Georganne Thurston provides professional opinion of full market value to clients for Residential Contents, including antiques, furniture, fine art and collectibles from a single object to entire estates. Written reports for Probate or summary reports available.

• What's a collectible and what isn't?
• What's hot and what's not?
• Why work with an appraiser?
• How do appraisers estimate fair market value for estate distribution, IRS, divorce or insurance valuation?
• When is eBay the best way to sell collectibles?

Her prior experience includes:

London University Victorian Society
Focus: English Victorian furniture, architecture, art, and decorative arts.

Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA): University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Focus: Southern and English furniture and decorative arts.

Sunset Publications Home Lighting Book
Published: ASID Showhouse "Buck Estate Revisited".

Georganne received her MFA from the University of California at Berkeley where she earned a fellowship to study art history in Florence, Italy. She earned a BA in Art History and Museum Curation from California State University, San Francisco. She is currently a member of the American Society of Appraisers.

Georganne moved to Carmel in 2001 and began a three-year design project at Carmel Mission Basilica. She currently serves as Mission docent. A certified commercial and residential interior designer, Georganne served as a Board Member of the Pro-Arts Council in Oakland as well as Director of the Cameron Stanford House in Oakland.