Mary Cunningham
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After graduating from Drew University, Ms. Cunningham trained with Christie’s in London in the mid-1980s under the tutelage of Pietro Raffo. She then spent the next 18 years with Sotheby’s New York as a Vice President and Department Head of Continental Furniture, leaving in early 2003 to a private dealership in Salisbury, CT.
While at Sotheby’s, she was integral in bringing in the following collections: Alberto Pinto, Paris; Villa Fiorentina, Cap Ferat, decorated by Billy Baldwin for the Harding Lawrence’s; The Collection of Colasanti-Moore, Rome; The Arne Schlesch Scandinavian Collection, NY; and worked collaboratively on the following estates and collections: The Duke and Duchess of Windsor; Jacqueline K. Onassis; Andy Warhol; Ambassador Pamela Harriman; Greta Garbo; Mrs. Antenor Patino; Chateau du Groussay, France; The Estate of Mrs. John Hay Whitney; The Estate of Gianni Versace, Miami & Milan and The Estate of Sister Parrish, NY. She lectures widely on European furniture and has been a specialist on the Antiques Roadshow. She most recently worked in the antique retail field in Manhattan with the renowned Doris Leslie Blau and the dynamic Amy Perlin. She has been a part of the Stair Galleries team since January 2011, and worked on the following collections: Ambassador JV Reed, The Estate of Kitty Mellon, The Collection of Chippy Irvine, and The Estate if Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, to name a few.
She has successfully completed the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP); the congressionally recognized set of appraisal standards promulgated by The Appraisal Foundation, and is fully qualified to render an estate or insurance appraisal.
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