Greg C. Brown, M.S.; MN '09, Fine Art, Antiques, Furnishings + Decorative Arts, Specialty Studies: Asian Art and Antiques; Antiquities; Fossils

Greg C. Brown & Associates, Inc., Personal Property Appraisals

National and International Service Area and Clientele

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Universitas Curriculum Vitae

Gregory C. Brown, M.S.; ISA AM

Personal Details

Businesses: Greg C. Brown & Associates, Inc.

Greg C. Brown Fine Art and Antiques Brokerage, Inc.

Email: gregcbrownassociates@gmail.com

Introduction

Going back at least four generations, I was born into a family of anthropologists, archaeologists, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists. This seemingly genetic predisposition to antiquity, business, charity, and science led me to academic pursuits and research in astrophysics, cosmology, comparative anthropology, ethnography, fine and studio arts, geology, history, marine zoology (inter-species communications between man and dolphin), Paleontology, and physics. Subsequently, I enjoy discovering truth and communal enlightenment through research and continue to develop knowledge through academic pursuits and hands-on experience with art and artifacts from around the world. I have done business and appraisals across the U.S and Internationally. My world-wide travels and field work have included spending time with curators, indigenous peoples, and spiritual elders of societies that have maintained direct connections with their ancient symbolic and cultural roots. These travels and interactions provide me with a unique perspective and a heightened ability to differentiate authentic items from reproductions and fakes during appraisal, brokering and consultation work. Through this work, I have developed a worldwide network of experts to collaborate with.

I have successfully completed all of the requirements for and have been awarded the designation of being an International Society of Appraisers Accredited Member (ISA AM). I have successfully completed the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) 5-year Re-qualification Course as well as the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) 7-Hour re-qualification (three times, most recently February 13, 2018) and the 15-hour USPAP course and examination, the Congressionally-recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation, through a joint offering of New York University (NYU) and the Appraisers Association of America (AAA). I have successfully completed the ISA Core Course in Appraisal Studies and examination, as well as the ISA Asian Art I (twice), II & III courses, and the ISA Antiques and Residential Contents course (ARC) and examination. I also successfully completed the Personal Property Appraisal course and examination and was awarded the designation of Certified Personal Property Appraiser by the Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA) in 2005. I have enrolled in art, antiques, Asian art, and personal property appraisal courses and webinars through: the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS); the ISA; the AAA; and the Appraisal Society of America (ASA), the ISA, AAA and ASA are considered to be the three legitimate appraisal organizations in the United States.

Highlights

In June, 2019, I was highly honored and humbled to be the first in my family in 4 generations (on my maternal side) to visit remote locations in Peru, walk to nearly 15,000 feet, and specifically, visit Machu Picchu, where my Great-grandmother and Great Grandfather were invited by Hiram Bingham to spend part of their honeymoon in 1911, not long after he “re-discovered” the location. However, I had my best antique discovery to date in 2018, unbeknownst to my clients, who thought their property was worth “only” about $15,000.00. However, I recognized their sculpture to be an exceptional Yongle Emperor (1402-1424, Ming dynasty) mark and period, gilt-bronze Buddhist sculpture of Manjushri, which I coordinated the sale of at Sotheby's for them, estimating it may sell for more than $1,250,000.00. It sold for $1,335,000.00 (Sotheby's Luminous Ming, Asia Week Sale, March 20, 2018, Lot 107), making them instant millionaires! I also had the great honor and privileged of being contracted through AECOM/Amentum, for a case for our United States Department of Home Land Security and United States Customs and Border Protection Services, to work on a huge collection of Asian art and antiques that had allegedly been imported illegally into the United States. Another great privileged came when asked to appraiser a nearly intact full Columbian mammoth tusk that was found at a building site in Seattle in 2015. Again, I was honored to assist a colleague in appraising a nearly complete skeleton of an extinct Ursus spelaeus (Cave Bear) specimen from the Pleistocene era. Another great honor was being hired by world renown admiralty lawyer Peter Hess, Esq. (permission given to disclose) as a consultant to him on proper professional appraisal practices for the RMS Titanic artifacts federal court case in 2009. I have worked on a full sized mockup of one of our NASA Mars Landers after being contacted (confidentiality upheld) by the family of a man directly involved in the program. Another humbling honor has been collaborating with a colleague who needed help appraising a remarkable collection of NASA Manned Space Flight items mainly from the from the Apollo and Apollo/Skylab/Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) period, and the Gemini - Apollo cross over period. This included: an Apollo program extra-vehicular (EV) A7LB PGA spacesuit; Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Alan Bean's Apollo 12 “Training III” A7L EV, pressure assembly “bubble” helmet; Apollo Lunar/Command Module EVA spacesuit helmet protector shield; A pair of William Anders', Apollo 8's Command/Service Module Pilot (C/SMP), training/back-up A7L gloves; A very rare Apollo LEVA helmet, gloves and EMU maintenance kit stowage container assembly (bag) for Neutral Buoyancy (underwater) Training; A prototype Morton Thiokol C-1 Reaction Control System (RCS) R-4D rocket for the Saturn IB and Saturn V Launch vehicleSystem's Lunar Excursion Module (LEM)/Command/Service Module (C/SM); a Rocketdyne J-2 Saturn IB and Saturn V Launch vehicle, used for the Saturn V's S-II second stage, and S-IVB upper stage; and most humbly, an Apollo 15 collected moon rock. Most recently, I was humbled to appraise an Ansel Adams, large-format image of Half Dome, dated to no later than 1955, or earlier, for more than $250,000.00.

