THE APPRAISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Inc.

The International Society of Professional Personal Property Valuers

Appraisers accredited with this association are connoisseurs trained to identify and value all objects in the field of their expertise. Understanding the need for professionally qualified appraisers, The Appraisers Association of America, Inc. tests and accredits personal property appraisers in their specialties. Members of the association are subject to the association’s Code of Ethics and are required to maintain their accreditation through their private practice, their contribution to the field with public lectures and their adhering to the association’s ethical standards.

In 2002 and 2003, Lorraine Anne Davis successfully completed all Personal Property Valuation courses and their rigorous examinations at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Personal Property 201 – Intro to Personal Property Valuation – 30 hours

Personal Property 202 – Personal Property Valuation Methodology-Research and Analysis – 30 hours

Personal Property 203 – Personal Property Valuation

Report Writing – 30 Hours

Personal Property 204 – Personal Property Valuation

The Legal and Commercial Environment – 30 Hours

Appraisers Association of America’s - Code of Ethics Examination

Appraisal Foundation’s Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice 15 Hours

Ms. Davis is a fully accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America and maintains her certification of Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as set forth by the Appraisal Foundation in Washington, D.C. Ms. Davis has been appraising photography since 1983 when she and the Director of the Paul Strand Archive were required to establish insurance and sales values for the 2500 negatives and 8000 photographs by Paul Strand held by the archive. In addition, she and the Director researched the Fair Market Value for the French Government of two sizeable donations of Paul Strand’s work to the George Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Bibliothéque Nationale, in Paris. They also valued a large group of Strand photographs for the 1986 acquisition by the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. After relocating to Zürich, Switzerland in 1987, she continued to appraise Strand’s work and the work of both classical and contemporary photographers for Galerie zur Stockeregg and the Kunsthaus Zürich. She was regularly consulted by Sotheby’s, Zürich and Christie’s, Zurich to value photographs for several of their clients. In her twelve years as Curator of the Pfeifer Collection of Classical American Photography, in Switzerland, she annually appraised the collection’s holdings for replacement valuation for insurance. Setting up her private appraisal practice in Santa Fe in 2003, Ms. Davis continues to contribute to the appraisal field through lectures and demonstrations on the identification of photographs, photographers, and photographic processes. She also writes a bi-monthly column on appraising photographs for B&W Magazine for Collectors of Fine Photography.