Our Appraiser - Weathers Appraisal Associates, LLC

With thirty years experience in art and antiques, Rachel Weathers is a fifth generation Texan with extensive knowledge of furniture, paintings, sculpture and general decorative arts, particularly material culture from the American South and Southwest of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Employment

November 2019-present Weathers Appraisal Associates, LLC

Dallas, Texas. North Texas based independent personal property appraiser providing U.S.P.A.P. compliant retail replacement value, fair market value, and marketable cash value appraisals on fine art, antiques, decorative art, and general household contents for insurance, estate planning, estate probate, equitable division, and other purposes. Clients include two large Dallas educational institutions, a major Shreveport, Louisiana estate, and many private collections in Dallas, New Orleans and the Texas Panhandle and Hill Country.

January 2022-present J. Garrett Auctioneers

Dallas, Texas. Dallas’ oldest fine art and antiques auction house specializing in noted regional estates, now with third-generation owners operating a half century.

Consultant auctioneer, researcher, client liaison, cataloguer, and valuer

November 2019-present Consignment Heaven by Brant Laird

Dallas, Texas. Well-known purveyor of high-end traditional antiques and decorative arts located for twenty-five years in the storied Knox-Henderson “antique row” of Dallas.

Consultant cataloguer and valuer.

August 2016-November 2019 Heritage Auctions

Dallas, Texas. International auction house for coins, collectibles, memorabilia, luxury items. and art since 1976.

2017-2019 Senior Appraiser, Heritage Auctions

Appraised fine art, decorative art and household contents for institutions and private clients for an international auction house with concentration on high value American estates. Extensive experience with producing formal U.S.P.A.P. compliant appraisals for insurance replacement value, Fair Market Value, and marketable cash value for insurance, estate tax, equitable division and other purposes. Most appraisals consisted of over 100 objects and with total values of over $500,000 and included work by artists Julian Onderdonk, Jerry Bywaters, Dawson Dawson Watson, John George Brown, Andy Warhol, Dale Chihuly, Lino Tagliapietra, Theodore (Dr. Seuss) Giesel, El Greco, and others. Decorative art appraisals included American, English, and Continental furniture from the 19^th century, a major Houston collection of Texana, collections of important studio and art glass, bronzes, carved stone, and Modern design objects by Charles and Ray Eames, Frank Gehry, and others.

2017-2019 Auctioneer, Heritage Auctions

Auctioneer licensed in the State of Texas. Performed multiple live internet-broadcast auctions at Heritage Auctions for Fine and Decorative Arts, American Coins and American Historical Memorabilia. Internet platforms included HALive.com; Liveauctioneers.com; BidSquare.com; and Artsy.com. Performed clerking and phone bid duties for Gentleman Collector, Art Glass, fine and Decorative Art, European, Modern & Contemporary, Illustration Art, Art of the West and American Art auctions.

2016 Consignment Director, Fine and Decorative Arts, Heritage Auctions

Vetted high-end fine and decorative art objects for auction. Advised clients on ideal market presentations for high-value objects. Designed auction proposals and marketing plans for important consignments. Major consignments included a collection of English 19^th-century ship prows from a Dallas collector, an Andy Warhol 1973 Mao silkscreen from a Louisiana collector, an early and important 1958 Cy Twombly portrait from a friend of the artist, a rare Hudson river Valley canvas by a Civil War hero descended in the family of the artist, an early Arturo di Modica Wall Street Bull bronze maquette from a New York family, a J.W. Meeker oil of a Louisiana landscape discovered in California, a monumental George Rodrigue Blue Dog canvas, an early Wolf Kahn painting, a Pablo Picasso Madura vessel from a Dallas estate, a terracotta Statue of Liberty maquette, and a large Dale Chihuly studio glass group, among others.

2001-2016 Neal Auction Company

New Orleans, Louisiana. Regional Auction House for Fine Art and Antiques since 1984.

2010-2016 Vice President, Director of Paintings, Neal Auction Company

Created and reviewed presale auction estimates, condition reports and proposals among a staff of four art specialists in a department grossing approximately $7,000,000 annually. Directed consignments and catalogue entries for major works by Jose Salazar, Jacques Amans, John James Audubon, J. W. Meeker, Hermann Herzog, William Aiken Walker, Ida Kohlmeyer, Clementine Hunter, Mose Toliver, Sister Gertrude Morgan, Hunt Slonem, Walter Anderson, Clarence Millet, Marie Hull, William Woodward, Ellsworth Woodward, and others.

2003-2010 Director of Furniture and Decorative Arts, Neal Auction Company

Vetted antiques for auction, created and reviewed presale auction estimates and created catalogue entries for American, English and Continental furniture and decorative arts, notably for work from Duncan Phyfe, Crawford Riddell, Daniel Pabst, Alexander Roux, J & J.W. Meeks, John Henry Belter, Herter Brothers, the Louisiana “Butterfly Man,” Newcomb Pottery, George Ohr, and others.

