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| Vicky Nash Shaw, ISA CAPP |
Authentic Appraisal and Estate Services, LLC is a professional appraisal and consulting firm, specializing in estate and insurance appraisals. Our primary appraiser Vicky Nash Shaw is an certified personal property appraiser, with credentials in Antiques, Art and Residential Contents. With an undergraduate degree and an MBA, she has also graduated from the International Society of Appraisers' basic and specialty courses, and has a strong knowledge of antiques and many types of collectibles. In addition, she has expanded her expertise in antiques and art through specialty training courses and private study. The firm's co-owner Wayne Shaw, a mechanical engineer by training, has a strong knowledge in classic automobiles, trucks and tractors. He maintains the market knowledge enabling the firm to offer vehicles appraisals for insurance and for buying and selling purposes.
We are located on the North Carolina and Virginia border, offering insurance, estate, equitable distribution and charitable contribution appraisals in both states. We primarily serve clients in the Triangle, including Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, and frequently work for clients in Roxboro, Pittsboro, Oxford, Burlington, Wilmington and Henderson, North Carolina. We work routinely in Southside Virgina, including the communities of Clarksville, Bracey, South Hill, Danville and South Boston.
Our specialty appraisals are offered nationally, as we have valued items for clients in Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Canada. Vicky specializes in 18th, 19th, and 20th century American and French furniture, American coin and sterling silver, Japanese woodblock prints, porcelain and ceramics, Asian ceramics, and Chinese furniture. The firm's co-owner Wayne Shaw specializes in classic and stock cars as well as vintage tractors.
Appraisal fees are quoted in hourly rates, or as a flat fee for multiple items. Fees are NOT contingent upon the value of the items appraised. All appraisals are confidential, and carry the seal of our certified appraiser. Appraisals developed by Authentic Appraisal and Estate Services, LLC are in accordance to the ISA's code of ethics and each appraisal is written according to USPAP and ISA guidelines. We maintain copies of all appraisals for 5 years as required by law, and are available to defend our appraisals in a court of law.
Customers include private individuals, bank trust departments, insurance companies, non-profit historical trusts, and attorneys. All client information is kept confidential, but we will supply references upon request. Appraisals are handled discretely and all client information remains confidential.
Vicky Nash Shaw Curriculum Vitae
Academic Background:
Bachelor's of Science, 1975, University of Kentucky.
Master's of Business Administration, 1981, Marshall University.
Graduate of International Society of Appraiser's (ISA) Core Course, University of Maryland Collece, 2004, and graduate of Antiques and Residential contents Specialty Course, University of Maryland College, 2005.
Graduate of the International Society of Appraisers' Appraisal of Japanese Prints Course, 2007 and Fine Arts Specialty Course, 2008.
Graduate of the Asheford Institute of Antiques, February 2005 and the Uniform Sttandards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPSP) 15 hour course, August 2008, and attended independent appraisal education courses such as National Appraisal Consultants "The Appraiser's Boot Camp."
Attend ISA's Appraiser's continuing education lecture series and conferences, including recently "IRS and the Appraiser," "Considering Picture Frames When Appraising Fine Art," "Cabinet making in the late 18th & 19th Century Baltimore," and "Amish Quilts of Lancaster County." Attended lectures by renown decorative arts scholars including Sumpter T. Priddy's "American Fancy: Exuberance in the Arts" and Wendell Garrett's "The Rise of American Nationalism."
Attends specialty courses; recent Asian ceramics courses such as "18th - 20th Century Furniture - Sorting out the Fakes" and "Fakes and Frauds of the 19th & 20th Century" by David Lindquist; attends specialty furniture courses such as "18th and 19th Century French Formal and Country Furniture" by Elizabeth Lindquist and David Lindquist, (which included hands on training in one of the United States' premier private French furniture collections.)
Studies and researches at the Museum of Early Decorative Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, attending most recently "The Art of the Carver Furniture Seminar." Studies at renowned decorative arts exhibitions via special tours; recently attended lecture and tour of the maryland Historical Society's storage vault collection of the Peale Paintings, and the North Carolina Museum of Art's "The Potter's Eye: Art and Tradition in North Carolina Pottery."
Studied Chinese ceramics and Chinese furniture at the Shanghai Museum, at the Imperial Palace useum in Deijing and at the Shaanxi History Museum in Xian, China. Toured Chinese run, silk, cloisonne and jade factoreis in 2008; maintains market awareness through attending workshops such as "FBI Art Fraud Workshop," presented by the FBI Art Fraud Team.
Professional Credentials and Awards
Awarded the designation of "ISA Accredited Personal Property Appraiser" by the International Society of Appraisers (May 2004); previously received "ISA Member" status. maintains credentials by meeting International Society of Appraisers' annual requirements.
2006 Scholarship recipient from the International Society of Appraiser's Educational Foundation.
Professional Experience and Affiliations
Founded Authentic Appraisal and Estate Service in February 2004; seven years experience in Antiques and Residential Contents.
Member of the International Society of Appraisers since 2004.
Member Durham/Orange County Estate Planning Council since 2005.
Member of the Noth Carolina Chapter and of National Capital Area Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers.
Member Internation Society of Appraisers' Marketing Committee in 2008.
Participated in a mini-appraisal fair with international antiques expert and author Judith Miller in 2007.
Presents seminars and workshops to professional organizations, such as the Durham / Orange County Estate Planning Coouncil and to clients of commercial establishments in clidung Flanders Art Gallery of Raleigh, North Carolina.
E. Wayne Shaw Curriculum Vitae
Academic Background:
Associate Mechanical Design Degree, 1971, Alamance Community, Burlington, North Carolina.
Graduated US Army Leadership School and Drill Sergeant Academy.
Attended and completed Executive Education Programs at University of North Carolina and Duke University.
Professional Experience and Affiliations:
Co-founded Authentic Appraisal and Estate Services, February 2004; incorporated in 2008. Currently manages the firm's marketing programs, and appraises and brokers vehicles, including street rods, custom cars, vintage (stock) cars, trucks, and tractors.
Prior to 2003, 32 years engineering and marketing experience in telecommunications and technological corporations.
Ten years experience in selling and valuing cars, trucks and classic vehicles.
Regularly attends major East Coast car shows, including National Street Rod Association and Good Guys car shows.
Member of the National Street Rod Association.
Member of Good Guys Rod and Custom Association.
United States Army Veteran.
Previous Chairman of the Board of Directors and Vice-President of Verry Hill Plantation Property Owners' Association; currently vice present of Berry Hill Plantation Property Owner's Association.