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 Lisa M. Barnes is a successful and innovative founder of a highly respected international appraisal consultancy. Over the past twenty-four years, she has appraised both personal property and fine art for private and public collections and government institutions. She has extensive experience in expert witness testimony and mediation. Furthermore, Ms. Barnes has planned, developed, appraised, and curated art collections for numerous corporate and private collectors. She has in-depth education and training in all facets of art history, appraisals, conservation and framing installation.
Ms. Barnes' comprehensive education includes attending Harvard University, Oxford University, The Louvre, The Jeu de Paume in Paris, and the British Institute in Florence Italy. In addition, Ms. Barnes has diplomas in appraisal studies from Sotheby's, Christie's, and the New Academy of Art – all located in London. She has attended appraisal study courses at NYU and the Smithsonian.
Membership
- Member, American Association of Appraisers (AAA)
- Member, International Foundation for Art Research (IFAR)
- Certified Member, International Fine Art Appraisers (IFAA)
- Member, Forensic Expert Witness Association
- Certified Member, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
- Member, Women in the Arts; Washington, DC
- Member, National Association of Auctioneers
- Member, Esperiate d'Rome, Italy
- Strathmore's 2010 Who's Who in Business
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Expert Services
- Personal property/Fine Art Specialist, USPAP
- Appraisal consultant
- Expert witness
- Expert in fine art, antiques, decorative arts, memorabilia, and collectibles
- Insurance and third party loss, damage
- Estate trusts
- Specialized in personal property, fine wines, photography, glass, and pottery
- 17th-20th century paintings, prints and sculptures
- Specialized studies in 20th/21st century Russian art
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"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but the inward significance."
- Aristotle (384-322BC)
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