New & Advancing Members

Kerry Shrives, AAA

Bonhams Skinner
Marlborough, MA

Advanced to Certified Member, Generalist (October 2024)

Kerry Shrives is a Senior Vice President and Senior Appraiser at Bonhams Skinner, with over three decades of experience in appraising, cataloging, and selling furniture, decorative art, and fine art from the 17th to the 21st centuries.

She has handled significant property such as the rediscovery and sale of Fitz Hugh Lane's Sunset at Gloucester Harbor for $3.3 million – a world record for the artist and a record for a painting sold at an American auction outside of New York. Shrives also has broad experience with successful single-owner sales, including the Solomon Collection of Judaica, which brought $1.5 million, including an important silver and silver-gilt synagogue ark-form Hanukkah lamp that sold for $314,000.

Shrives has been a frequent contributor to the popular PBS program ANTIQUES ROADSHOW since its inception, and featured as a specialist in decorative arts, sculpture, metalwork, silver, and furniture. Her focus on the intersection of antiques and technology has driven the successful transformation of Skinner into a digital business. 

An Accredited Member of the Appraisers Association of America, Shrives holds an M.A. in the History of Art from the University of London and a B.A. from Smith College. 

Angela Hedges

AMH Luxury Consulting, LLC
Woodside, NY

Accredited Member in Gems & Jewelry (October 2024)

An industry veteran, Angela M. Hedges established herself as a trusted specialist in the jewelry industry in 1993. She is founder of AMH Luxury Consulting, LLC, where she leverages her extensive expertise in the luxury jewelry sector to provide bespoke consulting services. Prior to founding AMH Luxury Consulting, Angela dedicated 16 years to Harry Winston, serving as the Head of Archives, Valuations & Estate Jewelry. In this role, she pioneered digitizing the House’s historical archives and curated their estate jewelry museum collection. She currently offers services to privates, the trade and auction houses.

Jeremy Morrison, AAA

Morrison Modern Advisory, Ltd.
London, UK

Certified Member in 20th Century Decorative Arts & Design (October 2024)

After 23 years specializing in Design with the worlds' two largest auction houses, Jeremy Morrison founded Morrison Modern Advisory, Ltd. in 2020 to assist international private and corporate clients, collectors, and institutions seeking to appraise, acquire, or sell furniture and objects by the most influential designers of the last 150 years. From a single piece to an entire collection, Morrison Modern advises and assists private and professional clients located across the world with their interiors, objects, and collections. 

Jeremy was Head of the Design department at Sotheby's in London for ten years before joining Christie's in 2012, where he became European Head and International Director of Design. He has over 25 years of unique experience in examining, assessing, valuing, and selling Design at the highest level. Having lectured, auctioneered, and traveled globally throughout that time, Jeremy is an internationally-recognized Design expert with a deep understanding of the global Design market, from Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco, to mid-century, Postwar & Contemporary Design. Based in London and traveling globally, he has a world-class network of relationships with private clients, collectors, curators, and contact throughout Europe, the US, and Asia. 

Jeremy Morrison offers American clients global valuation and appraisal services in compliance with USPAP. Additional independent and bespoke confidential services include collection refinement and management, global auction market guidance, specialist object research and strategic acquisitions, sales, and brokerage.

Amie Potsic

Amie Potsic Art Advisory, LLC
Berwyn, PA

Accredited Member in Photography (February 2025)

Amie Potsic is the CEO of Amie Potsic Art Advisory, an experienced fine art appraiser, an Ai consultant on Business and Creativity, and Host of the Art Watch Radio Show & Podcast. Potsic provides exceptional advisory services and legacy planning for artists, collectors, and institutions and has extensive experience curating exhibitions for galleries, universities, and museums. She received her MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and BAs in Photojournalism and English Literature from Indiana University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Potsic is an Accredited Member of the Appraisers Association of America in Photography and is Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) compliant. As a fine art appraiser, she has expertise in emerging and contemporary art as well as vintage and contemporary photography. Since 2023, she has volunteered for the Center for Art Law providing expertise in Artist Estates and Legacy Planning. She received her Certification in Ai Mastery from Mindvalley Education in 2024 and shares her sought-after expertise on the application of Ai in the arts and culture landscape through consulting and public speaking. Potsic has held faculty appointments at the University of California at Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute and been a guest lecturer at the International Center of Photography and the Delaware Contemporary Museum. She has exhibited her own award-winning artwork internationally, published a monograph of her artwork in 2024 titled Seeker: An Extraordinary Photographic Odyssey in the Holy Lands, and curated exhibitions for numerous institutions including the Interactive Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Aileen Agopian, AAA

Agopian Art Advisory
New York, NY

Advanced to Certified Member in Postwar, Contemporary, and Emerging Art (February 2025)

Aileen Agopian, principal of AGOPIAN art advisory, has over 30 years experience at the pinnacle of the Postwar and Contemporary art market. She is an executive member of the Association of Professional Art Advisors and a Certified Member of the Appraisers Association. Before founding her firm in 2016, Aileen enjoyed a distinguished career at Sotheby’s, serving as International Senior Vice President & Specialist of Contemporary Art in New York, and co-head of Contemporary Sales in Doha, Qatar. A key highlight of her tenure at Sotheby’s was facilitating the acquisition of Andy Warhol’s Liz #3 (1963) for $32 million in 2014. This transaction played a pivotal role in the donation of 42 contemporary works from the Edlis Neeson Collection, valued at $500 million, to the Art Institute of Chicago—the largest gift in the institution’s history. Prior to Sotheby’s, Aileen served as the Director of Contemporary Art Auctions at Phillips in New York for 10 years. A highly regarded auctioneer, Aileen has conducted auctions for both Sotheby’s and Phillips and continues to lead charity auctions worldwide. She started her career in London as the Sales Director of White Cube Gallery for 5 years. Aileen sits on the art advisory board of the Coalition for the Homeless New York, the Director's Council of the Public Art Fund and the board of the Feminist Institute of NY.