Recognized for more than 40 years of experience in personal property appraisal, this personal property appraisal expert specializes in the valuation of antiques, decorative arts, residential contents, and high-value collections for insurance, estate, donation, market, and damage/loss purposes. His expertise includes appraisal methodology, connoisseurship, damage and loss valuation, appraisal standards compliance, and litigation support involving disputed personal property values. He has more than 30 years of expert witness experience, providing consultations, depositions, and courtroom testimony as a qualified expert witness in matters involving fine and decorative arts, residential contents, high-value collections, and complex valuation disputes.

As a Senior Accredited Member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), accredited in Antiques, Decorative Arts, and Residential Contents, he has held leadership positions as Parliamentarian and Co-Chair of the ASA International Personal Property Board of Examiners, overseeing accreditation examinations, appraisal report reviews, and helping revise the ASA accreditation examinations for Antiques & Decorative Arts and Residential Contents. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley and completed advanced studies in Decorative Arts through the Victoria & Albert Museum's London Study Centre, while also pursuing extensive professional education in USPAP, IRS appraisal requirements, appraisal ethics, valuation methodology, and decorative arts. His appraisal practice has encompassed a wide range of personal property assignments throughout Southern California, including insurance claims, estate settlements, charitable donations, market valuations, and damage assessments involving antiques, fine furniture, decorative arts, residential contents, and specialty collections.

In addition to his appraisal practice, he has contributed significantly to the advancement of the profession through authorship, education, and professional service. He is a contributing author to The Appraisal of Personal Property, the American Society of Appraisers' principal textbook, and has helped revise the organization's accreditation examinations for antiques, decorative arts, and residential contents. He has taught appraisal certification courses through the University of California, Irvine Extension Appraisal Studies Certification Program, delivered national presentations on appraisal ethics, valuation methodology, public art appraisal, and disaster-related loss valuation, served as a judge for the nationally recognized Design in Wood Fine Woodworking Exhibition, and participated on advisory committees and juries supporting decorative arts and furniture scholarship. He has also represented the American Society of Appraisers at international conferences involving museums, the art trade, customs, insurance, and appraisal organizations.

His combination of appraisal practice, professional leadership, teaching, scholarly contributions, and nationally recognized expertise in decorative arts provides comprehensive expertise in personal property appraisal, valuation methodology, connoisseurship, and accepted appraisal standards.