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CORINNE CAIN, ASA
Senior Member/ American Society of Appraisers President, Corinne Cain, Ltd. 326 West Harmont Drive Phoenix, Arizona USA 85021-5643 602/ 906-1633 FAX 602/ 906-0677
FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, CORINNE CAIN, LTD: 86-0431159
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Accredited Senior Member - American Society of Appraisers
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- Personal Property / Fine Arts
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- Personal Property / Native American Arts
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Corinne Cain, first began her practice as an appraiser in 1975. In May 1980, she formed Corinne Cain & Associates, incorporating in May 1982 becoming Corinne Cain Ltd a nationally recognized firm affording expert appraisal and consulting services on Fine Art and Native American Art.
Ms. Cain is only the second Arizonan to be admitted as a Senior Member of the American Society of Appraisers designated in Fine Arts and the fifteenth individual internationally to earn a second designation. She drafted the examination for appraising Native American Art in 1987, converting it to an objective exam along with Maryann L'Heureux in 1993.
Since 1987 Ms. Cain has served on the International Board of Examiners of the American Society of Appraisers. In 1992 she became a Certified Appraiser of Personal Property, tested in the specialty of Limited Edition Prints through the International Society of Appraisers (ISA).
She was elected to the prestigious national ASA Personal Property Committee from June 1993 to June 1996. In 1999 she helped construct the new Fine Arts exams for the American Society of Appraisers. In 2005 she created and taught twice a 2 ½ day Print Appraising Connoisseurship Class specifically configured for appraisers.
The year 2000 marked her first year as a member of the prestigious national women's art group known as Art Table.
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Ms. Cain's background in art includes a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting & Drawing) and a unique double Masters in Fine Arts (Arts Administration) and Business Administration (Finance) from Southern Methodist University. Ms. Cain has completed additional postgraduate work in art history at Arizona State University.
Ms. Cain's background also includes extensive study in museums throughout Great Britain, Europe and the Russian Bloc countries. She was the original director of Gallery 10, Inc. of Scottsdale, known for museum-quality Native American art.
Her appraisal apprenticeship took place at Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas, a gallery specializing in nineteenth and twentieth century paintings, drawings and sculpture. While in graduate school, she developed a marketing campaign for Sotheby's New York.
She is listed as a qualified appraiser for the Southwest Region's Source List for the Internal Revenue Service. Ms. Cain has served as an expert witness in court and provides professional consultation to both individuals and to corporations. She currently serves as Co-Curator to the Phelps Dodge collection, a copper producing company with offices in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. For over fifteen years, Ms. Cain has functioned as curator of the AP Fenderson as well as the QV Distributors Collection of primarily Native American art.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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| "Building a Contemporary Collection," Scottsdale Magazine, September and October 2001. |
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"Collecting with Heart: The Collection of Albion Fenderson," Native Peoples magazine, January and February 2001 |
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"Native American Pottery," Personal Property Journal (quarterly journal for the American Society of Appraisers) Summer 1996. |
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Compilation of Japanese prints sold publicly on a world-wide basis for Gordon's Print Price Annual 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994. |
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"Art Market-Mid 1990," New American Art, Volume 4, 1990, a publication of Stetter Galleries, Inc. |
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"What To Do With Your Salvador Dali Now?," New American Art, Volume 3, 1989, a publication of Stetter Galleries, Inc. |
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"American Indian Arts: Basketry in the Southwest," Personal Property News (newsletter for the American Society of Appraisers), Summer 1985. |
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"Restoration and Care of Your Paintings," Artists of the Rockies and the Golden West Magazine, Spring 1982. |
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"Collecting Art: A Studied Pursuit in Choosing Winners," World Fine Art (an international art newsletter for collectors), October 1982.
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RECENT SEMINARS ATTENDED
Personal Property Summer Conservation Institute, August 1-9, 1998, Williamstown Conservation Center Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Indian Art, Artifacts, Antiquities & Funerary Objects, March 3, 1995, State Bar of Arizona Continuing Legal Education in Phoenix, Arizona
Navajo Weaving Since the Sixties: A Symposium, March 10-13, 1994, at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century, May 9-11, 1991, at the Heard Museum of Art in Phoenix, Az.
Japanese Print Seminar by Roger Keyes, November 17-18, 1990 at Arizona State University Print Study Room at Nelson Fine Arts Center and at Phoenix Art Museum.
American Society of Appraisers through Lindenwood University (104 - Personal Property Valuation: Report Writing, Orlando, Fla., 1990)
Southwestern Ceramic Figures Symposium, January 20-21, 1989, at the Heard Museum of Art in Phoenix, Az. Figurative ceramic figures traced from prehistoric times to currently produced sculpture.
Art Law Symposium, July 14-15, 1988, New York City. Investigation into new legal issues facing attorneys, trust officers and all art professionals. 1986 Revenue Code explored as relates to contributions of tangible personal property.
International Society of Appraisers coursework through Indiana University (104- Advanced Appraisal Theory and Report Writing Update, Dallas, 1988), (102-Personal Property Methodology and Reasoning, Orange County, Calif., 1988), (103-Personal Property Appraiser's Fiduciary Responsibilities and Liabilities, Orange County, Calif., 1988), (101-Introduction to Personal Property Appraising, Long Beach, Calif., May 1989).
Art Table, Mexico City 2006; Miami Basel, Florida 2003; Berlin & Kassel, Germany 2002, Mexico City 2006. Fine and Decorative Arts Symposiums, American Society of Appraisers, London, England 1985; Chicago, Ill. 1986; Santa Fe, N.M. 1990; Toronto, Canada 1992; Las Vegas, Nevada 1993; Providence, Rhode Island 1994; New York City, NY 2000; London, England 2001; Due Diligence Washington, DC 2002; Kansas City, Missouri 2004; Russia 2007; International Society of Appraisers, Long Beach, Calif., 1989.
Plains Indian Art Seminar offered by Recursos: Resources of Santa Fe in Santa Fe, N.M. on July 10-12, 1986 covering historic Northern and Southern Plains material, ie. clothing, ledger books and contemporary Plains art and crafts.
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