Ona Curran is a fine and decorative arts appraiser and consultant able to evaluate your collections of American and English furniture, silver, paintings and other 18th, 19th and early 20th century decorative arts. She is a certified member of the Appraisers Association of America and does not buy or sell antiques. Her appraisals are USPAP compliant (Uniform Standards Professional Appraisal Practice).

Ona is a former museum curator and has been appraising for the last twenty years working with banks, lawyers, museums, insurance companies and collectors. She has also lectured on antiques and is an art historian. She is the author of Thomas McIlworth/Colonial New York Portrait Painter published in 2007 and her latest book Faces of Schenectady 1715-1750. Both books are available at the Schenectady County Historical Society. Call 518 374-0263 or email office@schist.org. Thomas McIlworth/Colonial New York Portrait Painter is also available by contacting Ona Curran the author @518 875-7049.

Appraisals can be done for Replacement Value  (insurance) and Fair Market Value (estate, charitable donation, equitable distribution) and for general knowledge
 if the client wishes to learn more about what he owns.

Ona Curran’s areas of expertise include 18th and 19th century American and English paintings, furniture, folk art, silver, decorative arts as well as 20th century Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modern Designer furniture, ceramics and graphics