2001-2003 Consignment Administrator, Neal Auction Company

Aided vetting of fine and decorative arts consignment inquiries, assisted with off-site decorative arts inventories, designed condition report protocol, wrote advertising copy and press releases.

1999-2001 Whisnant Galleries

New Orleans, Louisiana. French Quarter antiques, edge weapons, and jewelry 1970-2014

Researched and wrote object descriptions, designed and maintained website and Ebay offerings, bookkeeping

1999 The Kraal Gallery

New Orleans, Louisiana. Cape Town, South Africa based Gallery of African art with rug weaving workshop in Botswana 1970-2001

Gallery Manager

1997-1998 Artworks Gallery

Austin, Texas. Contemporary studio glass, pottery and frame shop

Gallery Manager

1995-1997 Fine Arts Gallery of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana. Specializing in 19^th and 20^th century European art

Gallery Assistant to Robert McHarg and Thomas Bayer

1994-1995 Tulane University Art History Department

Grader, Teaching Assistant, Adjunct Instructor

1993 Eugene Binder Gallery

Dallas, Texas (current location Marfa) Contemporary Art Gallery with work by John Pomona, Roger Winter, David Bates and others

Gallery Assistant

1992-1993 City of Dallas

Dallas, Texas. Office of Public Art Coordinator

Freedman’s Cemetery Memorial Art Project Intern

1991-1992 Milam Gallery

Dallas, Texas. Uptown community art gallery and event space for emerging artists including Steve Cruz, Rosemary Meza DePlas, and Johnice Parker, and others

Gallery Assistant

Education

2020 American Society of Appraisers, Distance Learning Course

Personal Property Report Writing Couse, Update for Appraisers

2005, 2018 and 2020 The Appraisal Foundation

Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (U.S.P.A.P)

Completion of 15-hour Principals of Appraisal Practice and Code of Ethics Course and Exam 2005 and 2018.

Completion of 7-hour Update for Appraisers Course, 2020

2002-2004 American Society of Appraisers, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

2004 Certificate of Completion Appraisal Studies in Fine and Decorative Arts

Comprising mastery of four 30-hour core courses

PP/JG201 Introduction to Personal Property Valuation

PP/JG202 Valuation Research and Methodology

PP/JG203 Report Writing

PP/JG204 The Legal and Commercial Environment

And six 15-hour connoisseurship courses

American Furniture, British Decorative Arts, Fine Art Prints, History of Photography, Books and Manuscripts, Oriental Carpets

2017 Heritage Auction Auctioneer School, Dallas, Texas

Completion of 83-hour course

Score of 94/100 points on State of Texas Board Exam

6-hour license renewal courses 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

State of Texas Auctioneer License

1994-1996 Tulane University, New Orleans

Master of Arts Coursework, Art History, American and British 19^th and 20^th Century Painting

1989-1991 The University of Texas, Austin

Bachelor of Arts Diploma, English Literature and Art History

1987-1989 The University of Dallas. Irving, Texas

Liberal Arts Coursework, Semester Abroad Rome, Italy.

1983-1987 The Arts Magnet High School at Booker T. Washington Dallas, Texas

Theater Cluster with concentration on theater design and playwriting

Speaking Engagements

January 2020 “What to Sell, What to Keep, and What to Give Away: the Dallas Market for Antiques and Fine Art” delivered to the Lakewood Antiques Club, Dallas, Texas

October 2019 “What to Sell, What to Keep, and What to Give Away: the Dallas Market for Antiques and Fine Art” delivered to Plano Antique Collectors Club, Plano, Texas

July 2018 “Points of Value: Provenance, Quality, Rarity, Condition, and Fashion” delivered to the Dallas Charity League, University Park, Texas

November 2016 “Points of Value: Provenance, Quality, Rarity, Condition, and Fashion” delivered to the delivered to the Lakewood Antiques Club, Dallas, Texas

September 2009 “Katrina vs. the Market Crash: Two Disasters and the American Antiques Market” delivered to the Tuscaloosa Antique Symposium, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

March 1996 “Nasty Mouths: William de Kooning and Tom Wesselman’s Women” delivered to and published by the Florida State University Art History Symposium, Tallahassee, Florida

October 1995 “Distant Women: Pre-Raphaelite Images, Aesthetic Dress and the Crinoline Skirt” delivered to and published by the University of Delaware Pre-Raphaelite Art Conference, Wilmington, Delaware

Fall 1995 “Art History: Renaissance to Present” 3 hour university credit course

lecturer Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana

Auction Evaluation Events

2017 Heritage Auction Evaluation Event, Dallas, Texas

Decorative Arts Specialist

2016 Heritage Auction Evaluation Event, The Woodlands, Texas

Decorative Arts Specialist

2011 Orleans Club Charity Evaluation Event, New Orleans, Louisiana

Fine Art Specialist

2009 Amarillo Museum of Art Charity Evaluation Event, Amarillo, Texas

Fine Art Specialist

2007 Morris Museum of Art Charity Evaluation Event, Augusta, Georgia