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Molly Seiler
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About
Molly Seiler is President of the Board of the Appraisers Association (2025-2027). She is a certified member with expertise in Twentieth Century Design and Decorative Arts, Contemporary Ceramics and Glass, Prints and Works on Paper. She has over 25 years of experience evaluating works of art for collectors, museums, and insurance companies. Formerly a curator of Decorative Arts at the Brooklyn Museum and a Research Assistant for Prints, Drawings and Works on Paper at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, she has extensive knowledge of 19th and 20th Century fine and decorative art and adheres to museum standards in object research and art collection management. She earned a BA in History of Art from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in History of Decorative Art from Cooper-Hewitt Museum/Parsons School of Design. Her articles have appeared in the catalogues of The Winter Antiques Show and Sanford R. Smith's Modernism: A Century of Art and Design, and in the scholarly journal, Studies in the Decorative Arts. A frequent lecturer, she has spoken on a wide range of topics including "Modernism in the Marketplace," "The Damage and Loss Appraisal," "Searching Databases for Valid Comparables," and "Collecting Twentieth Century Design." She teaches the Intro to Appraising course to students in the Comprehensive Appraisal Studies Program.