our team
Appraiser
Hana Thomson,
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
appraiser / publications contributor
wendy Dych
isa am
President/CEO
KELLY KNOLL, ISA CAPP
KELLY KNOLL,
ISA CAPP
support staff/admin
jane hunyady
business management education
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
Appraiser
wendy Dych, isa am
Certified Personal Property Appraiser
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
view more
Museum, Corporate, University & Private Client Services
• Insurance Coverage
• Damage Claims
• Charitable Donations
• Tax Deductible Gifts
• Divorce Settlements
• Equitable Distribution & Dissolution
• Estate, Will & Trust Planning
• Estate Evaluations
• Estate Probate & Tax
• Resale Function
• Expert Witness & Litigation Support
• Investment Evaluations
• Appraisal Review
• Consultation Services
APPRAISAL SERVICES
Fine Art / Decorative Art
• Original Paintings
• Drawings
• Engraving and Etching
• Contemporary Fine Art Prints
Sculpture
• Bronze
• Mixed Media
• Ceramics/Stoneware/Pottery
Art Glass
• Hand Blown
• Molded/Slumped
• Stained/Etched
Frames
• European/Continental
• Antique
• Custom
Jewelry
• Estate
• Modern
• Designer/Custom
Antiques - Vintage
• Museum Quality Furniture
• Mid-Century Furniture, Lighting, & Accessories
Categories We Do NOT Appraise or are Selective
• Silver/China/Collectables - Selective
• Artifacts - Selective
• Asian Arts - Selective
• Photography - Selective
• Oriental Rugs
• Sports Memorabilia
• Musical Instruments
• Guns and Weaponry
• Wine
• Coins/Currency
AREAS OF EXPERTISE (15th – 21st Century)
ISA CAPP
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
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- 2021 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
- 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
- 2011 – Fifteen (15) hour qualification course
- Review Committee for CAPP (certified appraiser of personal property) candidates
- ISA Blog - Article Writing for Publication
- 2021 – CAPP 5-year re-qualification course
- 2015 – Achieved “Certified Appraiser of Personal Property” accreditation (CAPP)
- 2012 – Achieved “Accredited Membership” accreditation (AM)
- 2011 – Achieved “Membership” accreditation (ISA)
- Review of monthly education updates and online webinars
- CAPP accreditation achieved after required ISA training classes, educational testing, proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry, proof of specified hours spent obtaining professional development credits (teaching, educational classes, research endeavors), and submission of broad evidence report to be critiqued by three (3) ISA certified members
- AM accreditation achieved after required ISA training classes, educational testing, proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry, and proof of specified hours spent obtaining professional development credits (teaching, educational classes, research endeavors)
- ISA accreditation achieved after required ISA core course training classes, educational testing, and proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry
Continuing education
ISA – International Society of Appraisers
USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
COMMITTEES, BOARD INVOLVEMENT & VOLUNTEER WORK
ISA – International Society of Appraisers
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATIONS
UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS
- Ongoing public speaking and art related presentations (5-10 per year)
- Named Appraiser for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
- Named Appraiser for U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- Lead Appraiser in IRS litigation and seizer of an 1896 Fresnel Lighthouse lens
- Lead Appraiser in over five hundred plus (500+) charitable donation appraisals
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
- ISA - International Society of Appraisers, Certified Personal Property Appraiser
- TAF -The Appraisal Foundation, IAF, Certified Personal Property Appraiser
- USPAP - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
- DCA - Diamond Council of America, Gemology and Diamontology
- Heritage Appraisals, LLC - President/CEO (2011-present)
- Gallery Director/Curator - Art Leaders Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI (2005–2014)
- Jewelry Retail Management - Jared the Galleria of Jewelry (2000–2005)
- Universal Life Church – Ordained Ministry
- University - Art History, Valuation Theory
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
view more
UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS
SELECTED MUSEUM, CORPORATE AND UNIVERSITY CLIENTELE
- Named Appraiser for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
- Named Appraiser for U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- Lead Appraiser in IRS litigation and seizer of an 1896 Fresnel Lighthouse lens
- Lead Appraiser in over five hundred plus (500+) charitable donation appraisals
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
- Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
- Arts Council Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, MI
- Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, MI
- Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI
- Gwen Frostic Museum, Benzonia, MI
- Prism Art Group, National Franchise – Multiple Locations Serviced
- Compuware Corporation, Detroit, MI
- Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI
- Beaumont Health Systems, Royal Oak, MI
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Hylant Group Inc., Toledo, OH
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
- Waterford Bank, Toledo, OH
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
- The Stroh Companies, Inc., MI
- Campbell Ewald, Detroit, MI
- FKA Brands and the Homedics Company, MI
- Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, MI
- Domino’s Farms – Ave Maria Fine Art Gallery, MI
- Sisters of Saint Francis Lourdes University, Sylvania, OH
- The City of Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights, MI
- The Chase Group for the Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, National
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
view more
LEAD APPRAISER - SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
SELECTED ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
- City of Sterling Heights monumental sculpture collection
- Tapper’s Garden – large collection of monumental sculptures over 3-acre landscape
- Clement Meadmore monumental bronze outdoor sculpture
- Henry Moore monumental bronze sculpture
- Frederick Remington original sculptures
- Marshall Fredericks’ original sculpture and rare works collection
- Dale Chihuly monumental installation
- Contemporary masters’ original and rare limited editions (ex. Joan Mitchell, Alexander Calder, Helen FrankenthalerRomare Howard Bearden, Milton Avery, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh, Charles Ephraim Burchafield, Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt, Jean Dufy, O.E. Berninghaus, John Twachtman, Joan Miro, John Marin, Ben Shahn, Lyonel Feininger, James Whistler, etc.)
