Kelly Knoll, ISA CAPP, Fine Art, Antiques, Furnishings + Decorative Arts, Gems & Jewelry

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Kelly Knoll
ISA member since Jul 21, 2011

(248) 722-4319 (Office direct)

755 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Suite 2020 (By Appointment Only)
Troy, MI 48084 map

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About

Kelly Knoll, ISA CAPP (President/CEO)

Telephone: (248) 722-4319

Email: HeritageAppraisalsMI@yahoo.com 

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Curriculum Vitae

AREAS OF EXPERTISE (15th – 21st century)

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 and Vintage

• Museum Quality Antique Furniture
• Mid-century Furniture, Lighting, and Accessories 
• Silver/China/Collectables - Selective

Categories We Do NOT Appraise or are Selective

• Silver/Chine/Collectables - Selective
• Artifacts - Selective
• Asian Arts - Selective
• Photography - Selective
• Oriental Rugs
• Sports Memorabilia
• Musical Instruments
• Guns and Weaponry
• Wine
• Coins/Currency

APPRAISAL SERVICES 

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

Heritage Appraisals, LLC (President & CEO)

• Certified Personal Property Appraiser with the International Society of Appraisers, ISA
• Certified  Personal Property Appraiser with The Appraisal Foundation, TAF
• USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice  

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• ISA – International Society of Appraisers, Certified Personal Property Appraiser ISA CAPP
• TAF—The Appraisal Foundation, IAF, Certified Personal Property Appraiser 
• USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice
• DCA – Diamond Council of America, Gemology, and Diamontology
• Universal Life Church – Ordained Ministry
• University - Art History, Valuation Theory

CONTINUING EDUCATION:

ISA – International Society of Appraisers

• 2021 – CAPP 5-year requalification course
• 2015 – Achieved “Certified Appraiser of Personal Property” accreditation (CAPP)
  • 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
• 2012 – Achieved “Accredited Membership” accreditation (AM)
  • 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)
• 2011 – Achieved “Membership” accreditation (ISA)
  • ISA accreditation achieved after required ISA core course training classes, educational testing, and proof of specified hours spent within the appraisal industry
• Review of monthly education updates and online webinars

USPAP – Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

• 2023 - Seven (7) hour requalification course - scheduled December 2023
• 2021 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
• 2019 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
• 2017 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
• 2015 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
• 2013 – Seven (7) hour requalification course
• 2011 – Fifteen (15) hour qualification course

 COMMITTEES, BOARD INVOLVEMENT & VOLUNTEER WORK

ISA – International Society of Appraisers

• Review Committee for CAPP (certified appraiser of personal property) candidates
• ISA Blog - Article Writing for Publication

 PUBLIC SPEAKING AND PRESENTATIONS

• Ongoing public speaking and art related presentations (5-10 per year)

 UNITED STATES FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENTS

• 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

 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
• Art Recovery Technologies, 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
• 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

 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

SELECTED ARTICLES AND PUBLICATIONS

• Finding the Right Appraiser

Synopsis: When you’re looking to have an appraisal conducted, you want to ensure to research and ascertain an appraiser who is qualified and specializes in the personal property you are looking to have appraised.

• What Makes Something Valuable

Synopsis: Public’s interpretation of value, types of values recognized and how a value is derived and selected for an item.

• Insurance Coverage Appraisals, When and Why You Need One

Synopsis: The various reasons why you need an insurance coverage appraisal and key points you need to know.

• Past Vs. Present Appraisal Requirements/Differences

Synopsis: The current versus past appraisal requirements and quality standards.

• Authentication vs. Identification

Synopsis: Definition clarification between the terminology between authentication and identification and how it applies to the appraisal field and client expectation.

• The Jade Amulet

Synopsis: Young adult fiction, fantasy, adventure novel – 2021 pre-publication process

 SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND CURATORIAL EXHIBITIONS

Ongoing

• Educational speaker for corporate industry as the fine art expert of the collection of their contemporary work collection

2019

• Creation for an ongoing online seminar program of ten (10) education appraisal programs (60 min seminars)

2018

• Guest speaker at the KIG Insurance headquarters regarding appraisal process in coverage and damage claims

2017

• Guest speaker at the Flint Institute of Arts for an ISA member seminar

2014

• Guest speaker for the Rotary Club, Bloomfield Hills Country Club, MI

2014

• Guest speaker for the BNI Business Networking Committee, Birmingham Conference Center, MI

2013

• 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

2012

• 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

2011

• 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

2010

• Lead curator and director of the “Jose Royo” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI
• Lead curator and director of the “Frederick Hart” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI

2009

• Lead curator and director of the “Viktor Shvaiko and Sam Park” exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI

2007

• Lead curator and director of the “Salvador Dali” surrealism exhibition, West Bloomfield, MI

2005-2014

• Lead curator and director of yearly “Michigan Art Glass Month,” West Bloomfield, MI

2000-2005

• 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