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The Art Elevator Episode #11 - Shop Talk with Appraisers: When Should You Get an Appraisal?

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast


Sarah and Larissa sit down in this new series where we discuss the world of appraising and give an inside look into what the appraisal world looks like.

In today’s episode, we discuss:

  • How we determine if someone needs an appraisal

  • The frequent objects that get we get requested to appraise

  • Why knowing what markets are available to sell in are so important

  • The benefit of using USPAP -compliant appraisers.

Plus much more!

Sarah is a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers with the Private Client Services designation for working with high-net-worth individuals and a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association of America.

 Sarah is CEO of Artifactual History® Appraisal which provides USPAP-compliant appraisal services of art, Midcentury Modern Design, silver, furniture, antiques and decorative arts for clients including private collectors, corporations, institutions, and members of the diplomatic community.  Sarah is the Co-Founder and Co-Editor of Worthwhile Magazine™ which publishes about collecting, connoisseurship, and appraising.  She is also the creator of the free online course SILVER 101: Quickly Learn How to Identify Your Sterling Silver and Silverplate to Find the Valuable Pieces and Sort with Empowered Confidence. 

Larissa is also a Certified Member of the International Society of Appraisers and an art consultant and can be found at: https://www.larissawild.com/

You can find out more about personal property appraisers at: https://www.isa-appraisers.org/ 

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The Art Elevator Episode #10 - Kelly Bennett on Caring for Art in Your Home

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast

Kelly Bennett is the Head of Collections Management at Lucas Museum of Narrative Art and the founder of ArtPro Net: an organization dedicated to connecting art professionals in all areas of art logistics with clients across California and the United States. 

Kelly’s podcast, The Art Pro Net Podcast, is bi-weekly. You can catch all their podcasts at Podcasts | Art Pro Net or wherever you consume podcasts. They are on Itunes, Googleplay, and all other major podcast sites.

Art Pro Net offers consultations of everything from resume writing to storage design. Whatever art logistics questions you have, they can answer. They also have searching and recruiting services available to help you find the art pro you need. While based in California, they have worked for clients all over the country and are happy to help anyone no matter their location.

Today Kelly is here to share insights from her many years of managing public and private art collections.

In this episode you will learn:

- Essentials on how to manage the art you have, or plan to have, in your home.

- How to hang paintings

- Considerations for looking after your art 

And much more….

Resources Mentioned:

Season 2 Episode 17: Expect the Unexpected. When it comes to outdoor sculpture…anything can happen | Art Pro Net

International Society of Appraisers Home
 

Learn More About Kelly:

Podcasts | Art Pro Net

Art Pro Net

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The Art Elevator Episode #9 - Patrick Connors on The History of Perspective

April 7, 2026 Larissa Wild and Sarah Reeder, Co-Hosts of The Art Elevator Podcast

Patrick Connors is a Philadelphia easel painter. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvania, his work is exhibited internationally and included in private and public collections.

Among the institutions where Patrick has lectured are Yale University Art Gallery, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Drexel School of Medicine. He has taught at the New York Academy of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art: Manhattan and Rome Programs.

Fellowships and grants include a Franz & Virginia Bader Fund Grant, an Oxford University Summer Residency Fellowship in painting and anatomy, a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant for painting, the Samuel D. Gross/Thomas Eakins Award for Significant Contributions to Medicine and its Surrounding Culture by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; and the select alternate for a Senior Research Fulbright Scholarship for Italy.  This year, Patrick was awarded the Howard and Gail Schaevitz Foundation grant for painting.

Listeners can view Patrick’s paintings and connect with him through his website www.connorsfinearts.com.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn about:

  • The introduction of perspective in Renaissance art

  • What perspective is and the major artists involved in popularizing the use of perspective

  • Patrick Connors’ experiences using perspective in his own paintings 

And much more!

Resources Mentioned:

Raphael’s School of Athens

Andrea Pisano, South Doors of the Florence Baptistry

Lorenzo Ghiberti, East Doors of the Florence Baptistry, “The Gates of Paradise”

Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel

Leonardo's Perspective study for the adoration of the Magi

Eakins perspective cartoon for the Pair-oared shell

Learn More About Patrick:

Patrick's Website

Watch “A Place Apart: Patrick Connors Paints Laurel Hill Cemetery”

Watch Patrick Connors in the video “The Loaded Brush, The Oil Sketch, and the Philadelphia School of Painting”

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