John is the founder and president of Case Antiques, Inc. He co-owns the company with his wife, Stephanie. With over 30 years of experience researching and evaluating American antiques and art, John specializes in early Southern decorative arts. He is an accredited member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA), the oldest professional association of personal property appraisers in the United States. John is current with the Appraisal Foundation’s Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) requirements. John has lectured on Southern material culture at Colonial Williamsburg, the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), the William King Regional Arts Center, the Appraisers Association of America national convention, and the International Society of Appraisers national convention. He authored “Regionalism Considerations: A Southern Focus” in the Appraisers Association of America handbook, Appraising Art: The Definitive Guide to Appraising the Fine and Decorative Arts. He completed the 2006 Fall Furniture Institute at the Museum of Early Southern Arts, and served as a contributing editor for the Frist Museum’s Art of Tennessee exhibit in Nashville. John was appointed to the Tennessee Executive Residence Preservation Foundation (TERPF) in 2012 and later elected chairman. He led the Tennessee Executive Residence task force and the State Museum to acquire and manage art, furniture, and objects of historic significance to enrich the Tennessee Executive Residence (also known as the Governor’s Mansion), with a particular emphasis on objects with a Tennessee provenance. Additionally, John currently serves as a member of the Museum of Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) advisory board and was appointed vice-chair to the MESDA advisory board in 2024. Growing up around his family’s antiques and estate sale business in Kingsport, TN, John earned a degree in Biomedical/Biochemical engineering from Duke University. He worked in that field while continuing to consult with his family’s antique and estate sale business, completing a museum graduate course sponsored by MESDA at Wake Forest University. In 2005, he decided to follow his lifelong interest in art, antiques, and technology to open an auction firm, utilizing the latest technology to provide worldwide marketing and bidder participation.Specialties: Fine Art and Antique Auctions, AppraisalsWebsite: www.caseantiques.com