May General Membership Meeting

The May Chapter Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 16, 2007 at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Plymouth Meeting, PA. The Board of Directors will meet at 5:00 pm; the general meetings starts at 6:30. The guest speaker will be John J. Barton, ASA, a Vice President at Murray Devine & Company in Philadelphia, where he performs business valuation appraisals for mergers & acquistions, buyouts, takeovers, restructurings, tax and private equity fund analyses. He will talk about Governance and the Strategic Direction of the ASA. Mr. Barton, who teaches finance to MBA candidates at Villanova, has also taught valuation for Big Four accounting firms in Cyprus, Turkey, and Finland. A popular after-dinner speaker, he writes for the Practitioners' Publishing Company, and has served the ASA on two international committees and as a valuation course instructor. Dinner is $35 per person for members and guests. Make checks payable to ASA Philadephia Chapter 35. Please RSVP to Executive Secretary Joanne Paciello by mail to 8 Terrace Rd, Plymouth Meeting, PA 19462, , phone (610-277-1366) or fax (610-277-1366).

Personal Property: Seminar on Antique Ceramics

The ASA Philadelphia Chapter will sponsor a Hands-On Seminar on Identifying and Distinguishing Antique Ceramics on Friday, May 18, 2007 from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at the Historic Joseph Ambler Inn at 1005 Horsham Rd, North Wales, PA 19454  . Instructor Shirley S. Swaab, ASA, a frequent lecturer on American and European antiques, will show you how to distinguish between pottery and porcelain, hard or soft paste porcelain, how to identify types of earthenware, and how to understand the differences between Delft and Chinese Export. This is not a slideshow, but a hands-on seminar. Limited to 30 students, the seminar costs $160 for ASA, AAA, and ISA members, $195 otherwise, and includes Continental breakfast, lunch, and morning and afternoon snacks. The program qualifies for 7 hours of ASA Continuing Education Credit. For more information and to register, please view the seminar brochure, then call Ms. Swaab at 215-635-2260.