There are a lot of answers to that question, but after over thirty years of developing his fine art appraisal practice and contributing to the advancement of his profession, they all boil down to one word—CREDIBILITY.
Bernard Ewell, ASA is an Accredited Senior Appraiser with an international reputation for connoisseurship, scholarship, experience, and integrity. His record of appraisal assignments, expert witness testimony, teaching, and publications places him at the very top of the profession.
Among Bernard’s most enjoyable activities has been teaching for the American Society of Appraisers. He was a Course Developer and Lead Instructor for the PP-204 course. Fourth in the Principles of Valuation series of personal property appraiser training classes, it addresses valuation law, expert witness techniques, and due diligence. He taught at George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Rhode Island School of Design and other locations.
In addition, Bernard has launched a new division of the company. He has developed and teaches seminars in Practice Management, Litigation Support, and Connoisseurship. A significant amount of his time is also spent as a mentor to other appraisers.
What does this and over thirty years of experience mean to you? It means that your appraisal assignment will be done right and you can rely totally on the results. The quality of Bernard’s service is a guarantee. All work is done in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of The Appraisal Foundation.
Bernard is currently writing Art or Science? The Complete Guide to Personal Property Appraisal. Publication is scheduled for later 2004.
Bernard’s career carries some impressive statistics:
- 8 years in university
- 2 degrees
- travel in 30 countries
- presentation of over 200 lectures
- Guest Lecturer at the National Gallery of Art in Beijing
- publication of over 80 articles
- Analytic columnist for Art-Talk Magazine
- subject of over 40 magazine and newspaper articles
- record for the time spent in cross-examination in Federal Court
- co-author of arts legislation
- the only appraiser whose work product has been evaluated (and lauded) by a Federal Appeals Court
- expert and witness for almost every National regulatory and law enforcement agency
- appraiser of numerous museum collections
- consultant to CBS News 60 Minutes
- host of a weekly television program on the arts
- subject of over 20 radio interviews
- Director of an archaeology dig
- Guest Curator for Museums and Universities
- Publisher of artists guide
- appraiser of over 24,000 prints and 1,000 drawings and paintings attributed to Salvador Dali; and oh, so much more.