- Prominent collections by renowned mid-century and contemporary artists’ artworks, furniture, and lighting (ex. Sam Francis, Picasso, Matisse, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Lynda Benglis, Lichtenstein, Motherwell, Yunkers, Jun Kineko, AkioTakmori, Armen, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Henry Moore, Herman Miller, Poul Henningsen, etc.)
- Renown African American artists’ original and rare limited editions (ex. Hughie Lee-Smith, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Gilda Snowden, Richard Mayhe, Charles McGee, etc.)
- Renown Polish artists’ originals (ex. Jacek Malczweski, Wlastimil Hofman, and Marcin Samlicki)
- Large collection of original Disney animation artwork
- Cranbrook; selected items donated to the Saarinen House from the Saarinen family
- Cranbrook; various Cranbrook noted artists, resident, and professor works in pottery, sculpture, and metalsmithing
- Large collection of 2nd century B.C – 4th century A.D. ancient Roman glassworks
- Discovery of Diego Rivera forgery sold as authentic
- Painting attributed to Giulio Pippi, Italian (1499-1546), pupil of Raphael
- Portrait appraisal involving the Lindbergh children (ref. Lindbergh kidnapping)
- Original “Titanic” movie-prop memorabilia
- Estate artwork collection of cartoonist/author, Ken Muse, American (1925-2010)
- Large estate collection of 18th century Chinese Export porcelains
- Historical Native American pottery and artifact from the Hopi and Acoma Tribes and monumental sculptures from various noted Inuit Indian artists
- IFAR Authentication process coordinator of Jackson Pollock, American (1912-1956)
- Authentication process coordinator of Robert Henri, American (1865-1929)
- Authentication process coordinator and coordination with Sotheby’s New York of a Chinese Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735) Imperial Famille Rose porcelain charger
- Many significant jewelry collections featuring various noted/rare diamonds, gemstones and timepieces, some having royal, celebrity and/or historical origins
- Finding the Right Appraiser
- What Makes Something Valuable
- Insurance Coverage Appraisals, When and Why You Need One
- Past Vs. Present Appraisal Requirements/Differences
- Authentication vs. Identification
- The Jade Amulet
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
- Valuing Artwork with Condition Issues
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
- Educational speaker for corporate industry as the fine art expert of their contemporary works collection
- Creation for an ongoing online seminar program of ten (10) education appraisal programs (60 min seminars)
- Guest speaker at the KIG Insurance headquarters regarding appraisal process in coverage and damage claims
- Guest speaker at the Flint Institute of Arts for an ISA member seminar
- Guest speaker for the Rotary Club, Bloomfield Hills Country Club, MI
- Guest speaker for the BNI Business Networking Committee, Birmingham Conference Center, MI
- Guest speaker for the third Sunday Jewish Community Committee, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Hat’s Off to Dr. Seuss” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Pawel Borowski” art glass exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Jerry Soble” sculpture exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Thomas Kinkade” exhibition, West Bloomfield & Novi, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Henry Asencio & Michael Flor” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Masterworks” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Jose Royo” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Frederick Hart” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Viktor Shvaiko and Sam Park” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Salvador Dali” surrealism exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of yearly “Michigan Art Glass Month,” West Bloomfield, MI
- Management and lead coordinator for “Levian” jewelry gala, Utica, Novi, and Auburn Hills, MI
- Management and lead coordinator for the custom design jewelry creation department, Utica, Novi, and Auburn Hills, MI
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
Education & Professional Training
• ISA – International Society of Appraisers, Accredited Member
• TAF—The Appraisal Foundation, IAF, Accredited Member
• USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
• College – Bachelor of Science, University of Detroit Mercy
Specialties
• Silver
• China
• Collectables
• Household Goods
• Firearms
Services
• Insurance Coverage
• Charitable Donations
• Estate, Will & Trust Planning
• Divorce Settlements
• Equitable Distribution & Dissolution
• Estate Probate & Tax
• Damage Claims
• Identification & Authentication
• Investment Evaluations
• Expert Witness & Litigation Support
• Appraisal Review
ISA AM
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
Wendy dych, ISA AM
Hana Thomson studied Art History at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and spent her junior year abroad in Bologna, Italy. She enjoyed identifying different artists and time periods and connecting history with changing taste and design styles. In graduate school at Parsons/Cooper - Hewitt, she continued her studies and focused on jewelry design history from 1850-1950. While in New York, she worked for a jewelry company in the Diamond District, interned at Phillips and Bonhams auction houses and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hana has spent a lot of time at antique stores, flea markets and trade shows looking for and handling as many interesting and unusual pieces of jewelry she can find and worked at an auction house in Chicago for several years. The thrill of hunting and discovering more information about a piece was what she loved most about working at auction. Access to thousands of pieces of jewelry allowed her to explore and learn new things about jewelry and watches every day.
