SOODIE BEASLEY

Appraiser in Kansas City, Missouri

SOODIE BEASLEY

Appraiser in Kansas City, Missouri

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Soodie Beasley is an accredited appraiser in Antiques and Decorative Arts with the American Society of Appraisers and a certified appraiser in 20-Century Modern Design with the Appraisers Association of America. She has a particular interest in furniture created by architects, interior designers and decorators.

Soodie works with insurance companies, attorneys, lending institutions, banks, Realtors, and the International Revenue Service (IRS) to prepare appraisals for a variety of different purposes including insurance underwriting, damage and loss, estate planning, estate division, property dispersion, charitable donations, loan collateral and for personal information. She also serves as a consultant to individuals, auction houses and estate liquidators.

Since 2007, Soodie has taught courses at the college level on the History of Interior Design, Graphic Design, Art History I and II, Introduction to the Visual Arts, Women in Design and Study Abroad to Scotland. She also lectures widely on a range of different subjects.

She has worked extensively in the commercial and residential design fields, as well as curatorial work in the museum fied curating exhibitions throughout the Midwest. She has published works in the Journal of Advanced Appraisal Studies, 2009 , 2010, 2011, 2012 ans 2014 editions, on the importance of recognizing furnishings designed by designers; she has also published works in the Appraisers Post Blogspot and Art & Auction Magazine.

Soodie earned a B.A. in Art History from William Smith College, Geneva, New York; an M.A. in Art History from the University of Missouri in Kansas City; a Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Fine & Decorative Arts from the University of California, Irvine; and a four-year Post-Baccalaureate Designation in Interior Architecture and Design from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Accredited Member, American Society of Appraisers
Certified Member, Appraisers Association of America