Bonnie Anne Kagan
Fine Art Appraiser & Consultant

New York, NY

E-mail: kaganfineart@gmail.com | Web site: www.kaganappraisals.com

115 East 92nd Street | New York, NY 10128 | Tel. 212.518.8690 | Fax: 212.427.3742
Apppraisals and art advising services for 19th and 20th Century American and European arts
Specializing in redistribution of inherited art for estates



About Bonnie Anne Kagan
Certificate program in Fine Art Appraising from George Washington University in 2001.

Presently I am advising in all aspects of art research for authenticity, appraising, condition and provenance, as well as buying and selling art. I give special assistance to clients who have inherited art in estates and wish to sell and redistribute. As a consultant I work for clients, both private and corporate, who wish to build collections.

Art dealing and appraising for fine art, especially for: Post War and Contemporary American, French and American Impressionism, English and French 19th and early 20th century, Modern Masters, Modernism, American Abstract Expressionism, and all Canadian periods and styles, for paintings, drawings, original prints sculptures and photographs.
 
Education & Professional Training
  2007 A Day with the IRS: Tax Policy and Legal Changes, Washington, DC
    Advanced Report Writing, American Society of Appraisers, Washington, DC
    Advanced Issues: Original Prints, Appraisers Association of America, New York
  2006 Fundraising for the Arts, New York University
    USPAP - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
  2003 American Society of Appraisers: Advanced Report Writing - ALL 215
    Appraisers Association of America
The Appraisal Practice, New York University
  2002 George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
History of Photography
    American Society of Appraisers:
Ethics Exam
    American Society of Appraisers:
USPAP
  2001
George Washington University, Washington, D.C.      
Appraisal Studies: Personal Property/Fine Art
  • 201: Introduction to Personal Property Valuation
  • 202: Research: methodology and analysis
  • 203: Report writing: USPAP Standard
  • 204: The Appraisal Practice: Art Law, Court Procedure and Ethics
    York University, Fine Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
     
  Professional Memberships
  American Society of Appraisers (Candidate)
  Appraisers Association of America
  International Association of Professional Art Advisors, New York, NY.
   
Conferences
  2006 Appraisers Association of America, National Conference, Yale Club, New York, NY.
    American Society of Appraisers, National Conference, Brooklyn, NY.
  2005 Appraisers Association of America, National Conference, New York, NY
    Art Table: Sotheby's New York
  2004 Appraisers Association of America, National Conference, New York, NY
  2003 International Association of Professional Art Advisors, New York University
  2002 Appraisers Association of America, National Conference, New York, NY
  2001 American Society of Appraisers, National Conference
    Canadian Museums Association:
Symposium on Holocaust Era Cutural Property, National Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
     
Published Articles
  2004 W I L L S, E S T A T E S, T R U S T S
Professional advice for estate clients with art assets, The Lawyers Weekly, April 9, 2004 (reprinted on ASA Website)
  2001 When donating art to charity, The Lawyers Weekly, November 23, 2001
    FAMILY LAW: Professional appraisals provide the best ammunition, The Lawyers Weekly, October 19, 2001
 
Professional Experience
KAGAN FINE ART
1982 to Present
Art consultant, advisor, dealer and appraiser
2008

Asian Contemporary Art Fair in New York, Art Consultant

Hubert Gallery
1046 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10075

Director

Bonnie Kagan Owned and operated the Kagan Gallery, Inc., Toronto, open to the public from 1984 to 1992 which provided contemporary drawings, paintings, and sculpture to corporate and private collectors, represented artists, and produced monthly shows. Collaborates with architects for commissions.

Presently managing collections, advising clients on purchases, handling inherited collections and estates, with complete preparation for selling. Art Consulting for corporate and private clients. Art Advising.
Appraising for all needs including insurance scheduling and damage loss claims, charitable donations for tax credits, estate settlements, legal cases, disputes, and preparation for the secondary art market.

To learn more about the procedure to sell your inherited art click here

 
BONNIE KAGAN GALLERY, INC.
1984 -1992
(80 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada)
Contemporary American and Canadian painting, drawing and sculpture. Represented artists. Corporate clients included Morgan Bank, NY., many designers and architects and private collectors. Large loft downtown space well suited to large format art, especially included landscape, abstract and genre painting. Monthly shows of new work.
 
Services

Art Appraisals

 

For all periods for fine art in painting, drawings, original prints, photographs & sculpture.
Define which items need them, which do not.

 
  • One work of art
  • Entire collections
  • Appraisal updates & valuation reviews
  • Appraisals for personal property of decorative arts, furniture and pianos
 
Valuation for:
  • Donation: income tax credits
  • Estate settlement
  • Insurance: scheduling and claims
  • Dispute settlement (divorce, property division, etc.)
 
Art Dealing & Trading
 
  • Resale for liquidation of estates and collection management
  • Art Research:for authorship and provenance
 
Art Consulting
 
  • Advice for museum placements, collecting and conservation
  • Collection Building
  • Art Assets management
  • Collection development
  • Estate settlement requiring art valuations
  • Art Inventory analysis
  • Liquidation of collections
  • Assistance with orderly sale
  • What to: repair, restore, reframe, relocate, sell, transfer ownership, etc.
  Art lectures, Gallery tours, Expert witness
Framing and re-framing
Installation: placement advise and security hanging


                



 

 

 




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