Appraisers Association of America

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11:00 am - 11:10 am Welcome Remarks	Lark Mason, AAA President, Appraisers Association of America
11:10 am - 11:50 am Keynoters	The State of the Art and Luxury Auction Market Clare McAndrew Founder, Arts Economics Guillaume Cerutti Chief Executive Officer Christie's International
11:50 am - 12:00 pm	Brief Break

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Market Update Maureen Bray, Executive Director Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Benjamin Mandel, Global Strategist, Multi-Asset Solutions, J.P. Morgan Asset Management Clare McAndrew, Moderator Founder, Arts Economics

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch	20-minute Session: Dance Fitness Join Certified Fitness Instructor and Trainer Paul Eugene for some dance fitness fun! Paul Eugene Producer, Fitness Instructor

2:00 pm - 2:50 pm	Hip Hop to Haute: Street Fashion meets the Luxury Good Market Panelists will discuss the primary market for limited edition luxury goods and the rising Auction Market. Lauren Amos of WishATL established one of the first outlets for Limited Edition Sneakers and clothing, Kathleen Guzman of Managing Director of Heritage Auctions has been at the forefront of making a market for Luxury Handbags and Urban Art at Auction, and Neil Wright, Head of Collaborations & Experiential, Complex Networks Lauren Amos Owner, Wish Atlanta Boutique Neil Wright Head of Collaborations & Experiential - Complex Networks Kathleen Guzman, Moderator Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Heritage Auctions, New York
2:50 pm - 3:00 pm	Brief Break

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Concurrent Connoisseurship Sessions	1. Travel Posters: Armchair Voyaging Around the World Join Nicholas Lowry, Swann Auction Galleries, for a glorious, vicarious journey through the history of Travel posters, and how the market is changing in the time of Covid. Nicholas D. Lowry President, Principal Auctioneer, and Director, Department of Vintage Posters Swann Auction Galleries 2. The Principles of Celebrity Value Laura Woolley, AAA Owner and President, The Collector's Lab

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Afternoon Networking Sessions	Our Masters of Ceremony, Lark Mason, AAA and Alasdair Nichol, will lead the group through a series of fine and decorative art questions, providing two possible answers. Attendees will be asked to choose the correct answer by touching their heads or by touching their shoulders to indicate their response 1. Networking Session: Head and Shoulders Lark Mason, AAA, Master of Ceremonies Owner & President, iGavel, Inc. Carmen Melián, AAA, Host Founder, Melián Arts 2. Networking Session: Head and Shoulders Alasdair Nichol, Master of Ceremonies Chairman, FREEMAN's Auction Deborah Spanierman, AAA, Host President, DGS Fine Art Consultants

11:00 am - 11:10 am	Introduction
11:10 am - 12:00 pm	Featured Conversation: Museums in 2020 Panelists are Richard Armstrong, Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Foundation, Brent Benjamin, Director of the St. Louis Museum of Art and President of the American Alliance of Museum Directors, and Franklin Sirmans, Director of the Perez Museum in Miami, address the myriad of issues that hit museums in this year nationally and internationally. From shutdowns, audience engagement, accessions and deaccession to staffing and the future! Richard Armstrong Director Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum & Foundation Brent Benjamin Director St. Louis Museum of Art AAAMD, President Franklin Sirmans Director Pérez Art Museum Betty Krulik, Moderator President, Betty Krulik Fine Art Ltd.

12:00 pm - 12:10 pm	Brief Break

12:10 pm - 1:00 pm	The Contemporary African Art Market The Contemporary African Art Market is a fast-growing market sector, as evidenced by increased auction exposure and record-breaking auction prices for African artists, the increasing numbers of African artists represented by the major global galleries, the proliferation of art fairs dedicated to art from the Continent, and important museum exhibitions around the world featuring their work. The panelists will discuss the exciting developments in this market. Touria El Glaoui Founder 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair Mariane Ibrahim Founder, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery Giles Peppiatt Director, Modern and Contemporary African Art Bonham's, London Kristy Bryce, Moderator Principal, Kristy Bryce Fine Art

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch	20-minute Session: Yoga Get your body and mind flowing with Yoga Instructor Claudia Aarts-Schreiber. Claudia Aarts-Schreiber Co-Owner, ChaiseFitness New Jersey

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	The Ceramics Market: Post 1950 Garth and Mark will discuss ceramics over the last 70 years and how the market forces and the artists have propelled some ceramics to move from the craft world into the category of fine art, and how that market, both dealers and auctions, have responded. Their focus will be both on ceramic sculpture, pots/vessels, and on some of the artists that create them. Garth Clark Art Critic, Art Historian, Curator, Gallerist, and International Art Dealer Mark Del Vecchio Director and Curator Cynthia D. Herbert, AAA, Moderator President, Appretium Appraisal Services LLC

3:00pm - 3:10pm	Brief Break

3:10 pm - 4:00 pm Concurrent Breakout Sessions	1. Comic Books The modern-day superhero was introduced to the world June, 1938 with Superman and Action Comics #1. After 82 years of continual comic production a once considered child’s book has evolved into a commoditized collectible equivalent to gold, oil, or the S&P 500. Learn the ins-and-outs of the comic book collecting community and how markets can change so rapidly. When is the right time to buy, sell, and what factors contribute to these market changes. Learn what makes two seemingly similar books drastically different in price, and finally learn how a comic from 2014 can be worth more than 100 different books from 1950 combined. The comic market, making every Antique Dealer scratch their head for the past 20 years. Travis Landry Director of Pop Culture & Auctioneer Bruneau & Co. Auctioneers 2. SHENANIGANS, CHICANERY, & SKULLDUGGERY: Fake Prints and the Market Fakes in the print market are most often made by manipulating real impressions, to make them look like more important (and thus valuable) impressions. This might mean adding a signature, changing an edition size, or creating the illusion of an earlier state. This makes them tricky to detect. We will look at some of the more common techniques that scammers use, so you will be better equipped to spot them in your appraising work. Robin S. R. Starr Vice President & Director of American & European Works of Art, Skinner, Inc.

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm Cocktail Networking Sessions	We invite you to join us from your home or wherever you are for a glass of wine or cocktail. It’s your choice! 1. Networking Session: Featuring Dr. Konstantin Frank Cabernet Franc Charles Curtis, MW, AAA will lead us take on a tasting of Dr. Konstantin Frank Cabernet Franc. Charles Curtis, MW, AAA Founder, WineAlpha Emily Casden, Host Director, Avant-Garde Appraisals & Art Advisory 2. Networking Sessions: Featuring the Chelsea Sidecar Neil Kaplan, DipWSET, AAA will lead us through the history and making the popular classic cocktail, a Sidecar, with all its variations. Neil Kaplan, DipWSET, AAA Managing Partner, Cork Counsel Jay Grimm, Host Owner, Jay Grimm Art Advisory
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