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Credentials
 Appraiser:
Elizabeth N. Gladwell, ISA-CAPP, MALS
Certified member International Society
of Appraisers
Tested in Appreciable Residential Contents
ACADEMIC TRAINING
Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.
1992 graduate in the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS) program,
an intensive study adapted to individual requirements. The focus
of my degree was American decorative arts with an emphasis on regional
characteristics. Thesis involved extensive research of the material
culture of Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest and that of the
neighboring community which culminated in a slide presentation for
the Poplar Forest docents.
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur
Museum. A 1992 participant in the Winter Institute, a three-week
study program on American decorative Arts at Winterthur, the largest
collection of American decorative arts in the world.
Hollins University, Roanoke, Virginia.
A 1990 participant in the Williamsburg/American Furniture Short
Term at Hollins. Two weeks spent in lecture on campus and on local
field trips. Two weeks spent in Williamsburg studying the Colonial
Williamsburg collection and receiving hands-on cabinet making experience
in the cabinet maker’s shop. Worked as well with the textile,
conservation, and food ways departments.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
(1987). Six hours of graduate credit earned for participation in
the Graduate Summer Institute at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Involved a detailed study
of the Southern Back Country culture and its material culture prior
to 1820.
Lynchburg College, Lynchburg, Virginia.
Bachelor of Arts degree in history (1969). Thesis for senior seminar
involved a comparison of English and American decorative arts of
the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
October 13-15, 2001. International Society
of Appraisers’ Certified Appraiser of Personal Property recertification
course in Troy, Michigan. CAPP recertification required every five
years.
Indiana University tested November 5,
1988 on independent study course, ISA/5-- The Appraisal of Appreciable
Residential Contents: Late 19th century to the present.
August 18-21, 1986. International Society
of Appraiser’s Core Course 104 titled Advanced Appraisal Theory
and Report Writing. Course taken and successfully completed.
Indiana University/Bloomington--Division
of Professional Development. CAPP Core Courses 101, 102, and 103
successfully completed. (1986-1987)
WORK EXPERIENCE
1986 to Present
Private Practice: Personal property appraisal and liquidations.
Specializing In the appraisal and liquidation of antiques and residential
contents. Appraisals done for insurance replacement, for IRS purposes
including estates and donations; and for market analysis for resale.
Expert witness given in the circuit courts of Amherst, Bedford,
Campbell, and Roanoke counties, and the city of Lynchburg. Have
also had extensive appraisal experience throughout the United States
with a national firm.
1977 to 1986
Owned and operated antiques business.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
International Society of Appraiser’s since 1987
Certified Member since 1990 - the first person in
Virginia and the thirty-ninth in the nation to earn the designation.
The CAPP designation is awarded after successful completion of the
stringent program of course work and examination developed by the
International Society of Appraisers in conjunction with the Indiana
University School of continuing Education. Tested in appreciable
residential contents.
RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
April 12–16, 2007.
Attended the International Society of Appraisers' Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas.
March 7–9, 2007. Three-day seminar offered by the Appraiser's Association of America at Hillwood Museum in D. C. on French and Russian decorative and fine arts. Subjects included French and Russian Porcelains, French and Russian furniture, Russian icons and French and Swiss gold and enameled boxes.
August 2–5, 2004. Seminar at the Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur museum on American Federal Furniture. Noted experts spoke on Federal furniture from New England, the Middle Atlantic, and the South. Sponsored by the Appraiser's Association of America.
February 1–6, 2004. Antiques Forum at Colonial Williamsburg which dealt with the decorative arts of the early Republic.
April 9–13, 2003. Attended the International Society
of Appraisers annual conference in Philadelphia, PA
February 1–7, 2003. Attended the Antiques Forum conducted by Colonial
Williamsburg, VA
April 20–24, 2002. Attended the International Society
of Appraisers annual conference in Seattle, WA
February 22–24, 2002. Attended the Museum of Early
Southern Decorative Arts annual Furniture Seminar on Case Furniture
and an additional lecture on furniture of Edinburgh, Scotland: 1780-1830.
January 28–February 8, 2002. Did market research in
the Cotswolds as well as at the outdoor antiques fairs at Newark
and Swinderby in England.
March 21–23, 1999. 31st Annual Tryon Palace Decorative
Arts Symposium: The Fine Art of Collecting.
October 29–31, 1998. Southern Horology: 19th Annual
Seminar of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors,
Inc. Held at Colonial Williamsburg, this was the first seminar on
the subject of horology in the South.
October 23–25, 1997. Winterthur Conference: Ceramics
in America, 1640-1860. Twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of the
original Winterthur Conference titled "Ceramics in America".
February 21 & 22, 1997. Attended seminar conducted
by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts on understanding
and identifying woods used in period furniture.
September 19 & 20, 1996. Attended Winterthur
connoisseurship seminar entitled Queensware:
From Whieldon to Whiteware. Included lectures and hands on workshops
with related items in
the Winterthur collection. Lecturers were among the most noted scholars
in this field.
June 18–20, 1996. Attended seminar at New York University entitled
ThreeHundred Years of New York Furniture. Presenters included those
who are on the "cutting edge" of scholarship in New York
furniture.
Many appraisal/decorative arts conferences attended
annually since establishing appraisal practice in 1986.
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