Hana completed her Graduate Gemology degree from GIA, as well as the Graduate Pearls and Applied Jewelry Professional degrees. She has always had an interest in gems and rocks—she spent summers searching for Petoskey stones on Lake Michigan beaches her whole life and collected rocks and shells everywhere she went. She loves nature and appreciates the variety of interesting gemstones that are found all over the world!
Hana is a Candidate Member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA), a member of Association for the Study of Jewelry and the Related Arts (ASJRA) and Gem X. She spends her free time at museums, hiking on trails around Michigan and playing tennis. Hana is grateful she can combine so many passions in her work-jewelry, watches and objects, natural stones and gemstones, and digging deeper to discover the history and context behind them.
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
appraiser / publications contributor
Hana Thomson,
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
Appraiser
Hana Thomson,
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
appraiser / publications contributor
wendy Dych
isa am
President/CEO
KELLY KNOLL, ISA CAPP
KELLY KNOLL,
ISA CAPP
support staff/admin
jane hunyady
business management education
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
Appraiser
wendy Dych, isa am
Certified Personal Property Appraiser
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
CONTINUING EDUCATION
view more
Museum, Corporate, University & Private Client Services
• Insurance Coverage
• Damage Claims
• Charitable Donations
• Tax Deductible Gifts
• Divorce Settlements
• Equitable Distribution & Dissolution
• Estate, Will & Trust Planning
• Estate Evaluations
• Estate Probate & Tax
• Resale Function
• Expert Witness & Litigation Support
• Investment Evaluations
• Appraisal Review
• Consultation Services
APPRAISAL SERVICES
Fine Art / Decorative Art
• Original Paintings
• Drawings
• Engraving and Etching
• Contemporary Fine Art Prints
Sculpture
• Bronze
• Mixed Media
• Ceramics/Stoneware/Pottery
Art Glass
• Hand Blown
• Molded/Slumped
• Stained/Etched
Frames
• European/Continental
• Antique
• Custom
Jewelry
• Estate
• Modern
• Designer/Custom
Antiques - Vintage
• Museum Quality Furniture
• Mid-Century Furniture, Lighting, & Accessories
Categories We Do NOT Appraise or are Selective
• Silver/China/Collectables - Selective
• Artifacts - Selective
• Asian Arts - Selective
• Photography - Selective
• Oriental Rugs
• Sports Memorabilia
• Musical Instruments
• Guns and Weaponry
• Wine
• Coins/Currency
AREAS OF EXPERTISE (15th – 21st Century)
ISA CAPP
view more
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
- 2021 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
- 2021, 2019, 2017, 2015, 2013 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
- 2011 – Fifteen (15) hour qualification course
- Review Committee for CAPP (certified appraiser of personal property) candidates
- ISA Blog - Article Writing for Publication
- 2021 – CAPP 5-year re-qualification course
- 2015 – Achieved “Certified Appraiser of Personal Property” accreditation (CAPP)
- 2012 – Achieved “Accredited Membership” accreditation (AM)
- 2011 – Achieved “Membership” accreditation (ISA)
- Review of monthly education updates and online webinars
- CAPP accreditation achieved after required ISA training classes, educational testing, proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry, proof of specified hours spent obtaining professional development credits (teaching, educational classes, research endeavors), and submission of broad evidence report to be critiqued by three (3) ISA certified members
- AM accreditation achieved after required ISA training classes, educational testing, proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry, and proof of specified hours spent obtaining professional development credits (teaching, educational classes, research endeavors)
- ISA accreditation achieved after required ISA core course training classes, educational testing, and proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry
Continuing education
ISA – International Society of Appraisers
USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
COMMITTEES, BOARD INVOLVEMENT & VOLUNTEER WORK
ISA – International Society of Appraisers
PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATIONS
UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS
- Ongoing public speaking and art related presentations (5-10 per year)
- Named Appraiser for the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service
- Named Appraiser for U.S. Bankruptcy Court
- Lead Appraiser in IRS litigation and seizer of an 1896 Fresnel Lighthouse lens
- Lead Appraiser in over five hundred plus (500+) charitable donation appraisals
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
- ISA - International Society of Appraisers, Certified Personal Property Appraiser
