Appraiser’s Credentials

Appraiser’s Credentials

Experience:

Mr. John D. Falk, fine art, antique and estate appraiser has been solely employed in the art and antique industry for 26 years now. He successfully bought and sold fine art and antiques at Renaissance Art and Antiques in La Jolla from 1985 to 2003 and then downtown San Diego, California from 2003 to 2008. Additionally he has exhibited at fine art and antiques shows throughout California, in Phoenix, Santa Fe, New York, Pennsylvania, Atlanta, Miami and London, England and Parma, Italy. In addition to dealing, he has done appraisal work for local banks, trustees, insurance companies, attorneys and museums, as well as for churches, private individuals and charitable and social organizations. He now devotes himself to appraisals full time.

The appraiser regularly attends and participates in local, regional and international auctions and antique shows. Additionally, he attends, as well as conducts, estate sales in La Jolla and San Diego, California. The appraiser has an extensive library of reference books, auction catalogs, current price indices as well as subscriptions to numerous national antique and fine art publications and price databases. He successfully completed the American Society of Appraisers core courses including the Ethics exam, the Principles of Valuation at the University of California, Irvine. He has successfully passed The Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) of The Appraisal Foundation’s, Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) certification for Personal Property. He constantly attends museums, meetings, classes, conferences, lectures and shows on art, antiques and appraisal practice.

Appraisal Studies:

2012

  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
  • USPAP 15 hour course and examination-Certificate
  • College for Appraisers; Orange, California

2008

  • IRS Symposium-Practicing Before the IRS
  • A Guide for Personal Property Appraisers-Laws, Regulations and Common Sense-Estate Tax and Charitable Contribution Appraisals-Certificate.
  • A Day at the Pacific Asia Museum
  • Lecture on Japanese Wood Block Prints-Certificate.

2007

  • National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. USPAP Update 2006 Course-Certificate.

2005

  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, Personal Property – Certificate (USPAP).

2002

  • Introduction to Personal Property Valuation – Certificate.
  • Personal Property Valuation Methodology – Research and Analysis- Certificate.
  • Personal Property Valuation – Report Writing-Certificate.
  • Personal Property Valuation-The Legal and Commercial Environment-Certificate
  • Insurance, Appraisers and the Law: Fine and Decorative Arts-Certificate.
  • The above completed University of California Irvine Extension/American Society of Appraisers.

1999

  • Harnessing the Power of Insurance Appraising: A Professional Seminar Dealing with the Theory and Practice of Appraising Specializing in Insurance-Certificate.
  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice – Certificate (USPAP).

1996

  • Ethics Examination for Candidacy in American Society of Appraisers-Certificate.

1989

  • Value Can You Prove It? Two day seminar- American Society of Appraisers.

1988

  • American Society of Appraisers Omnicom San Francisco, California.

Education:

  • Santa Clara University
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, minor Art History; 1974.
  • American Graduate School of International Management
  • Masters of International Management; 1983.