Sara Wishart

Silver

Updated: 7.17.09

Sara Wishart is Skinner's leading expert in appraising objects of fine silver and silver plate. She is also a specialist in English and European furniture and decorative arts. Wishart joined Skinner in 1998, and in her role performs a wide variety of tasks, including researching, evaluating, and cataloguing material for Skinner's four auctions of European Furniture & Decorative Arts annually. Her responsibilities also include selecting and evaluating pieces for other Skinner auctions throughout the year.

As a generalist appraiser, Sara appraises a broad spectrum of objects for institutions and private owners, both on site and in the gallery. She also participates in numerous benefit appraisal days for non-profit and arts institutions.

Her education includes an M.A./M.Phil in decorative arts granted by the History of Art department at the University of Glasgow, Scotland in 1997, and a B.A. from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, in 1991.