Deborah Abernethy Appraisers and Consultants, Inc.

n  BSHE, University of Georgia Athens, Ga. 1974 Major:  Home Economics/Interior Design

n  M.Ed. University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. 1983

n  Post Graduate Certificate, George Washington University, Appraisal Studies, 1998.

n  1997-present. Deborah Abernethy, Appraiser.  Appraisals for insurance, estate, claims, and donation.

n  1994-2001. Simply Kitchens, Inc. /Deborah Abernethy Designs.

n  1981-1993 (full-time) –1999 (part-time) Corporate Career Consultants. Owner, manager, researcher, recruiter.

n  1974-1980. High School Teacher.

International Society of Appraisers, Accredited and Certified member. Instructor for appraisers in Distance Education Program.

George Washington University, Washington, D. C. Certificate Program in Antiques and Decorative Art, Completed. June 1998.  Specialty courses included:

         -Appraising Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera

         -Oriental Ivory, Glass, & Hard Stones

          -18^th & 19^th Century French Furniture

          -Tribal & Village Rugs of the Persian Revival Period

          -Furniture, Painting, and Works on Paper Conservation at the Smithsonian

          -Japanese Woodblock  Prints

          -Asian Ceramics

         -Study Abroad- G W U & Sotheby’s Instructors in London, Summer 1997.  Furniture, Decorative Arts including Porcelain (inc. Oriental), and Art.

American Society of Appraisers, George Washington University.  Introduction to Personal Property Valuation, Methodology: Research and Analysis, ASA Report Writing, Appraisal Practice and Standards.  1996-1997.

International Society of Appraisers, University of Maryland: Appraisal Principles; Ethics, Report Writing, USPAP, Identification & Authentication; Report Writing.  February 1998.

Appraisers Association of America: Deceit, Deception, and Discovery at Winterthur, Wilmington, Delaware. August 1998.

ASA Personal Property Conference, Charleston, S.C., October 10-13, 1998. Regional Aspects of Furniture and the Decorative Arts.

International Society of Appraisers, University of Maryland: Specialty Course 201; Antiques and Residential Contents, 1999.  Ten days of intensive review sessions and successful completion of testing.

USPAP:  Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, 1999. 2 day course and testing.

ASA Personal Property Conference, Washington, D. C. October  5-7, 2000, on Understanding Textiles:  Connoisseurship, Conservation, and Valuation

 ASA Personal Property Conference, Fort Lauderdale, FL.  March 2001, Oriental Rugs.

ISA Course 301 Expert Witness – Purpose is to train appraisers to be effective, never to advocate, always tell the truth, and assist the court in understanding our information. July 2001.

Docent Program, Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 2001-present.  Attend lectures monthly and give specialty tours of the museum.

Henry Green Decorative Arts Symposium, University of Georgia. 2 day event on Regional Decorative Arts. January 2002, January 2004 & January 2006.

ISA Annual Conference and Seminars. Philadelphia, PA. April 2003.  

ISA Annual Conference and Seminars. Atlanta, GA. March 2004.

Post Graduate Semester-long Courses:

Art History 101, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Art and Architecture from Prehistory to Renaissance. Fall 2001.

Art History 102, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Art and Architecture from Renaissance to Present. Spring 2002.

Art History 392, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Cloth and Power in Africa and the Americas. Spring 2002.

Art History 387/592 Conservation of Cultural Properties, Emory University, Atlanta.  Fall 2002

Art History 393. Ancient American Art & Museology.  Museum project of planning a future exhibition of newly acquired Andean textiles. Spring 2003

Art History 293. Survey of American Art.  Emory University, Atlanta. Fall 2004

Art History 480. Nineteenth Century American Painting, Emory University, Atlanta Spring 2004

Additional Seminars.

Sampler Dames Symposium. Atlanta, GA. May 2001.

Tennessee Furniture Symposium, Frist Center, Nashville, TN. Oct 2003.

MESDA  Furniture Program: Fanciful & Functional: The Art & Mystery of Painted Furniture, February 2004.

Henry D. Green Symposium of the Decorative Arts, University of Georgia, 2002, 2004, 2006.

Booth Museum Symposium of Western Art, October 2007.