Jan M. Goin
Wednesday, March 13, 2002
(Kiawah Satellite Event)
1:30 - 3:00
What You Don't See at the Antiques Roadshow: A Case Study in Art Appraisal
Location: 17 Rhett's Bluff Road, Kiawah

Biography: Jan M. Goin is an appraiser who specializes in Modern printmakers and Southern regionalist and post World War II era painters. Ms. Goin received her undergraduate degree from the College of Charleston, where she studied with William Halsey. Her father, John Muller, opened The Charles Town Gallery at 24 State Street (now the site of Nina Liu and Friends) in 1963, and Ms. Goin purchased the gallery and moved it to King Street in 1974. Jan Goin Gallery represented regional Southern contemporary artists.

After Hurricane Hugo devastated Charleston and the Lowcountry in 1989, Ms. Goin's gallery functioned as a warehouse for clients and others who needed to store, repair, and evaluate their damaged artworks. Noting the local need for a professional art appraiser, Ms. Goin entered the American Society of Appraisers' education program to learn appraisal methodology and reporting. In 1992 she opened her appraisal practice and, after meeting the requirements of experience, testing and advanced appraisal education, Ms. Goin was awarded the designation of Accredited Senior Appraiser in Fine Arts with the American Society of Appraisers.

Ms. Goin is the Past President of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers. She also has served as Treasurer and Vice-President for that organization. She is Past President of the Friends of the Charleston County Library, and she was Gallery Coordinator for that group from 1997 to 2000. Ms. Goin has served on the Archives Committee for First Scots Presbyterian Church, and she is an exhibiting member of the Charleston Artists' Guild.

Synopsis: Almost everyone has an object that he or she has found at a yard sale or some treasure that belonged to grandmother. Such objects lead us to ask the question "Could this really be worth something?" Other persons have seen Antiques Roadshow and longed to find out if that print found behind the frame is one of the real copies of the Declaration of Independence. This session will look into some of the tricks of the trade for individual investigation. Get started with a magnifying glass!

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