I am a member of The Explorers Club, a world renown professional non-profit exploration organization whose members include such famous names as; Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Amelia Earhart, Sir Edmund Hillary, Thor Hyerdahl, Robert Falcon Scott and James Cameron, among others.

In 2012, I was given a personal invitation by the world renown art and antiques expert, Mr. Lark Mason, of Sothebys and Antiques Roadshow fame, to become one of his esteemed Associates at iGavel auctions of New York and Texas, to auction items through his auction company any time I choose. I have also been asked for expert assistance numerous times for the TV show, American Pickers, on the History Channel.

Brief highlights of artists and projects worked on

A partial list of artists works worked on: Ang Kiukok (Filipino Figurative Expressive Painter); Ansel Adams (American Photographer); Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino Landscape and Portrait Painter); T.C. Cannon (Native American Muralist and Western Ukiyo-e (Japanese Woodblock) Print Maker of Contemporary Southern Plains Native American Art); Marc Chagall (European Early Modernist Artist); Chu Teh-Chun (Traditional Chinese + Abstract Expressionist Art); Chuang Che (Traditional Chinese + Abstract Expressionist Art); Edward Curtis (Early American Western Photography); Ando Hiroshige (Japanese Ukiyo-e Printmaker); Louis Justin Laurent Icart (French Art Deco Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker); Robert Kakaygeesick Jr. (Ojibwa/Chippewa Native American Contemporary Art); Robert Kipniss (Contemporary American Painter and Printmaker); Les Kuba (American Wildlife Art); Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese Ukiyo-e Printmaker and Painter); Giacomo Manzu (Italian modern sculptor); I Nyoman Masriadi (Indonesian Post-Suharto Era painter); Chiura Obata (Japanese American WWII Internment Camp Artist, Mixture of Western and Traditional Sumi-e (ink) Painting and Ukiyo-e + Contemporary American Art); Pablo Picasso (European Traditional, Abstract, Cubist, Modernist Painter, Sculptor, Printmaker and Ceramicist); Fredrick Remington (American Western Illustrator, Painter and Sculptor); Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French Impressionist artist, one of the fathers of Impressionism); François Auguste René Rodin (French modern sculptor and painter); Charles M. Russell (American Western Illustrator, Painter and Sculptor); Richard Throssel (Early Native American Cree Reservation Photographer); Salvador Dali (Spanish surrealist Filmmaker, Jeweler, Painter, Photographer, Printmaker, Sculptor); (Andy Warhol (American Pop Artist); Edward Weston (American Photographer); Xu Beihong (Chinese Traditional and Modern Painter); Hiroshi Yoshida (20^th century Japanese Painter and Shin-Hanga (New-Prints) Woodblock Print Maker); among others. Other items I have been privileged to work on include such things as: A case with AECOM/Amentum for our U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection of approximately 800 pieces of Chinese modern and antique porcelain and art pieces. An intact full Mammoth tusk found at a Washington State construction site; Doris Wiener provenance Chinese Ming dynasty Yongli (r. 1623-1662) mark and period gilded bronze Manjushri (subsequently sold through Sotheby's for $1,335,000.00); RMS Titanic artifact appraisal review for the 2009 Federal Court Case; Pacific Northwest Coastal First Nations/Native American collection; A full sized mockup of one of our NASA Mars Landers. Important Lakota/Dakota/Nakota/Sioux collection; Mimbres River Culture collection; WWII-era copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender; museum artifacts, pro bono assistance on items for such organizations as the Seattle Children's Hospital's Bainbridge Island Bargain Boutique, and the Bainbridge Island Rotary Club Auction. I have dealt with many items falling under CITES, the U.S. Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act, including Walrus, Sperm whale, Asian, African, Mastodon and Mammoth ivory, as well as various animal and avian mounts, pelts and parts.

Alphabetical list of countries/territories/states whose items I have worked on (*designates countries/states/territories I have spent time in).

Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria*, Bangladesh, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, British Virgin Islands*, Bulgaria, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada*, China*, Democratic Republic of the Congo/Zaire, Cote d'Ivoire, Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, Egypt, East Germany*, Ethiopia, Fiji*, France*, Georgia, Germany*, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong*, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy*, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Korea*, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Macedonia, Malaysia*, Mali, Malta, Mexico*, Mongolia*, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, North Korea, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan/Gandhara, Papua New Guinea, Peru*, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico*, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Sierra Leone, Singapore*, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain*, Sri Lanka/Ceylon, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand/Siam*, Tibet, Tonga*, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom*, Vietnam, U.S. Virgin Islands*, Zimbabwe, United States of America* (35 states including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington D.C., Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming).

