salvaged pieces, and his six-story Tribeca building houses the workshops that fabricate all the products. Mr. Shapiro has expanded Urban Archaeology and now has showrooms in Bridgehampton, NY as well as Boston and Chicago.

Robert Simon, ASA, is an art historian, appraiser and private dealer in New York. He received both his undergraduate and graduate education at Columbia University, completing

his doctorate in art history with a dissertation on the Florentine painter Bronzino. Mr. Simon has lectured widely on both art-historical matters and on broader concerns relating to the authenticity, valuation, conservation, and commercial trade of works of art. His firm, Robert Simon Fine Art, offers appraisal and consulting services to individuals and institutions, while acting as a private dealer in the sale of important Old Master paintings and sculpture. Mr. Simon currently serves as President of the Private Art Dealers Association.

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Ronald Spencer, Esq., specializes in art law and is an expert in the legal aspects of art authentication issues. He is Chairman of the Art Law Group at the law firm of Carter Ledyard &

Milburn LLP in New York City. Mr. Spencer is legal counsel to The Pollock-Krasner Foundation as well as to The Pollock-Krasner Authentication Board and the Andy Warhol Art Authentication Board. He authored The Expert Versus The Object: Judging Fakes and False Attributions in the Visual Arts (2004) and is the editor of Spencer’s Art Law Journal. Mr. Spencer is legal counsel to The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation, The (Alexander) Archipenko Foundation, the Alex Katz Foundation, the Milton & Sally Avery Foundation and the Larry Rivers Foundation. He has advised artists and their estates on art law and estate planning, including Sam Francis, and is a Trustee of The (Gaston) Lachaise Foundation.

Irina Tarsis, Esq., is an art historian and a practicing attorney in Brooklyn, NY. Ms. Tarsis conducts provenance research and consults on various art law matters such as copyright

infringement and fair use, artists’ rights, restitution, authenticity and property disputes, and has appeared on panels discussing resale royalty rights, due diligence in provenance research, fair use issues affecting visual arts and many others. Ms. Tarsis is an active member of the Entertainment, Art and Sports Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and the Art Law Committee of New York City Bar. Ms. Tarsis is the Founder and Director of the Center for Art Law and recently served on the faculty of the Provenance Research Training Workshops in Vilnius, Lithuania (2013), Athens, Greece and Rome, Italy (2014).

Spencer Tomkins is a New York based art consultant and dealer, specializing in American and European Post-War and Contemporary Art, bringing over 25 years of experience in the

international art market to his practice working with private and corporate collectors. Mr. Tomkins grew up in New York City and spent his early years in artist’s studios befriending Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, James

Rosenquist, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol. While studying at Parsons School of Art & Design, he worked as studio assistant to artists Claes Oldenberg and Arman. After graduating, Mr. Tomkins worked as a print maker specializing in etchings and lithographs. He worked for James Rosenquist, Maurice Payne editions, and went on to spend the next 10 years making large mixed media prints with Frank Stella. Mr. Tomkins began his career in the art market in 1990 at Sotheby’s and in 1992 joined Gagosian Gallery in New York City. He founded Spencer Tomkins Fine Art, Inc. in 1996.

Jackie Wilson is one of two Principal Conservators of husband and wife conservation team, Wilson Conservation, Brooklyn, NY. The studio, which was established in 1997, specializes in the conservation

of indoor and outdoor sculpture, historic monuments, historic architectural metals and decorative arts. Prior to establishing Wilson Conservation, she worked for the Sherman Fairchild Center for Objects Conservation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art under Ton Wilmering, Conservator of Furniture and Decorative Arts. Additional contracts included Gould Gallery of 18th century French Decorative Arts and Irving Galleries of South and Southeast Asian sculpture.

Wei Yang, Ph.D., ASA, is president of Wei Yang Art, LLC, in Princeton, NJ. Dr. Yang consults and appraises for collectors, insurance companies, museums, galleries, dealers and attorneys. Dr. Yang

earned a Certificate of Fine and Decorative Arts Appraisal from Pratt Institute and a Certificate in Mounting and Restoration of Antique Chinese Scrolls from the Academy of Fine Arts (Shandong, China). She works generally in Asian art and specializes in Chinese art, including painting and calligraphy, jade, ceramics, antique textiles and embroidery, antique furniture, Buddhist art, sculpture, wood and ivory carving, and decorative arts. She has held fellowships from the Center for Advanced Study in Visual Arts (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), undertaken research in nearly every province of China, worked at Princeton University and the Dunhuang Academy, and conducted projects for the Luce and Mellon foundations.

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The Princeton University Art Museum, Sculpture Collection and Libraries Field Trip

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A D A Y O F A R T, A N T I Q U E S A N D C U L T U R A L E X P L O R A T I O N

The Princeton University Art Museum, Sculpture Collection and Libraries Field Trip will take place Saturday, March 28, 2015 at the historic and charming village of Princeton, NJ, home of Princeton University. The field trip will begin with a morning tour of the Princeton University Museum and Sculpture Collection.

The campus is home to an outstanding art museum with more than 92,000 pieces, whose stellar collection spans all media with focus areas ranging from antiquities to cutting edge contemporary art and objects.

A mid-day lunch will be served at a local restaurant and is included with your field trip registration.

The afternoon activities will include a self-guided tour of a library exhibition of “Versailles on Paper”, with engravings,

rare books, historic maps, medals and manuscripts; free time to visit the book/

gift shop and explore area antique shops, boutiques and other places of interest.

Field trip includes: All tours and related fees, lunch and round trip transportation. n

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> Explore antique shops, boutiques and other places of interest

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> Take a self-guided tour of a library exhibition of “Versailles on Paper”http://rbsc.princeton.edu/versailles

> Enjoy a stellar collection of antiques, contemporary art and objects

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Thank You to Our PlannersThe Personal Property Committe would like

to thank the following individuals:

• (Conference Chair) Frances Zeman, FASA• (Communications) Analee McClellan, ASA• (Volunteers Extraordinaire) Michelle Crisanti; Carrie Gough, AM;

Brooks Rice, ASA; Laurene Sherlock, AM; Jane St. Lifer, ASA; Donna Thompson Ray