Credentials and Qualifications
Elizabeth Clement, Director of Elizabeth Clement & Associates, LLC, is a full time appraiser and consultant of art and antiques for Insurance/Damage Loss, IRS Charitable Contribution/Estate, Market Value, Divorce and Liquidation purposes. Ms. Clement has contributed to the book Life is Short, Art is Long – Maximizing Estate Planning Strategies for Collectors of Art, Antiques, and Collectibles, published in January of 2007.
Professional Designations
Accredited member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
Certified National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Appraiser
Education
Northeastern University
Regis College
New York University
B.S. Business Administration
2 years of course work in the History of Art
Certificate in Appraisal Studies
Business Experience
Appraisal Reports prepared for Insurance, Damage and Loss Claims, Sale, Collateralized Loans, Equitable Distribution, Donations subject to IRS requirements, Bankruptcy, Investments, Estate and Gift Tax Returns, Probate of Estates for State and IRS requirements
National Fine Arts Risk Manager: New York, NY, and Warren, NJ Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
Vice President, Fine Art Specialist, and New York Regional Office Sales Manager: Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage, Inc
American Society of Appraisers
Regional:
Board member and President of the ASA
Boston Chapter
Personal Property Chair
Executive Committee for Public Relations
Secretary
Treasurer
Second Vice President
First Vice President
2002-2018
2007-2008
2002-current
2002-current
2003
2004
2005
2006
National:
National:
National:
Delegate for the ASA Boston Chapter at the National Appraisal Conferences
Through present 2010
Washington, D.C. 2011
San Diego, CA
August 2002
Tampa, FL
July 2003
Austin, TX
August, 2005 to present
Instructor/Lecturer
Lecturer: The American Society of Appraisers, International Conference, (Topics have included: Fine Art Collectibles and Risk Management, among others)
Instructor: New York University, Appraisal Studies Certificate Program in the Fine and Decorative Arts
Various Locations
1990-1993
New York, NY
1991-1997
Collections Management for Collectors, Appraisers and Collections Managers
Marketing Techniques for the Appraiser
Insurance
Risk Management for Private Collections
Business Valuation for Art Appraisers and the Arts Industry
Modern Prints
Introduction to Appraising Luxury Interiors
Case Studies in Damage and Loss
Speaker and Panelist: The American Association of Appraisers, National Conference
Panel Member and Speaker: The American Association of Museums National Conference (Risk Management for Public Large to Mid-Size Institutions)
Producer: Video for Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (The Art of Protection, Fine Arts Conservation)
Instructor: American Society of Appraisers (What is Happening in Personal Property Appraising/Fine Arts)
Panel Member: The Miami Antiques Show
Panel Member: The Palm Beach Classic
Speaker: The Essex County Community Foundation (Art, Antiques & Charitable Planning: Appraising and Identifying your Fine Art Collectibles)
Featured Appraiser: The National Jewish Federation, ‘Appraisal Day’ (Art and Charitable Giving)
Speaker: The Essex County Community Foundation (Art, Antiques & Charitable Planning)
Panel Member: The Winter Fine Arts Show
Speaker: Institute of Contemporary Art
Panel Member and Speaker: ASA Personal Property Appraisal Caucus (The Personal Property Appraiser: Do you know your Insurance Contracts? and The Personal Property Appraiser: Settling the Damage/Loss Claim)
Instructor: ASA (Insurance Appraisal Elements Critical for you Appraisal Report to Hold Up to Claims Scrutiny: Don’t Make These Errors)
Speaker: Family Office Fine Art Evaluation Panel
Panel Member and Speaker: American Association of Museums: Collections Stewardship Strategies for Appraisals
Panel Member and Speaker: The American Association of Museums National Conference
Lecturer: Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and the Agency Plant (Collecting, Valuation, Appraising, and Trends in the Art Market)
Lecturer: Marsh Private Client Services and the Agency Plant (Collecting, Valuation, Appraising and Current Trends in the Art Market)
Lecturer: The American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants, 2007 Northeastern Regional Conference (Valuation of Collectibles, Part I and II )
Instructor: The Current State of the Art Market
Marsh USA
One Beacon Insurance
Art Advisory and Collection Panel
Institute of Contemporary Art
Hale and Dorr Wealth Management
Marsh USA Art Market Update Nov. 2010
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Wealth Management Forum
1993
1995
New York, NY, 1995
Sturbridge, MA, 2002
Miami, FL, 2004
Palm Beach, FL, 2004
Essex County, MA, 2004
Palm Beach, FL, 2004
Essex County, MA, 2004
Boston, MA, 2004, 2005
Boston, MA, 2008
Waltham, MA, 2005
Waltham, MA, 2005
Orlando, FL, 2006
Boston, MA, April, 2006
Various Locations, 1990-current
New York, NY, 1987-current
Boston, MA and New York, NY, 1997-current
Galloway, NJ, 2007
Boston, MA, February 2008
Canton, MA January 2008
Boston, MA, March 2008
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
Boston, MA
April 2011
Lecturer: (Topics have included Fine and Decorative Art and Antiques Appraising; Collections Management; Conservation and Fine Arts Insurance; and Risk Management.
