Because Art Appraisers Are Not Created Equal

Exclusively committed to protecting your interest, our firm does not profit when art changes hands.
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The Art Appraisal Firm was founded in 1999, dedicated to complete transparency, with the singular goal of meeting client objectives without bias or interest.
The substantial risks associated with collecting are best managed in consultation with qualified experts with deep market insight grounded in decades of experience . . .
but only if that expert is working for you alone.

​Professional Standing

Art Appraisal Firm founder, Cindy Charleston-Rosenberg brings more than twenty-five years of art market experience to the management of important collections of American art. She is a past President and certified member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA), the largest of the professional personal property appraisal organizations, and currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Appraisal Foundation, the nation’s foremost authority on the valuation profession, authorized by Congress to set practice standards and qualification criteria for appraisers. Cindy also currently serves as Chair of the ISA Specialty and Advanced Studies Committee.

​Cindy has been recognized by Chubb as a Masterpiece Protection Network preferred provider and is affiliated with ISA's Private Client Services program. She writes and lectures widely on due diligence standards and complex art valuation topics, and is an experienced and qualified expert witness.
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​Recognized Expertise

Art Appraisal Firm founder, Cindy Charleston-Rosenberg has won numerous awards for thought leadership contributions to the personal property appraisal profession. She presents and lectures widely on complex appraisal pracitce issues. Cindy has authored chapters on Connoisseurship and Authentication for ISA's Course Manual, A Guide to Appraising Fine Art. She has been published in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies and the Digital Journal of Advanced Appraisal Practice, on a diverse range of topics including best practice standards for confirming authenticity, criteria for selection of comparative sales data, and how stigmatized art may complicate estate administration.
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​The Art Appraisal Firm has been consulted and quoted extensively about managing the risks inherent in high-market art collecting. Read Cindy's advice for collectors in Nonstop Gulfstream, the luxury magazine for private jet owners in Art of The Deal, or her guidance for having family heirlooms appraised in Money Magazine.

​For a complete list of lectures and publications, and additional links to articles please consult the Presentations and Publications sections of Cindy's CV. ​
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