Dunes Antique Center, Inc., Sawyer, Michigan

Don't Risk Your Money!
Hire a professional appraiser for your
Insurance, Estate, Trust or Donations!!

We will be attending the National ISA convention in April being held
in Philadelphia, PA

Martha Arney
ISA - Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers http://www.isa-appraisers.org/
Formal education in Appraisal Theory, Principles, Ethics and Law.
Completion of ISA Core Courses in 1996
Completion of ISA Specialty Course - Antiques and Residential Contents - 1998

Attendance to ISA National Conferences in both 1999 and 2001

Member of Great Lakes Chapter of ISA

President of Dunes Antique Center, Inc. in Sawyer Michigan housing over 70 antique dealers.
Member of the Board of Directors of Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce, serving on the Economic Development Committee.

Martha Arney, ISA; has been a member of the International Society of Appraisers since 1995. She felt there was a need for responsible and ethical appraisers in Michiana and Harbor Country. Her affiliation with the International Society of Appraisers has been an on-going educational experience for the last six years and continues on an annual basis to increase her knowledge in the field of antiques and residential contents. Future plans include attending more specialty courses offered through ISA and taking the Requalification Course in October of 2001.

An ISA appraiser undergoes extensive training in learning how to research values and write a proper appraisal for the purpose of items being appraised. Learn more about ISA membership and training courses by following this link:
http://www.isa-appraisers.org/isa_training.html

With the help of a professional appraiser the risk of proper evaluation of personal property is lessened. If you are insuring your property, selling it or dividing property in estate dispersal, you need to know what items are worth. Bankers, financiers, investors, insurers, adjusters, estate managers, trustees, executors, attorneys, judges, federal and state tax agencies - are ALL dependent upon the knowledge and expertise of appraisers to properly represent their clients. Don't find out too late that you have an inaccurate or misleading appraisal by using uneducated appraisers. Millions of dollars are wasted each year by consumers, paying for faulty, misleading and inaccurate appraisal work. Don't waste your money-Hire a professionally trained appraiser.

Call Martha Arney, ISA at 269-426-4043 or stop in for a visit at Dunes Antique Center, Inc., located at 12825 Red Arrow Highway in Sawyer, Michigan.

ISA 2008 Conference Notes

Baltimore, MD

Martha Arney, ISA AM recently attended lectures, tours and hands-on workshops during the annual ISA (International Society of Appraisers) Conference in Baltimore, Maryland held April 25-28. The ISA is an international association that offers a comprehensive professional development program designed to build and enhance performance in the area of personal property appraisal practice as well as specialty studies. The four main divisions are: Antiques and Residential Contents, Fine Art, Gems and Jewelry, and Machinery and Equipment.

The annual conference brings together experts from North America in the fields of Antiques and Residential Contents, Gems and Jewelry and Fine Art; giving attendees the unique opportunity to study with the likes of Wendell Garrett (Editor of the magazine Antiques and regular Antiques Roadshow appraiser, Sumpter Priddy III (author and scholar of American culture), Ken Specht (author of The Specht Sheet), and Lita Solis-Cohen (senior editor of Maine Antiques Digest).

Wendell Garrett opened the conference with a speech entitled, "By the Dawn’s Early Light": The Rise of American Nationalism". Mrs. Arney attended numerous lectures for three days in Baltimore presented by scholars and experts in art, glass, antique furniture and decorative arts. Special tours she attended at the conference included the Maryland Historical Society with a back-room glimpse of Peale portraits and a lecture on Peale portraits by Carrie Barratt, a tour of the Baltimore Museum of Art housing over 90,000 works of art and an exceptional collection of antique furniture and decorative arts and a tour of the Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum with a collection of Amish quilts on display. Prior to the conference Mr. and Mrs. Arney toured Monticello and numerous historical locations in Virginia.

As a result of this conference, Martha greatly expanded her field of expertise in the areas of fine art, antique furniture and decorative arts. Martha Arney is the owner of Dunes Antique Center, Inc. in Sawyer, MI and she can be reached at 269-429-3945 and 269-449-1232. Mrs. Arney has been a member of the International Society of Appraisers for the past 13 years and has been involved in the antique business for over 18 years. She is qualified to do appraisals for insurance, estates, equitable distribution and donations; she also conducts estate sales for people who are moving or for estate liquidations.