Boston Restoration
The International Museum Conference
The Museum of Fine Arts
J. Pierpont Morgan Library
The ASA International Conferences
The High Museum
Boston, MA
Various Locations
Boston, MA
New York, NY
Various Locations
Atlanta, GA
Ms. Clement has lectured extensively to various insurance companies, brokers and agents, museums and galleries, art collectors, associations and private collectors on fine and decorative art appraising, collections management, conservation and fine arts insurance in this country, Europe, and South America.
Participant/Member
The Museum of Fine Arts: Member of the Museum Council Boston, MA
The Griffin Museum of Photography: Cooperator and Co-Curator of an Exhibit of Arthur Griffin’s Early Work Winchester, MA, 2006
The Institute of Contemporary Art: Member of the Gala Benefit Committee, Boston, MA, 2004-2006
Member of the Director’s Circle, and Co-Chair of the Inaugural ICA Wine Event 2004 - Present
American Society of Appraisers Speakers Bureau Various Locations
Family Office Brain Trust New York, NY
Boston Estate Planning Council Boston, MA
Boston Women’s Roundtable Boston, MA
Publications
The American Society of Appraisers Personal Property Journal and Handbook
Newsday
The International Tribune
The Financial Times
Antiques Weekly
The Magazine for Historic Preservation (National Trust)
Art Business
Maine Antique Digest
The Insurance Advocate
Contributed to the book Life is Short, Art is Long – Maximizing Estate Planning Strategies for Collectors of Art, Antiques, and Collectibles, 2007
Professional Education
American Society of Appraisers:
Principles of Valuation Courses 201, 202, 203, and 205
Personal Property Valuation Appraisal Report Writing
Personal Property Theory, Methods and Standards of Practice
Personal Property Valuation Methodology – Research and Analysis
Personal Property Valuation – The Legal and Commercial Environment
Appraisers as Expert Witnesses, April 2003
IRS and Appraisal Errors: Treasury Regulations and the Most Common Appraisal Errors
USPAP Fifteen-Hour Course, 2002
National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), 2003, 2004, 2005
USPAP Update Seven-Hour Course, 2004
Property Law and the Appraiser, May 2003
Residential Contents-General
IRS Tax Policy and Legal Changes, April 2007
USPAP Update Seven-Hour Course, 2012
Continuing Education
New York University:
18th Century European Porcelain: The Quest for Hard Paste
Printmaking: A Historical and Technical Overview
The Heart of the Matter: Legal and Ethical Aspects of Appraising
IRS Legal Guidelines in Valuation of Fine and Decorative Arts
Research Methods for Appraisers
Appraisal Writing Workshop
Identifying and Appraising Antique and Fine Silver
Chinese Art
Fine Oriental Rugs
Old Master Prints
Historic New England:
Looking at 18th and 19th Century Furniture with Brock Jobe
Winterthur Museum and Country Estate
18th Decorative Art and Furnishings
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Rembrandt
Gaugain
Ansel Adams
Sotheby’s Institute
Attended Rembrandt lecture given by Ernst van de Wetering, world-renowned Rembrandt scholar, by invitation only
The Newport Symposium, 2007
Held by The Preservation Society of Newport County, attended Treasure Houses: Great Personalities, Exquisite Objects, and Magnificent Architecture, by invitation only
Symposiums and Seminars
American Society of Appraisers Annual Conferences and Personal Property Forums
American Association of Appraisers
Various Years, 1991-present
San Diego, CA, 2002
Tampa, FL, 2003
Austin, TX, 2005
Various Years, 1991-present
Winterthur
Historic Deerfield
Christies
Sotheby’s
Peabody Essex Museum
Yale Center for American Furniture; the Garvan Collection
American Furniture Program
18th Century American Furniture
Contemporary Art; Pop Art
Modern & Impressionist Art
Dutch Painting
In-Depth Study of the Garvan Collection of American Furniture
Topics include: Appraisers as Expert Witnesses, Connoisseurship and Provenance, Due Diligence, Deficiencies in Internal Revenue Service Policies, Appraisal Lawsuits, and Divorce Appraisals
Court Experience
Qualified as an expert witness in New York and Massachusetts
Worked with the Secret Service as an expert witness in cases of art fraud
Featured Fine Art Appraiser for the Antiques Discovery & Appraisal Show to benefit WSBE Rhode Island PBS February 18, 2012
Attendance of Art Basel Miami, Armory Show, ADAA, Frieze, FIAC, shows and many other Art Trade Shows in the U.S and Europe.