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CONFERENCE SPEAKER

Sarah Drury

Sarah Campbell Drury is Vice President of Fine and Decorative Arts at Case Antiques Inc. Auctions & Appraisals, and directs the company's Nashville, TN office. She has twenty-one years of professional experience valuing, appraising and auctioning investment quality art and antiques. An Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) since 2006, she performs appraisals for federal tax functions including high value estate and charitable donation purposes. Also, she has worked with multiple museums on insurance appraisals of their exhibition objects and permanent collections. She is a graduate of David Lipscomb University and the ISA Appraisal Studies Program, and is current with the Appraisal Foundation’s Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) requirements. In addition to appraising, Sarah has written articles on art and antiques for numerous publications, including The Magazine Antiques, Maine Antiques Digest, Silver Magazine, and Antique Week newspaper. Her strongest areas of interest include fine art (particularly paintings and sculpture by female artists), silver, and Southern decorative arts.

 
 

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SESSION

Art & Antique Assets: Determining Value in Today’s Changing Market

When you walk into a client's house for the first time, can you pick out the most valuable object at first glance? Even homeowners may not realize which of their belongings have grown (or declined) in value. Estate professionals now have many more tools to assist in determining value, but recognizing which items may be worth some extra research in today's market can be challenging. This presentation will offer an overview of the current market for art and antiques plus expert tips to help in sorting trash from treasure!