Darcy Tell

DARCY TELL, APPRAISER PROFILE • Appraiser in antiques and decorative arts. Over 30 years non-profit and gallery sector expertise in research for provenance, attribution, and publication, including photo and sales research; American art, art documentation and archives, photography, literature, museum history, the history of taste; European fine and decorative arts; antiques; industrial and other mid-century design. • Writer and editor. Author of Times Square Spectacular (Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007), winner of First Prize for Best Four-Color Scholarly Reference Book, Book Industry Guild of New York, 2008; and scholarly essays and reviews. • Editor working on teaching manuals, style guides, and other materials for the American Society of Appraisers Personal Property Committee. Consulting editor for appraisers in Washington, D.C., metro area. Experience APPRAISER, ANTIQUES AND DECORATIVE ARTS; FINE ARTS, JUNE 2015-PRESENT ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART, SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, DC, 1986-APRIL 2015 Editor, Archives of American Art Journal, the nation's first and oldest scholarly publication on American art and art history, drawing on Archives of American Art's more than 20 million archival items. Researched, wrote, and commissioned articles and features on American fine art, culture, and works of decorative art Managing Editor, Archives of American Art Journal, with primary responsibility for researching and supervising publication of the Smithsonian Institution's quarterly magazine on American art MAGAZINES AND MEDIA PRODUCTION COMPANIES, NEW YORK, NY Freelance Writer, Editor, and Researcher, working with directors and writers on projects that included Thomas Eakins, William Wyler (both for PBS series American Masters), and American sports (for Time Incorporated's magazine Sports Illustrated) THE ASIA SOCIETY, NEW YORK, NY Film Department Program Associate, organizing and promoting festivals of Asian feature films presented at major New York Asian art gallery venue EDWARD R. LUBIN WORKS OF ART, NEW YORK, NY, 1981-1982 Gallery Associate, assisting with research, sales, promotion, and acquisition for this gallery of European sculpture, glass, enamel, metalwork, tapestry, and other decorative works of art dating from the Middle Ages through 1830 EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART DEPARTMENT, SOTHEBY'S, NEW YORK, NY, 1980-1981 Cataloguer, researcher, archives manager for Sotheby's expert department selling European sculpture, glass, enamel, metalwork, tapestry, and other decorative works of art dating from the Middle Ages through 1830. Education STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, PURCHASE, NY, CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, APPRAISAL STUDIES, JUNE 2015 PP 202: Development of a Personal Property Appraisal: Research & Analysis PP 203: Communication of a Personal Property Appraisal: Report Writing PP 204: Personal Property Valuation: the Legal & Regulatory Environment AMERICAN SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 2015 PG 201: Introduction