Pamela Bensoussan, ASA
Accredited Senior Appraiser, American Society of Appraisers
Experience
Pamela Bensoussan has over thirty five years experience in the world of decorative and fine arts. Her career has included a ten-year residence in Paris where she managed a gallery on the rue de L'Universite in the famous Carre Rive Gauche. During this period she also worked as consultant to a Parisian auction house and as archivist for an international art investment firm based in Switzerland. In 1981 Ms. Bensoussan co-curated an important exhibition in Boulogne-Billancourt near Paris, which brought together for the first time many unknown and unpublished early Oriental carpets from the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, the Louvre, and private French collections. While in France she worked as the French Editor for HALI, the London-based journal of antique rugs and textiles and she studied the history of French furniture and European tapestries. In the U.S. Ms. Bensoussan has owned and operated galleries in San Francisco and San Diego. She has authored many articles and gives lectures on topics ranging from connoisseurship and the arts to historic preservation. Retired from the marketplace Ms. Bensoussan is a Senior Member of American Society of Appraisers and now works full time at her appraisal practice. Her office is located in the Historic Greg Rogers House in Chula Vista, California (San Diego County) where she serves on the Resource Conservation Commission. (See bibliography of articles by Pamela Bensoussan, ASA.)
Areas of Special Expertise
- Antique Oriental Rugs (ASA Accreditation)
- Period French Furniture; European Tapestries and Textiles
- 19th and 20th century European and American Painting
- Folk, Ethnic and Native American Textiles
- Antique Musical Instruments (plucked strings and keyboard)
- Islamic and Far Eastern Furniture and Textiles
- Historic Homes and Period Appropriate Furnishings for Historic Homes
Fees
Fees are based on hourly rates for cataloging, damage assessment, deposition or court appearance, consultation, research and photography, plus costs. Daily or weekly rates can be arranged for large jobs. The turn around time for most appraisals is typically two to four weeks from conclusion of physical inspection. Advance notification is recommended for out of town work.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Appraisers (Accredited Senior Appraiser, Personal Property/Oriental Rugs)
- Appraisal Institute (Associate Member)
- Forensic Expert Witness Association
- San Diego Forensic Consultants Association
- Chula Vista Heritage Museum Executive Board
- National Trust for Historic Preservation (Member of the Historic Real Estate Program)
- Chula Vista Resource Conservation Commission
- San Diego Historical Society's Decorative Arts Council (Founding Member)
- Congress of History of San Diego and Imperial Counties (Conference Chair 2004)
- International Council on Oriental Carpets, London, (Past Committee Member)
- l'Association Francaises des Amateurs et Connoiseurs de Tapis, (Founding Member)
- San Diego Early Music Society, (Past Board Member)
- Save Our Heritage Association, (Past Board Member)
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