Amy Essick

AMY ESSICK FINE ART APPRAISALS P.O. BOX 222078 CARMEL, CA 93922 831.624.3541 T/F - 831.917.0509 C - amyessick@icloud.com Professional Experience Present - 1996 Fine Art Appraiser, Curator, and Consultant for collection management and artist estate projects. Public art project management. 2020 - 2001 Art Program Supervisor/Art Curator, Montage Health/Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP), Monterey, CA: Collection management, curation & security exhibition for permanent collection in 26 public facilities & hospital, donor relations, buyer, staff/intern supervisor, family environment design collaborations, signage design & installations. 2005 - 2002 Fine Art Curator, Harrison Memorial Library (HML), Carmel, CA; Special temporary Art Exhibitions from HML Collection: Fine Prints, Belle Yang, and Edward Weston Photographs. 1996 – 1982 Fine Art Gallery Director: curation and exhibitions, buyer, auctions, sales, collection management, staff management, annual art fairs in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Baltimore. Weston Gallery, Walter/White Gallery, P.R. Coonley Gallery, and John Miller Gallery; all in Carmel, CA. Paintings, 19th – 21st century photography, hand pulled prints, drawings, sculpture, textiles, contemporary art glass, ceramics, Fine American Crafts, and commissioned objects. Education 2022 - 1997 Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) 15 and 7 hour Courses & Examinations completed every five and/or two years through American Society of Appraisers (ASA) or Appraisers Association of America (AAA): compliant. Fine Art Appraisal Practice: Seminars/Webinars/Conferences with ASA/AAA. The Federal Tax Deduction for Donated Property: Rules for Appraising & Claiming the Deduction. Fair Market Value Concepts: Personal Property Appraisals for Federal Tax Calculations. Fair Value. Expert Witness. Art Insurance Methodology & Death, Debt, Divorce. Working with Galleries: What Art Appraisers Need to Know. Working with Auction Houses. Confronting a Volatile Art Market: Advanced Issues in Appraising & Managing Client Expectations. Contemporary Art and Appraisals. Picasso Prints for Appraisers. Textile Appraisals. Appraising Vintage Posters. Report Writing for Today's USPAP. Art & Finance. Appraising Large Collections. Next Gen Collectors. The Future of Art Fairs. Provenance Research. The Lessons of 5Pointz. The Japanese Print Market. The NFT Market. Henry Bertoia Sculptures. Valuations and the IRS. Valuing Artist's Made Jewelry. Fakes & Counterfeits. Early Markets: The Duveen Brothers. The Drawing Market. Authenticity. Ongoing and frequent appraisal subject webinars, especially since 2020. Collection Management Practice: Collection Management Policy. Collection Management Systems and Digital Access Management Systems. Metadata. Rights and Reproductions (OCEAN/AAM). Security Fundamentals for Big Collections in Many Locations. Conservation: Best Practices in care, maintenance, & prevention of issues in painting...