Career History

2022-2027: ISA Re-Qualification Course 5-Years, passed.

2020-2022: USPAP 7-Hour Re-qualification Course, passed.

2018-2019: USPAP 7-Hour Re-qualification Course, passed.

2017-2023: ISA 5-year Re-qualification Course, passed.

2017: Organizer of ISA Lewis and Clark Chapter Seminar, “Endangered Species, What Every Person Should Know: A presentation by US Fish and Wildlife Agent Eric Marek and Washington State Fish and Wildlife Detective Lauren Wendt.”

2016-2017: USPAP 7-Hour Re-qualification Course, passed.

2016: President, Washington State, Lewis & Clark Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers.

2014-2015: USPAP 7-Hour Re-qualification Course, passed.

2014-present: ISA Accredited Member (ISA AM).

2013-2014: Board member, Northwind Art Alliance/Center, Port Townsend, WA.

2012-present: Personally invited Associate of Mr. Lark Mason and iGavel auctions.

2012-present: International Society of Appraisers (ISA) Member.

2012-2014: USPAP 15-Hour course and examination passed.

2011: Awarded Masters Of Science, Mongolian History, Chinggis Khaan University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (graduated number one in the graduate school class).

2013-present: Greg C. Brown & Associates (appraisals, brokering and consulting of fine art and antiques as well as other fine personal property).

2005-2013: Certified Appraiser, Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA).

2000-2013: Owner of Asian Elegance, Inc., a direct importing company of fine Asian art and antiques. Gallery owned and operated from August 2001 - December 2006.

1997-2013: Owner of BroCo., Incorporated.

1996-1998: Curator of Paleontology, University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History, Minnesota Geological Survey and University of Minnesota Graduate School.

1996-1998: Minnesota State Paleontologist, Minnesota Geological Survey and University of Minnesota Graduate School.

1996-1998: Master of Science Graduate School training in Geology and Paleontology.

1993: Accepted into the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology Honors Program.

1991-1993: High Energy Physics research assistant.

1990: 1 quarter, Teaching assistant, Color Theory, Studio Arts, College of Liberal Arts.

December 1997 to Present: Appraiser of Personal Property, BroCo. Inc. (1997-2013), Asian Elegance (2001-2013), and Greg C. Brown & Associates, Inc. (2013-present).

The market focus was Asian art and antiques, as well as fossils and fine art prints, and performing personal property appraisals throughout North America. Handled all sales, budgeting, advertising, research and report preparations and brokering.

-Brokered various art and antique items for private clients.

-Performed appraisals of personal property for nonprofit and for-profit assignments.

-2012, consulted with the National Museum of Mongolia on items in their main collection.

-2012, Founding Member of the International Institute of Chinggis Khaan Studies.

-2011, attended short course at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies.

-2009, hired as a consultant by admiralty attorney Peter Hess, Esq. (permission to disclose given) representing the RMS Titanic artifacts federal court case.

December 2000 to 2006: Direct Importer of Fine Asian Art and Antiques, Asian Elegance/ BroCo., Inc.

The market focus was in directly importing Asian art and antiques to Minnesota for sales at my retail gallery, which was open from August 2001 through December 2006. Locations at “50^th and France” and Wayzata, MN. I have relocated to Seattle, WA and am considering opening a new venue in the Pacific Northwest. Handled all purchasing, shipping, sales, budgeting and advertising.

-In charge of all Importation of full container loads, generally 40', into the US multiple times per year, advertising, budgeting, and book keeping.

-Despite the difficult time for opening, kept the gallery running in the black each year.

-Conducted all field and store identifications and verifications.

Qualifications

-2020-2021: ISA, successfully completed the 7-Hour USPAP Re-qualification Course.

-2018-2019: ISA, successfully completed the 7-Hour USPAP Re-qualification Course.

-2017-2022: ISA, successfully completed the ISA 5-year Re-qualification Course.

-2016-2017: Appraisers Association of America (AAA), successfully completed the USPAP 7-Hour re-qualification course.

-2014-2015: Appraisers Association of America (AAA)/New York University (NYU), successfully completed the USPAP 7-Hour re-qualification course.

-2015: ASA, successfully completed the ASA Alaska Native Art: Artifacts to Contemporary Craft course.

-2015: ISA, successfully completed the ISA Asian Art I (second time) & III courses.

-2014: Awarded the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) Accredited Member Designation (AM).

-2013: ISA, successfully completed the ISA Antiques and Residential Contents course and examination.

-2013: ISA, successfully completed the ISA Asian Art I & II courses.

-2012-2014: Appraisers Association of America (AAA)/New York University (NYU), successfully completed the 15-Hour Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP) course and examination.

