About Us

GEORGE READ

Harvard graduate, ten years in Europe, ten years as an auctioneer with Sotheby’s, advisor and curator for the US Government, notable estates, and international collectors including; Mrs. Winston F.C. Guest; Mrs. Lee Radziwill; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar de la Renta; Mr. and Mrs. Claus von Bulow; Mrs. Charles B. Wrightsman; Ms. Oprah Winfrey; Mrs. Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; Jack Warner (Warner Brothers); The Art Institute of Chicago; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Fine Arts Committee, United States Department of State; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Recent Lectures
The American Bar Association; The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC; The Fortune 500 Companies National Conference, New Orleans, LA; The Natchez (MS) Antiques Symposium; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC; Longueview Gardens and Museum, New Orleans, LA; Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC; The Decorative Arts Society, Newport, California; The Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL; Phillip Morris International.

Publication and Broadcast
Over 60 published articles on the art and antiques market. Educational presentations, on-air auctions, appearances on Oprah, National Educational Television, PBS, the House and Garden Channel.

BART MULLIN, AAA

University of North Carolina graduate, two years of restoration and conservation training in London, England, four years in New York specializing in coins and precious metals, Appraisers’ Association of America, Inc., Certified Member, Senior Instructor Charleston Antiques Schools, Vice-President The South Carolina Silver Society, Inc. Charleston Museum, Assistant to the Curator of Material History, Appraisals for The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston, SC; The South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC; The Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture, Charleston, SC; City of Charleston, SC; Beaufort County Libraries, Beaufort, SC; Historic Charleston Foundation, Charleston, SC.

Graduate, New York University Appraisal Program in Fine and Decorative Arts, USPAP Certification, Atlanta, GA, 2008-2009, Winterthur Museum, Intensive New England Furniture Study Sessions, Oriental Rug Identification and Valuation Course College of Charleston, Charleston, SC; 19th Century Asian Ceramics Course, Whitehall at the Villa, Chapel Hill, NC.

RUTH WALTON EDWARDS

Columbia University, Master degree from School of Architecture; five years as Adjunct Professor of The College of Charleston’s School of the Arts Historic Preservation program; over a decade at Sotheby’s, including the Sotheby’s Works of Art Training Program and extensive experience in the Estates and Appraisal Department managing estates and collections of the widest breath and scope, administrative expertise in the preparation of appraisals for estate, gift, fair market, and IRS requirements, and coordinator of estate sales.

About Us

GEORGE READ

BART MULLIN, AAA

RUTH WALTON EDWARDS

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