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Nancy Yates
Nancy Yates started her appraisal business in 2001 specializing in European, American and Canadian paintings, works on paper and sculpture from the 19^th and 20^th centuries. She has completed numerous appraisals in the US and abroad, including a year-long project in Israel cataloguing and appraising a large fine and decorative art estate worth in excess of seven figures. She has been a member of the Appraisers Association of America since 2005.

Prior to founding her appraisal business, Nancy spent a number of years in the 19^th Century European Paintings department at Christie’s East, New York, where she was an integral member of a cataloguing team that arranged sales of European, American and Maritime paintings and decorative pictures. Prior to her tenure at Christie’s in New York, she was a member of the firm’s Toronto office, where she spent more than half a decade evaluating fine and decorative art property for the New York and London salerooms; while at the Toronto office she played a key role organizing special art and antique exhibitions, receptions and public lectures.

Nancy received her Bachelor of Arts in Art History from the University of Toronto.

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