-2012: ISA, successfully completed the ISA Core Course in Appraisal Studies and examination and awarded ISA Member status.

-2005: Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA), successfully completed the CAGA Certified Personal Property Appraiser course and examination.

-Further details, see “Continuing Education,” below.

Education

-2011: Master of Science, Mongolian History, Chinggis Khaan University, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

-1996-1998: Graduate School, Geology and Paleontology, University of Minnesota.

-1993: IT Honors Program, Physics, University of Minnesota.

-1990: Bachelor of Arts, Studio Arts, University of Minnesota.

-1972-1983: The Blake College Preparatory School, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Professional Memberships

-United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, 2021-present.

-NOAA and Port Townsend Marine Science Center Trained, Marine Mammal Stranding Network Responder, 2021-present.

-WA, Lewis and Clark Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers, 2015-present.

-Seattle Art Museum/Seattle Asian Art Museum, 2014-present.

-International Society of Appraisers, 2012-present.

-American Center for Mongolian Studies, 2012-present.

-Minnesota Science Museum, 2010-2012.

-Explorers Club, 2009-present.

-Certified Appraisers Guild of America, 2005-2014.

-Friends of the Library, University of Minnesota, 2005-2012.

-Minnesota Antique Dealers Association, 2001-2013.

-Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2001-2012.

-Asian Arts Curatorial Council, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2001-2010.

Professional Designations

-- United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, impending training to be Marine Safety and Environmental Protection (FSO-MS) contact at Flotilla 41, starting in 2023 (CoVid issues and restriction caused the training to be put off last year).

-United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Member, 2021-present.

-NOAA and Port Townsend Marine Science Center Trained, Marine Mammal Stranding Network Responder, 2021-present.

-President, WA, Lewis and Clark Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers, 2018 – 2020/2016-Interim President.

-Accredited Member, International Society of Appraisers, 2014-present.

-Board member, Northwind Art Center, Port Townsend, WA, 2013-2014.

-Associate, Lark Mason & Associates and iGavel Auctions, 2012-present.

-Finalist, Rolex Awards for Enterprise, 2012.

-Co-founder, The International Institute for Chinggis Khaan Studies, February, 2012.

-Explorers Club Flag Honor Award winner (Flag 74) and Double Expedition Leader, Mongolia, January-May 2012.

-Explorers Club Expedition Leader, Mongolia, February- June 2011.

-Visiting Scholar, State Central Library, Mongolia, 2011-present.

-National Member, The Explorers Club, 2009-present.

-Certified Appraiser of Personal Property, Certified Appraisers Guild of America, 2005.

-(Former) State Paleontologist, Minnesota Geological Survey/University of MN Graduate School.

-(Former) Curator of Paleontology, Bell Museum of Natural History/MN Geological Survey/U of MN Grad School.

Continuing Education, Exhibits and Highlights (courses unrelated to my specialties listed at the end)

-2012 – Present: Continuing Education with the International Society of Appraisers (ISA), the Appraisers Association of America (AAA), the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and other Educational Institutions.

-2022: Know the Numbers, by Diane Marvin, ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2022: The Six: What Titanic's Chinese Passengers Reveal; Honoring the 110^th Anniversary of the Sinking of the Titanic, by Steven Schwankert FI'05, April 11, 2022, The Explorers Club Lecture Series.

-2022: Intentional Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Assets 2022, including the following seminars:

-2021: Intentional Society of Appraisers Annual Conference, Assets 2021, including the following seminars:

-Changing Role of the Auction Business.

-CIA's Not-So-Secrete Art Collection: The Washington Color School.

-The Dealer's Perspective: Brown Wood and War Stories.

-Gems and Jewelry, What You Think You Know About Jewelry Appraising Could Be Wrong!

-The Role of Engagement Agreements in Marketing Strategy for Your Practice.

-Art Market Shifts in 2020/2021.

-Mid-Century Modern Furniture: How to Spot the Knockoffs.

-Gems and Jewelry, The History and Jewelry of Buccellati.

-Impact of New Technologies on the Art World (NTFs).

-Pop Culture Confidential – Common Mistakes Exposed!

-The Afterlife of Sculptures: Differences Between Lifetime and Posthumous Casts.

-Evaluating a Private Library: Introductory Tools and Methods.

-Gems and Jewelry, The Glitter & The Gold: Newark as the King of Jewelry.

-With Eyes Opened: A History of Cranbrook Academy of Art.

-African-American Art: The Emerging Market.

-Asset Collecting for African American Civil War to Civil Rights Exhibits.

-Gems and Jewelry, The Minefield of Vintage Rolex.

-2021: "The Gazer, the Gazed & the Space in Between: Does Art Have a Gender?” Panelists
Tasneem Zakaria Mehta, Managing Trustee & Director, Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum
Rekha Rodwittiya, Prominent Indian Artist, Feminist, Educator and Curator Saloni Doshi, Art Patron & Collector, Space118 Kishore Singh, DAG (moderator), DAG (Digital Art Series) as Part of the “Gaze in Indian Art Series, Webinar.

