The Senior Appraiser, Jane St. Lifer has four decades of experience in the international art world and established her firm in 1986. She has previously served as the Director of several galleries in New York, New Jersey, and Arizona. She appraises 19th, 20th, and 21st -century art, including paintings, prints, posters, photographs, and sculptures by American, European, Israeli, Japanese, Chinese, Latin American, and  Russian artists. She works with private collectors, artists' estates, and corporate collections of all sizes.  Regional corporate art consultants use St. Lifer’s appraisal services for individual projects and collections management.

EDUCATION

           AMERICAN SOCIETY OF APPRAISERS, National Conference Attendee           Ongoing

           APPRAISERS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Continuing Education courses & lectures           Ongoing

           GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Washington, DC; Certificate in Appraisal Studies           2002

MA     NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY, Jersey City, NJ           1996

           ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tempe, AZ, Graduate Studies for Masters of Fine Art           1980

           THE NEW SCHOOL OF SOCIAL RESEARCH, New York, NY, Collectors Institute            1979

BFA    SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Syracuse, NY            1978

 ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Appraisers, Washington, DC; Northern NJ Chapter (Senior)      1979–Present

International Foundation of Art Research, New York, NY,                                           1985–2025

NYC Auctioneers Associations Inc., New York, NY, (Secretary)                                  1988–Present

National Museum of women in the arts, Washington, DC                                            2000–Present

National Arts Club, New York, NY                                                                                  2002–2016

Metropolitan Dog Club, New York, NY (Founding Member & Treasurer)                      2007–2012

Friends of British Sporting Art Fairfield, CT                                                                2012-Present

 Bedlington Terrier Club of America (Honorary Lifetime Member)                             2019-Present

Metropolitan Postcard Club of New York City, New York, NY                                  2019-Present

PUBLICATIONS AND LICENSES

Will Barnet Catalogue Raisonne of Prints, Published 2008 (Project Coordinator)

2024-2025Uniform Standard Professional Appraisal Practice Certificate

CLIENT LIST - CORPORATE                                                                                                                                                          CLIENT LIST -  MUSEUMS

American Family Insurance, Schofield, KS                                                                                                                                       Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Ameriprise, Minneapolis, MN                                                                                                                                                            Italian American Museum, New York, NY

BNP Paribas, New York, NY                                                                                                                                                             Museum of Friends, Walsenburg, CO (Special Projects)

Jennison Associates, New York, NY

Le Boeuf, Lamb & Greene, New York, NY

Kaye Scholer LLP, New York, NY

MBIA, Purchase, NY

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP, New York,   NY; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, CA

Morgan Stanley, New York, NY

Nurture Nature, Easton, PA

Sumitomo Corporation of America, New York, NY

Sun Chemical, Fort Lee, NJ

Troutman Sanders, LLP, New York, NY

Washington Mutual Bank, Seattle, NY

 ARTIST ESTATES

Milton Charles (Book Illustrator for Jacqueline Susann & Harold Robbins)

Charles M. Daugherty  (Illustrator and Fine Artist)

Lisa Lindsay Daugherty (Fine Artist)

David V. Hayes (Fine Artist & Sculptor)

Lillian Hoban Archives (Children’s Illustrator of Frances & Arthur Books)

Miriam Laufer (Fine Artist)

Pinchas Burstein Maryan (Fine Artist)

Krishna Reddy (Graphic and Fine Artist)

Hank Laventhol (Fine Artist)

Barbara Ann Schwartz (Fine Artist)