Melanie Light Email & Phone Number

Melanie has over 20 years of experience in the visual arts. She is a fine arts appraiser and a collections manager. She provides qualified appraisals for collectors, businesses, museums and foundations that need qualified appraisals for insurance purposes, estate planning and equitable distribution. Her firm provides a range of curatorial services for the arts including database development and implementation, conservation evaluation, storage and transportation consulting and on site curatorial assistance for collection rotation and viewing. She is trained as a first responder in case of a disaster to protect cultural collections with the Western States & territories Preservation Assistance Service.In addition, she has an ongoing involvement with the creation of fine art photographic books. She has written and published award-winning photography monographs, advised and consulted for Kickstarter campaigns regarding photo book projects and consulted with individuals regarding their book projects.Specialties: 19th and 20th Century Photography and photography booksUSPAP compliant fine arts appraiserAccredited Member of the Appraisers Association of America