This comprehensive and revealing session with Tommy McPherson of Uncommon Artifacts Estate Services LLC attempts to answer the question “Do I Need an Appraiser?” with his decades of experience and anecdotes from Tommy’s personal journey to appraiser. This session was offered as a part of “Arts & Crafts In August: An Online Celebration” in August 2023.
Owners: Tommy and Beth Ann McPherson
Address: 53167 County Road 21
Stockton, AL 36579
Over 30 years of experience as Appraiser, Dealer, Curator, Author, Academic and Museum Director. Former Director/CEO of The Mobile Museum of Art and the Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms. Significant expertise in American Arts and Crafts, art and studio pottery, cast iron, Dungeons and Dragons and other modern gaming, contemporary collectible toys and various other areas of interest. Co-Owner of Uncommon Artifacts which has been active online and at specialty and large regional antique shows for over 25 years. Co-Author Arthur Wesley Dow and His Influence Upon the Arts and Crafts Movement, Arts and Crafts Press and American Arts and Crafts Textiles, Abrams. Contributor, Gustav Stickley and the Arts and Crafts Movement, Yale and At Home with Gustav Stickley: Arts & Crafts from the Stephen Gray Collection, Wadsworth Atheneum, The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms (first edition), Nall, Alchemy, Generation X: Post Boomers of the South, and more.
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Kate Nixon2024-08-28 19:13:502025-11-12 13:03:03A Live Tour of the Greene & Greene Designed Bungalow: The Thorsen House
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Kate Nixon2024-08-27 15:34:002025-11-12 13:04:24Ruskinian Wealth in Textiles
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Kate Nixon2024-08-27 14:24:092025-11-12 13:05:19Starting An Art Pottery Collection For Under $1,000
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Kate Nixon2024-08-23 19:13:092025-11-12 13:05:35Cross Currents of Arts and Crafts Metalwork
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Kate Nixon2024-08-23 18:40:012025-11-12 13:05:58The Online Researcher’s Guide to Exploring Arts & Crafts Antiques
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Kate Nixon2024-08-23 17:43:182025-11-12 13:06:15The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms: Rebuilding and Restoring an Arts and Crafts Landmark
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Kate Nixon2024-08-23 09:42:582025-11-12 13:06:32Beyond Fallingwater: Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lifelong Visions
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Kate Nixon2024-08-22 20:27:172025-11-12 13:06:50The Arts & Crafts Details of Chicago’s Own Glessner House
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Kate Nixon2024-08-22 17:11:472025-11-12 13:07:08The Women Metalworkers of Boston AND the Society of Arts & Crafts, Boston
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