ARAI is at the vanguard of the appraisal profession. In business for over three decades, we are proud of our reputation for exemplary qualifications and service. Besides comprehensive appraisal services, ARAI consults on the purchase and sale of fine art, antiques and decorative arts and other personal property, on de-accessioning property we have appraised, and provides management services for corporate and other large collections. These services are performed within requirements set by the Appraisal Foundation's Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

Our Associates have been carefully chosen by Ms. Zeman after rigorous vetting and meet or exceed the educational and technical standards of the ASA (American Society of Appraisers) and the Appraisal Foundation. Associates are required to…

Education. Frances Zeman, FASA, the Director of Appraisal Resource Associates, Inc., is fully qualified for her profession. With an undergraduate degree from New York University - Heights Campus, Ms. Zeman continued her education in Fine and Decorative Arts/ Antiques, and Fine Art through many different programs offered at New York University, Long Island University, the New School of Social Research, Pratt Institute, and abroad with The Attingham Trust. She reinforced her academic work with practical experience, attending seminars and completing coursework at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cooper Hewitt Museum, Sotheby's, and Christie's. Ms. Zeman has earned a Master of Arts degree in Art History.

Experience and Qualifications. Ms. Zeman brings to her appraisal business, a working knowledge of the retail antiques and gallery business, a background in interior and contract design with a strong emphasis on the decorative arts. She is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and holds four…

Education & Experience. Natasha earned a B.A degree from Reed College, Portland, OR in 2012 following her undergraduate work at St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM. Her thesis topic, “Dislocation and Domestic Space in Three Novels by Elizabeth Bowen” was inspired by her interest in space and design. She continued her artistic pursuits at Marylhurst University, Lake Oswego, OR from 2013-2017, where she also served as a student design materials library manager…

Education & Experience. Rose Lewis received her BA in Art and Russian language and literature from Reed College, Portland, OR completing an interdisciplinary thesis combining studio practice with literary research. She has previously worked at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art through their youth outreach program, leading tours of the museum and planning events aimed at high school and middle school students. More recently she occupied a number of roles at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery at Reed College…

Education & Experience. Ginny Van Dine received her BA in Art History from Willamette University, Salem OR and her MA in Art History from University of California Davis, CA. Her MA thesis focused on the ceremony and symbolism involved in the re-erection of ancient Egyptian obelisks in Rome by the papacy during the 16th and 17th centuries. While in graduate school she co-founded an art and visual culture podcast: researching, writing and hosting topical episodes in addition to co-authoring a resulting art terminology book in 2020. From 2017-2021, she managed Slate Art Gallery in Oakland, CA where she executed a bi-monthly exhibition program, worked with…

Education & Experience. Abby Athanasopoulos has been a consulting appraiser and a project manager of larger East Coast assignments for ARAI.  With a B.A. degree in Art History from Wellesley College, she completed her appraisal training coursework in the ASA's Principles of Valuation series at the Pratt Institute in New York and is current with the in-effect Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).  Ms. Athanasopoulos is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) with a Fine Art designation and is…

Education & Experience. John V. Henley’s professional career as a “bookman” began in 1977. His consulting and appraisal experience includes books (incunables, antiquarian, out-of-print, collector first editions, and new), manuscripts, ephemera, antique maps, historic photographs, professional and personal archives. An Accredited Senior Appraiser with a designation in Books and Manuscripts from ASA, John graduated from Portland State University…

Education & Experience. Sandra Miller, whose interests in art are broad, was trained at the National Art School in Sydney, Australia. A keen intellect, always a scholar and with strong academic leanings, Sandra began her career as a lecturer in Art History, an art department head, and a teacher of studio visual art. Relocating from Australia to the Pacific Northwest, she soon founded Frame Design and Sunbird Gallery in Bend, OR, where she managed an established business that included many curated art shows…

Education & Experience. Stephanie Boris is a member of the Association of Registrars and Collections Specialists. She studied art and film history at Antioch College in Ohio, as well as academic indexing and connoisseurship of fine and decorative arts at the University of California Extensions in Berkeley and Irvine. Her background includes….

Education & Experience. Dana Dirker is an interdisciplinary artist, art educator, and research consultant for ARAI, whose work is informed by traditional and contemporary art history. Dana earned her B.A. in Fine Art from Binghamton University and her M.A. in Art and Art Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. She is continually renewing…