-2021: Ink Plumbs on the Stone Moat: Two Yuan Dynasty Paintings from the Chinese Imperial Collection, by Stephen D. Allee, Associate Curator for Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, First Lecture in the Series, Sneak Peek: New Research from the Freer and Sackler, The Smithsonian Institution's Asian Art Museum, Webinar.

-2020: Later Japanese Ceramics, by Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2020: Cobalt Blue: The Origins, Evolution and Legacy of Chinese Blue and White Porcelain, by Susan Lahey, M.A., ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2020: The History of Jade, by Lark Mason, AAA, AAA Webinar.

-2020: Appearances can be Deceiving: Identifying Black & White Photography, by Scott W. Hale ISA AM, ISA Webinar.

-2020: Norman Rockwell (1894 – 1978), Leading the way for Illustration Art in its Return to Fine Art in the Market, by Lisa J. Garcia, ISA CAPP. ISA Webinar.

-2020: Pennsylvania Dutch Fraktur, by Candace K. Perry, Curator of Collections of the Schwenkfelder Library & Heritage Center, PA. ISA Webinar.

-2020: American Furniture 101, by Michael Logan, ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2019: Identifying Heroes in Asian Art, by Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2019: Appraising Pablo Picasso, by Tony Pernicone, ISA AM; ASA. ISA Webinar.

-2019: Appraising Antiquities Today: What You Need to Know, by Sue McGovern-Huffman, ISA AM. ISA Webinar.

-2019: Nihonto ~ How to Look at Japanese Swords, by Chris Dugan, ISA AM. ISA Webinar.

-2019: Chinese Export Silver, by Kirsten Smolensky, JD, ISA CAPP. ISA Webinar.

-2019: American Furniture101, Period Furniture, by Michael Logan, ISA CAPP. ISA Webinar.

-2018-2019: ISA, successfully completed the USPAP 7-Hour Re-qualification Course.

-2018: Appraising Chinese Jade Carvings, by Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2018: When it's not a masterpiece: evaluating comparables in the middle market, by Steve Roach, JD, ISA CAPP. ISA webinar.

-2018: “Northwest Design at Mid-Century.” Presented by David Martin, Curator, Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, Washington.

-2018: “Mid-Century Modern: Presidents And Regional Influences.” Lecture by Brian Crowley, Edmonds City Hall, Presented by Historic Seattle, Docomoco and the Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, Washington.

-2016-2017: Appraisers Association of America (AAA)/New York University (NYU), successfully completed the USPAP 7-Hour re-qualification course.

-2017: Coordinator, ISA Lewis and Clark Chapter Seminar, “Endangered Species, What Every Person Should Know: A presentation by US Fish and Wildlife Agent Eric Marek and Washington State Fish and Wildlife Detective Lauren Wendt.”

- 2017: “Unlocking the Value of Art Assets.” Presented by Madelaine D'Angelo, Arthena, New York, N.Y.

- 2017: “Abstractions in Wood,” Solo Exhibition by Alan New, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Bainbridge Island, WA.

- 2017: “Weaving the Dream,” Solo Exhibition by Annette Fourbears, Bainbridge Island Art Museum, Bainbridge Island, WA.

-2016: “Hand Made In Camp: What We Couldn't Carry: An Exhibit of Items of Daily Necessity, Crafted by Incarcerated Japanese Americans During WWII.” White River Valley Museum, Auburn, WA.

-2016: “Double Realities: The Complex Lives of Ancient Khmer Statuary.” Presented by Prof. Ashely Thompson, University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, “Inaugural Lecture Series at SOAS,” May 6, 2016, London, England. SOAS online archive.

-2014-2015: AAA/NYU, successfully completed the USPAP 7-Hour re-qualification course.

-2015: ASA, successfully completed the ASA Alaska Native Art: Artifacts to Contemporary Craft course webinar.

-2015: Private ISA tour of the Art Institute of Chicago, Asian Ceramic Collection.

-2015: Asian Art III, Asian Ceramics, Susan Lahey, M.A., ISA AM, ISA course, Naperville, IL.

-2015: Asian Art I Japanese Prints, Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA, CAPP, ISA course, Naperville, IL

-2015: “Supernatural Themes in Manju Netsuke from the Ashmolean Museum.” Presented by Joyce Seamn, Research Associate, Japanese Department, Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. Asian Art in Brussels 2014, lecture series, Brussels, Belgium, webinar.

-2015: “Hokusai's - The Great Wave Off Kanagawa”, an episode of the BBC Documentary Series, The Private Life of a Masterpiece, originally broadcast on Saturday, April 26, 2008.

-2014: Good Better Best Appraiser Workshop, Jane Brennom, ISA CAPP and Todd Sigety, ISA CAPP, Appraiser Workshops, Alexandria, VA.

