Credentials 

 

 

Elena Von Kohn

 

EDUCATION

  • Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) Course Completion 2016-2018
  • Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA) – Course Completion 2014
  • Moscow University: Graduate Studies in Fine Art and Art History, Summa Cum Laude – Moscow Russia 1985-1990
  • Kutuzov Prospect High School – Moscow Russia 1975-1985

PARTIAL LIST OF AFFILIATIONS AND CLIENTS

  • Dr. Drake Duane Estate Collection (Scottsdale, Arizona)
  • The Huntington Library & Research Center/ Art Collection (Pasadena, California)
  • Estate of Baroness Ms. Jaqueline De Verteuil (France & USA)
  • The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Research Department  (Sarasota, Florida)
  • The Getty Museum & Research Institute (Los Angeles, California)
  • Law Office of L. Richard Mabery (Prescott, Arizona)
  • Sotheby’s New York – 1334 York Ave, New York, NY 10021
  • Sotheby’s San Francisco – 1 Sansome St #750, San Francisco, CA 94104
  • Christie’s New York – 20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
  • Christie’s Los Angeles – 336 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
  • Bonham’s  Los Angeles – 7601 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90046
  • Bonham’s New York – 580 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022
  • Altermann Galleries & Auctioneers (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 345 Camino Del Monte Sol Santa Fe, NM 87501
  • Altermann Galleries (Scottsdale, Arizona)  7172 E Main St, Scottsdale, AZ 85251
  • Gerald Peters Galleries (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 1005 Paseo De Peralta, Santa Fe, NM 87501
  • Gerald Peters Galleries (New York, New York) 24 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075
  • Leslie Hindman Auctioneers (Chicago, Illinois) 1338 W Lake St, Chicago, IL 60607
  • Jacksons International Auction House (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
  • ChildHelp USA (Scottsdale, AZ)
  • Ken & Randy Kendrick (Owners Arizona Diamondbacks)
  • Corporate Art source (Montgomery, AL)
  • Al Molina, Molina Jewelry (Phoenix, AZ)
  • Dr. Brad & Cris Lafferty Collection (Washington DC)
  • Erin Brown Collection (Atlanta, GA)
  • Roberta Kuhne, “I am” interior design
  • Frick Museum Research Library – 10 E 71st St, New York, NY 10021
  • Sergei Sikorsky Helicopter Inc.
  • The Estate of Caesar DiOrio (New York, NY & Scottsdale, AZ)

MEMBERSHIP

  • Certified Member: Certified Appraisers Guild of America (CAGA)
  • Certified Member: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
  • Certified Member: Foundation for Appraisal Education
  • Member: Smithsonian Institution (Washington DC)
  • Member: The Getty Museum & Research Institute (Los Angeles, California)
  • Member: The Oxford Club
  • Member: Goldwater Foundation/Institute (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Member: Phoenix Art Museum League (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Past Member: Oil Painters of America Association (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Past Member: Western Academy of Women Artist

 

SELECTED SPEAKING/ LECTURER ENGAGEMENTS

  • West Valley Museum (Surprise, Arizona)
  • 5 Art Circle (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Phoenix Public Library (Phoenix, Arizona)
  • Rotary Club (Scottsdale, Arizona)
  • Metropolitan Club (San Francisco, California)
  • Jewish Federation of Greater Phoenix/ Mega Israel Event
  • Desert Highlands Country Club (Scottsdale, AZ)
  • Terraces Retirement Community (Phoenix, AZ)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS

  • Arizona Governors Arts Award / Arizona Commission on the Arts Nominee, 2006
  • Arizona Governors Arts Award / Arizona Commission on the Arts Nominee, 2008

EVENT PARTICIPATIONS

  • 65th Annual Concourse d’Elegance (Pebble Beach, California)
  • Art Basel 2015 VIP (Miami, Florida)
  • Art Monaco 2015 VIP (Monte Carlo, Monaco)
  • Palm Beach Art & Antiques Show 2015 (West Palm Beach, Florida)

SELECT SEMINAR AND CONTINUED EDUCATION

  • Art and Legacy Planning: Appraisal and Authentication Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Estate Tax Repeal/Impacts to Your Estate Plan by Quarles & Brady LLP Law Firm  (February 2017 )
  • The Oxford Club, online Education, Tax & Estate Planning

PUBLISHED WORKS

  • The Hidden World of Soviet Impressionists 1940-1960: The Kohn Collection” by Elena Von Kohn

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

  • Phoenix Home and Garden, AZ Magazine
  • Art of the West, Magazine
  • Arizona Republic, AZ Magazine
  • Southwest Art, Magazine
  • Art and Antiques, Magazine
  • LUXE, Magazine