SEMINARS AND COURSES The Appraisers Association of America offers year-round seminars and workshops on a wide range of topics of importance to the field of personal property appraising. These programs are intended to enhance an existing component of an appraiser's toolkit, or to bring something new to it. Programs are open to AAA members and to the general public and may be of particular interest to collectors, auction specialists, dealers, insurance professionals, attorneys, conservators, and others.
Authenticating Art: Current Problems
and Proposed Solutions Including a Discussion of the
College Art Association's New Authenticating Guidelines
Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Recommended Reading:
College Art Association, Standards and Guidelines: Authentications and Attributions, Adopted by CAA Board of Directors, October 25, 2009 http://www.collegeart.org/guidelines/authentications
IFAR, Thome v. Alexander & Louisa Calder Foundation, http://www.ifar.org and here.
Lerner, Ralph E. Lerner and Bresler, Judith, Art Law: The Guide for Collectors, Investors, Dealers and Artists, (Third Edition, published 2006), By Ralph E. Lerner and Judith Bresler http://www.pli.edu/product/book_detail.asp?id or http://bit.ly/8qcrPi
Martin, James S., "Testing Objects in Authenticity Studies," published in Fakes and Forgeries: The Art of Deception, 2007, Greenwich: Bruce Museum http://orionanalytical.com/Martin-Testing_Objects-Bruce.pdf
Morris, Errol, Bamboozling Ourselves (a seven-part blog posted on the New York Times beginning on May 27, 2009)
Part 1: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/27/bamboozling-ourselves-part-1/
Part 2-7: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/category/bamboozling-ourselves/
Spencer, Ronald D., (ed.), The Expert versus the Object, Oxford University Press 2004 http://bit.ly/5XCNWq
Click here and here to download pdf versions of these readings.
Please feel free to contact AAA with any questions or comments. 212.889.5404, x11.