-2013: Mysteries of the Osireion: Underwater Archeology in the Desert (Egypt), Jim Westerman, lead investigator, Joint Explorers Club and Adventures Club Event, Chicago, IL.

-2013: Antiques and Residential Contents course, Leon Castner, Ph.D., ISA CAPP; Michael Logan, ISA CAPP; Valerie Hale, ISA CAPP, ISA course, Naperville, IL.

-2013: Asian Art II, Asian Paintings and Screens, Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA, CAPP, ISA course, Naperville, IL. Covered Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other Asian Screens.

-2013: Asian Art I Japanese Prints, Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA, CAPP, ISA course, Naperville, IL.

-2013: Lecture 4A, Tang Dynasty Figure Painting. A Pure and Remote View: Visualizing Early Chinese Landscape Painting. A Lecture Series with James Cahill, online lecture series.

-2013: Lecture 3, Six Dynasties Painting and Pictorial Design. A Pure and Remote View: Visualizing Early Chinese Landscape Painting. A Lecture Series with James Cahill, online lecture series.

-2013: Lecture 2, Han Painting and Pictorial Designs. A Pure and Remote View: Visualizing Early Chinese Landscape Painting. A Lecture Series with James Cahill, online lecture series.

-2013: Lecture 1, Introduction and Pre-Han Pictorial Art. A Pure and Remote View: Visualizing Early Chinese Landscape Painting. A Lecture Series with James Cahill, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley. Presented by the Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley in association with the Tang Research Foundation and Chatterbox Films, online lecture series.

-2013: Home Furnishings and Accessories Currently Being Produced and Retailed – Where are They Coming From? What are They Made of? Etc., by Jeff Baker. ISA webinar (Retaken for review, Dec 11, 2020).

-2013: Together Again: Nuxalk Faces of the Sky, Native American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Members Art History Lecture Series, Seattle, WA.

-2012: Problems in Asian Art, ASA lecture, Robert Waterhouse, Salmagundi Art Club, New York, NY.

-2012: China's Terracotta Warriors, The First Emperor's Legacy, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-2012: Appraising Outliers at the High-End of the Art Market: Four Rare Portraits by Gilbert Stuart What I Didn't Know I Didn't Know, Cindy Charleston Rosenberg, ISA webinar.

-2012: Chinese Jades: Values and Power, Susan Lahey, ISA webinar (Retaken for review Aug. 26, 2020).

-2012: Chinese Porcelain Mania, Part II, Export Porcelain, Susan Lahey, ISA webinar.

-2012: Chinese Porcelain Mania, Part I, Susan Lahey, ISA webinar (Retaken for review, Dec 11, 2020).

-2012: Rembrandt in America, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-2012: Real Pirates, National Geographic Society and the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-2011: “Japanese 'Samurai' Swords,” private lessons from Jon Straub, NBTHK (Nihon Bijitsu Token Hoson Kyokai/The Society for the preservation of the Japan Art Sword), JSSUS (The Japanese Sword Society of the United States), Japanese Sword & Oriental Antiques, Co. Shakopee, MN.

-2011: “Journey Through the After Life, Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead,” British Museum, London, UK.

-2011: Diploma in Asian Art Program short course, “Early Empires of the Silk Road,” University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK.

-2011: “Egypt Past and Present,” Zahi Hawass Lecture, National Geographic Society and the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-2011: “Tutankhamun, The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs,” National Geographic Society and the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-2010: “The World of Khubilai Khan: Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty,” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY.

-2010: “The Art of the Native Americans, The Thaw Collection,” Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-2010: Members Only Lecture, “Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins,” Donald Johanson, The Explorers Club, New York, NY.

-2010: Explorers Club Annual Dinner Lecture, “Super Aviator and Orcasub Submersibles, the Exciting Future of Manned Undersea Exploration,” Dr. Alfred McLaren, USN Capt., Ret.

-2009: Art of Wizardry: The Conjured Realms of Sesson Shukei, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-2001-2010: Multiple Asian Arts Curatorial Council member seminars, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-2001: “Monet,” Minneapolis, Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-1999: Invited guest, to consider doing a Ph.D. in Paleontology, of Beijing University and the China University of Geosciences.

-1989: Guest at a private meeting with Dr. Stephan Hawking and Dr. Keith Olive, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota.

-1989: “Imaginary Time,” Dr. Stephan Hawking Lecture, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota.

-1989: “The Challenge in Particle Physics” and “Charged Dark Matter,” Dr. Sheldon L. Glashow, Nobel Laureate, 9^th Abigail and John Van Vleck Lecture, Institute of Technology, University of Minnesota.

-1980's: Jane Goodall, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-1980's: Pablo Picasso, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

-1978: King Tutankhamun Exhibition, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA.

-1970's: Mary Leakey Seminar, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-1970's: Richard Leakey Seminar, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

-Long term and continuing: International and National Museum exhibitions while traveling in China, England, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Korea, Mongolia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and many U.S. cities.