- TAF -The Appraisal Foundation, IAF, Certified Personal Property Appraiser
- USPAP - Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
- DCA - Diamond Council of America, Gemology and Diamontology
- Heritage Appraisals, LLC - President/CEO (2011-present)
- Gallery Director/Curator - Art Leaders Gallery, West Bloomfield, MI (2005–2014)
- Jewelry Retail Management - Jared the Galleria of Jewelry (2000–2005)
- Universal Life Church – Ordained Ministry
- University - Art History, Valuation Theory
EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
view more
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
LEAD APPRAISER - SELECTED SPECIAL PROJECTS
- City of Sterling Heights monumental sculpture collection
- Tapper’s Garden – large collection of monumental sculptures over 3-acre landscape
- Clement Meadmore monumental bronze outdoor sculpture
- Henry Moore monumental bronze sculpture
- Frederick Remington original sculptures
- Marshall Fredericks’ original sculpture and rare works collection
- Dale Chihuly monumental installation
- Contemporary masters’ original and rare limited editions (ex. Joan Mitchell, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler
- Romare Howard Bearden, Milton Avery, George Grosz, Reginald Marsh, Charles Ephraim Burchafield, Pablo Picasso, Mary Cassatt, Jean Dufy, O.E. Berninghaus, John Twachtman, Joan Miro, John Marin, Ben Shahn, Lyonel Feininger, James Whistler, etc.)
- Prominent collections by renowned mid-century and contemporary artists’ artworks, furniture, and lighting (ex. Sam Francis, Picasso, Matisse, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, Lynda Benglis, Lichtenstein, Motherwell, Yunkers, Jun Kineko, AkioTakmori, Armen, Charles and Ray Eames, Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Henry Moore, Herman Miller, Poul Henningsen, etc.)
- Renown African American artists’ original and rare limited editions (ex. Hughie Lee-Smith, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Gilda Snowden, Richard Mayhe, Charles McGee, etc.)
- Renown Polish artists’ originals (ex. Jacek Malczweski, Wlastimil Hofman, and Marcin Samlicki)
- Large collection of original Disney animation artwork
- Cranbrook; selected items donated to the Saarinen House from the Saarinen family
- Cranbrook; various Cranbrook noted artists, resident, and professor works in pottery, sculpture, and metalsmithing
- Large collection of 2nd century B.C – 4th century A.D. ancient Roman glassworks
- Discovery of Diego Rivera forgery sold as authentic
- Painting attributed to Giulio Pippi, Italian (1499-1546), pupil of Raphael
- Portrait appraisal involving the Lindbergh children (ref. Lindbergh kidnapping)
- Original “Titanic” movie-prop memorabilia
- Estate artwork collection of cartoonist/author, Ken Muse, American (1925-2010)
- Large estate collection of 18th century Chinese Export porcelains
- Historical Native American pottery and artifact from the Hopi and Acoma Tribes and monumental sculptures from various noted Inuit Indian artists
- IFAR Authentication process coordinator of Jackson Pollock, American (1912-1956)
- Authentication process coordinator of Robert Henri, American (1865-1929)
- Authentication process coordinator and coordination with Sotheby’s New York of a Chinese Qing Dynasty, Yongzheng period (1723-1735) Imperial Famille Rose porcelain charger
- Many significant jewelry collections featuring various noted/rare diamonds, gemstones and timepieces, some having royal, celebrity and/or historical origins
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
SELECTED MUSEUM, CORPORATE AND UNIVERSITY CLIENTELE
- Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
- Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, MI
- Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI
- Arts Council Greater Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI
- Walter P. Chrysler Museum, Auburn Hills, MI
- Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
- University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, Ann Arbor, MI
- Henry Ford College, Dearborn, MI
- Gwen Frostic Museum, Benzonia, MI
- Prism Art Group, National Franchise – Multiple Locations Serviced
- Compuware Corporation, Detroit, MI
- Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI
- Beaumont Health Systems, Royal Oak, MI
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
- Hylant Group Inc., Toledo, OH
- Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
- Waterford Bank, Toledo, OH
- Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
- The Stroh Companies, Inc., MI
- Campbell Ewald, Detroit, MI
- FKA Brands and the Homedics Company, MI
- Meadow Brook Hall, Rochester, MI
- Domino’s Farms – Ave Maria Fine Art Gallery, MI
- The City of Sterling Heights, Sterling Heights, MI
- The Chase Group for the Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, National
view more
ISA CAPP (President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
Kelly Knoll
SELECTED ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS
- Finding the Right Appraiser
- What Makes Something Valuable
- Insurance Coverage Appraisals, When and Why You Need One
- Past Vs. Present Appraisal Requirements/Differences
- Authentication vs. Identification
- The Jade Amulet
view more
(President/CEO)
Curriculum Vitae
ISA CAPP
view more
- Valuing Artwork with Condition Issues
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS
- Educational speaker for corporate industry as the fine art expert of their contemporary works collection
- Creation for an ongoing online seminar program of ten (10) education appraisal programs (60 min seminars)
- Guest speaker at the KIG Insurance headquarters regarding appraisal process in coverage and damage claims
- Guest speaker at the Flint Institute of Arts for an ISA member seminar
- Guest speaker for the Rotary Club, Bloomfield Hills Country Club, MI
- Guest speaker for the BNI Business Networking Committee, Birmingham Conference Center, MI
- Guest speaker for the third Sunday Jewish Community Committee, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Hat’s Off to Dr. Seuss” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Pawel Borowski” art glass exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Jerry Soble” sculpture exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Thomas Kinkade” exhibition, West Bloomfield & Novi, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Henry Asencio & Michael Flor” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Masterworks” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Jose Royo” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Frederick Hart” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Viktor Shvaiko and Sam Park” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of the “Salvador Dali” surrealism exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
- Lead curator and director of yearly “Michigan Art Glass Month,” West Bloomfield, MI
- Management and lead coordinator for “Levian” jewelry gala, Utica, Novi, and Auburn Hills, MI
- Management and lead coordinator for the custom design jewelry creation department, Utica, Novi, and Auburn Hills, MI
Education & Professional Training
• ISA – International Society of Appraisers, Accredited Member
• TAF—The Appraisal Foundation, IAF, Accredited Member
• USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
• College – Bachelor of Science, University of Detroit Mercy
Specialties
• Silver
• China
• Collectables
• Household Goods
• Firearms
Services
• Insurance Coverage
• Charitable Donations
• Estate, Will & Trust Planning
• Divorce Settlements
• Equitable Distribution & Dissolution
• Estate Probate & Tax
• Damage Claims
• Identification & Authentication
• Investment Evaluations
• Expert Witness & Litigation Support
• Appraisal Review
ISA AM
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
Wendy dych, ISA AM
Hana Thomson studied Art History at Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania and spent her junior year abroad in Bologna, Italy. She enjoyed identifying different artists and time periods and connecting history with changing taste and design styles. In graduate school at Parsons/Cooper - Hewitt, she continued her studies and focused on jewelry design history from 1850-1950. While in New York, she worked for a jewelry company in the Diamond District, interned at Phillips and Bonhams auction houses and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Hana has spent a lot of time at antique stores, flea markets and trade shows looking for and handling as many interesting and unusual pieces of jewelry she can find and worked at an auction house in Chicago for several years. The thrill of hunting and discovering more information about a piece was what she loved most about working at auction. Access to thousands of pieces of jewelry allowed her to explore and learn new things about jewelry and watches every day.
Hana completed her Graduate Gemology degree from GIA, as well as the Graduate Pearls and Applied Jewelry Professional degrees. She has always had an interest in gems and rocks—she spent summers searching for Petoskey stones on Lake Michigan beaches her whole life and collected rocks and shells everywhere she went. She loves nature and appreciates the variety of interesting gemstones that are found all over the world!
Hana is a Candidate Member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA), a member of Association for the Study of Jewelry and the Related Arts (ASJRA) and Gem X. She spends her free time at museums, hiking on trails around Michigan and playing tennis. Hana is grateful she can combine so many passions in her work-jewelry, watches and objects, natural stones and gemstones, and digging deeper to discover the history and context behind them.
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
ACCREDITED PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISER
appraiser / publications contributor
Hana Thomson,
MA, GIA GG, GP, AJP
