Corin Blust is a Candidate Member of the Appraiser’s Association of America, the premier national organization of personal property appraisers focusing on fine and decorative arts. She has over a decade of experience providing fair, objective appraisal reports following the highest standards of research and connoisseurship. Corin’s past positions include Executive Director, South Florida, at O’Toole-Ewald Art Associates, a venerable art appraisal firm headquartered in New York, a senior member of the Art and Furniture Specialist teams at 1stdibs.com, a global luxury marketplace for important furniture, design and fine arts, and Head of Cataloging at Lofty.com, a startup acquired in 2017. She has also worked at a boutique auction house in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Corin was involved in the Research Methods course, part of Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, MA program, for 5+ years, and has contributed to the publication Theories of Advanced Appraisal Studies, published by the International Society of Appraisers. Corin is an active member of the arts organizations ArtTable and The Decorative Arts Trust and has served on the board of the Leo Creek Preserve since 2013. She is an IRS qualified fine and decorative arts appraiser and is USPAP compliant. She holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a M.A. in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York.