-Long term and continuing: Fine art and Asian art exhibits, lectures, seminars and talks, Minneapolis

-Institute of Arts, Seattle Art Museum and Seattle Asian Art Museum.

-Long term: varying exhibits, lectures, seminars and talks, Minnesota Science Museum.

Educational Course Highlights.

Art: Mentor in Asian Art and Antiques as well as general residential contents 2012-present, Lark Mason, Lark Mason & Associates, iGavel, Antiques Roadshow, Sothebys (1979-2003). Mentor/Senior Advisor 1987-2002, Malcolm Myers (1917-2002), University of Minnesota (winner of two Guggenheim Fellowships). Print Making, Intaglio: Studio Art 1510; Watercolor Painting: Studio Arts 3160; Print Making, Intaglio: Studio Arts 3510; Print Making, Lithography: Studio Arts 1520; Sculpture: Studio Arts 1301; Print Making, Lithography: Studio Arts 3520; Drawing I: Studio Arts 1101; Watercolor Painting: Studio Arts 5160X; Color Theory: Studio Arts 1404 (also T.A.ed 1 quarter of Color Theory); Photo Medium: Studio Arts 1701.

Art History: Ancient Art: Art History 3008; 19^th Century Graphic Arts: Art History 3422; Roman Sculpture: Art History 5107.

Asian Studies: Mentor in Asian Art and Antiques 2012-present, Daphne Rosenzweig, Ph.D., ISA CAPP, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL. Mentor/Chinese Master of Calligraphy, Donglong Wang (University of Minnesota). Diploma in Asian Art Program short course, “Early Empires of the Silk Road,” University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. Chinese Calligraphy: East Asian Studies 3001, U of MN; Chinese Poetry in English: Chinese Studies 3161, U of MN; Modern Japanese Literature in English: Japanese Studies 3164, U of MN.

Paleontology, Geology, Anthropology, etc: Mentor, Dr. Leo Laporte (University of California, Santa Cruz). Mentor, Dr. Robert Sloan ((University of Minnesota), who was also my Graduate School Advisor until his retirement). The Fossil Record: Earth Science, 119; Advanced Paleontology, Earth Sciences, 120; Human Origins: Anthropology 1101; Introduction to Paleontology: Geology 5151; Vertebrate Paleontology I: Geology 5154; Vertebrate Paleontology II: Geology 5155; Sedimentology: Geology 5261; Geochronology/Stratigraphy: Geology 5101; Electron Microprobe: Geology 5454; Comparative Animal Physiology: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior 5156; Structural Geology: Geology 5201; Evolution: Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, 5044.

Paleontological Field Work: I examined fossil deposits over a large area of Minnesota. I also conducted four field expeditions in Brown County Minnesota. During one of those expeditions, I discovered a fairly intact 97 million year old turtle from the Mesozoic Era (, dating to the middle Cretaceous period (145.5 – 65.5 Million Years Ago). Turtle skulls are very important in the evolution of vertebrate skulls. In 1984, Under Dr. Leo Laporte of the University of Santa Cruz, I was part of the expedition to retrieve fossilized whale bones outside of Santa Cruz, CA. Also in 1984, With Dr. Laporte, while on a class field trip, I found a fossilized jaw of a reptile-like fish, which appeared to still have soft bone marrow due to its excellent preservation in chalk strata – this was long before such findings were believed in, but I pointed it out to Dr. LaPorte. This is now understood to be possible, and accepted science. As a young boy, I used to find bison bones in the pond behind my family home, which were verified by one of the Curators of Paleontology at the Science Museum of Minnesota, and this is likely where my interest started.

Anthropological, Archaeological, and Ethnographic Field Work: Four years spent with my Lakota Native American friends doing Inipi and Sundance Ceremonies, and learning their traditional lore in Minnesota and South Dakota. As noted elsewhere in this UCV, I have gone on four expeditions, covering more than 9,000 miles (14,000+ km) across the steppe of Mongolia studying their history, archeology, anthropology, the history of Chinggis Khaan, and Mongol-Siberian Shamanism. While there, I participated in many small Shaman ceremonies, as well as their most important, bi-annual Eeg Mod ceremony (Mother Tree, similar to a Native American Sundance ceremony), and spending time with the Ethnic Tsaatan People (traditional Reindeer Herders), learning their traditional lore in order to compare it with traditional Native American Shamanistic lore looking for parallels.

Marine Zoology: 1981, Research Assistant for one month for Dr. John C. Lilly's Human/Dolphin Foundation JANUS project studying Inter-species communication between man and dolphin, Marine World/Africa USA, Redwood City, San Francisco Bay, CA. Duties included: Taking notes on observations of the projects two adult Bottle Nose Dolphin, Rosie and Joe during the language experiments and “down time”; data input; keeping the dolphins company in their tanks; dolphin training sessions; dolphin food preparation and feeding sessions. 1982, Summer-long Research Assistant for Dr. Randell S. Wells' Social Dolphin Project, Long Boat Key, Sarasota, FL. Duties included: Shore/Dock observations, photography, identification and note taking of the local wild dolphin populations; On-water observations, photography, identification and note taking of the local wild dolphin populations; “Lab” work inputing date and notes, as well as identifying and cataloging the individual wild dolphins. 1983, Research Assistant for one month for Dr. Louis Herman, Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory, University of Hawai'i, Manoa Campus. Duties included: Training the dolphins with specific hand signals and electronic signals to “speak” with them in inter-species communication experiments, taking notes on observations of the projects two adult Bottle Nose Dolphin, Akeakamai and Phoenix, during the cognition and language experiments and “down time”; data input; keeping the dolphins company in their tanks; dolphin training sessions; dolphin food preparation and feeding sessions. 1983, assisted Dr. Randell S. Wells at his laboratory at the University of Santa Cruz with his research for his Social Dolphins Project while an undergraduate student at the University of California Santa Cruz. 2021 - present: Marine Mammal Stranding Network/NOAA stranding responder, Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Port Townsend, Washington.

Endangered Species: I have worked on innumerable art, antiques, antiquities and paleontological (fossil) specimens, that are comprised entirely of, or partially of, endangered and extinct species materials. I work with both Federal and State Fish and Wildlife enforcement agencies in doing so, as the International, National and State laws are complex. Therefore I coordinated, and conducted two seminars for our Lewis and Clark Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers on the laws and rules surrounding endangered species under CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora), The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), and the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), among other area that needed to be covered, such as bird feathers, etc... This seminar was open to anyone who dealt with/dealt in/or interacts with endangered or extinct species materials, including appraisers, dealers, auction companies and other professions. The speakers for both seminars included United States Fish and Wildlife Agents, and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Detectives and Staff.

- February, 2020: Interviewed as an endangered species appraisal expert by Debbie Ethell, founder of The KOTA FOUNDATION FOR ELEPHANTS, INC., a nonprofit group focused on saving elephants and other endangered species, for her project she is creating, an educational series of talks dealing with many aspects of Endangered species.

- October 22, 2017: “Endangered Species, What Every Person Should Know II, and update: A presentation by US Fish and Wildlife Agent Eric Marek and Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife Detective Lauren Wendt.”

- October 18, 2015: “Endangered Species, What Every Person Should Know I: A presentation by US Fish and Wildlife Agent Eric Marek and Washington State Fish and Wildlife Detective Lauren Wendt.”

Future Goals

Complete my Certified Appraiser of Personal Property (CAPP) designation with the ISA. Complete my Ph.D. A number of national expeditions and international expeditions in Asia and North America.

Interests

I have a very strong interest in the relationship between the oral traditional stories of the Mongol-Siberian and Native American Shamans. I have spent 4 months during each of the two winters (2011, 2012), and 2 months during the summer of 2007, conducting expeditions on the Mongolian steppe, and researching this topic in Mongolia and the United States. In the Winter of 2012, I was awarded an Explorers Club Flag Award by the Flag and Honors Committee of The Explorers Club for leading my two expeditions into remote locations in Mongolia to observe and participate in traditional Shaman ceremonies, and for documenting the oral traditional stories of the Mongol-Siberian Shamans for four months from January through May. During my three trips to, and five expeditions in Mongolia, I traveled approximately 14,000+ km (more than 9,000 miles), 90+% off-road, to important historic, ceremonial and archaeological sites across the steppe.

I have a deep interest in astrophysics, cosmology and space-time. I am very interested in increasing my skills through increasingly challenging education for my appraisal business. I am also interested in the invention process and the mental skills and insight involved in creation and jumps in scientific thinking and visualization.

Additional Continuing Education, Exhibits and Highlights, less related to my specialties

-2020: Don't Drink and Appraise, An Introduction To Appraising Wine, by Thomas Gallagher, MBA, ISA, ISA Webinar.

-2020: Collecting the Presidents, Especially Lincoln, by Joseph Garrera, M.S., Executive Director of the Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum, Allen Town, PA. ISA Webinar.

-2020: Luxury Watches: From Utilitarian To The Phenomenal, by Darlene Wong, ISA CAPP, ISA Webinar.

-2020:The Fundamentals of Watch Appraising, by Joe J.C. Cohen FNAWCC, ISA Webinar.

-2020: Overview of Book Appraising and Books, by Nicole Richards, ISA CAPP, Lewis and Clark Chapter of the ISA Presentation.

-2020: Books for the Generalist, by Robert A. Hittle, ASA, ISA AM, ISA Webinar.

-2020: Collector Cars: Appraising, The Market and Trends, by Christopher Sanger, AAA, Durant Enterprises. AAA Webinar, originally presented at the National Arts Club, New York City, N.Y.

-2020: Hello Dolly, ISA Intro to Dolls, by Rachel Hoffman, ISA AM, ISA Webinar.

National and International Service Area and Clientele

References Letters Available Upon Request

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Email: gregcbrownassociates@gmail.com / Phone: (612) 386-5858