Pamela Pierrepont Bardo
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Experience
President,
Bardo Consulting Group, Inc., Chicago
1998 to date
President,
StoneBridge Services, Inc., Chicago
2014 to date
President,
Bardo & Associates, Inc., Chicago
1980 — 1998
Vice-President and Director of Research,
Kelvyn G. Lilley & Associates, Appraisals, Inc., Chicago
1979 — 1980
Curator-In-Charge,
Longue Vue Center for the Decorative Arts, New Orleans Museum of Art, promoted from Curator of Decorative Arts and Curator of Collections
1973 — 1979
Director, University Art Gallery, and Curator,
Frick and Fine Arts Collections, promoted from Curator of Exhibitions, University of Pittsburgh
1970 — 1973
Selected Publications and Exhibitions
The Treasures of the Woman’s Athletic Club, Highlighted in ‘Curator’s Corner’ Articles
The ValuTrakTM Appraisal System, a multimedia asset management appraisal system
"Questions and Answers About Your Divorce" Divorce Magazine
The Dating and Dollar Dilemma: Needlework and Embroidery from Mary Queen of Scots Remounted and Restored.
American Society of Appraisers Personal Property Journal
Curator of Decorative Arts, The Treasures of Tutankhamen, New Orleans Museum of Art
The Latter-Schlesinger Collection of English and Continental Portrait Miniatures, New Orleans Museum of Art
Imperial Carpets from Peking, University of Pittsburgh
The 20th Century Print as Seen Through the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winston (Mrs. Barnett Malbin),
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Collects II: ALCOA Collection of Contemporary Art, University of Pittsburgh
Robert Motherwell's Open '69 Series, Master's thesis, University of Pittsburgh
Education
M.A., Art History, Mellon Teaching Fellow, University of Pittsburgh
B.A., Art History, With Honors, Briarcliff College
“Personal Property Appraisal Report Writing.” ASA, USPAP.
“Rembrandt” The Newberry Library.
“20th Century Interiors.” Loyola University
"The Art of the Print." Northwestern University
"Connoisseurship for the Appraiser: The Modern Print." University of Texas at Austin
"Principles of Valuation." I, II, III and IV. American Society of Appraisers, Washington D.C.
Certification and Professional Credentials
Accredited Senior Member
American Society of Appraisers, General Residential Contents, Antiques and Decorative Art, and Fine Arts
Certified Member
Appraisers Association of America, Contemporary Art, European and American Furniture and Decorative Arts, European Paintings and Drawings, Portrait Miniatures and Silver
Certificate
Whitehall Summer Institute, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Certificate
The Summer Institute, H. F. duPont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware
Certificate
American Association of Museum Directors Harry D. M. Grier Memorial Fellow, and Scholar of American Friends of Attingham, London
Selected Lectures
Chubb Insurance Company, Premier Producers Series
International Association of Financial Planners
Merrill Lynch, Premiere Event Series, National Tour
The Private Bank
First National Bank of Chicago
Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE)
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
Chicago Bar Association, Alliance for Women Committee
Chicago Bar Association, Creative Arts Committee
Chicago Title and Trust Company
Northern Trust Bank of California
Lake Shore National Bank
Lincoln National Bank
Chicago Public Library
Women’s Athletic Club of Chicago
Junior League of Chicago and New York
Cosmopolitan Club of New York
The Fortnightly of Chicago
Continental Bank
Other Professional ActivitiesM
President’s Award. Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago, 2021
Member, Board of Directors, The Antiquarian Society, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2018 to 2022
Co-Chair, Program Committee, The Guild, Chicago History Museum, 2018 to 2020
Second Vice President, The Guild, Chicago History Museum, 2018 to 2020
Chairman, “Don’t Let Your Possessions Possess You”. Appraisal Lecture and Fundraising Event, Episcopal Church of the Atonement, 2014
Chairman, “The Power of Your Possessions I and II”. Appraisal Lecture and Fundraising Event, St Chrysostom’s Church, 2010, 2011
Chairman, National Personal Property Symposium, American Society of Appraisers, 2004
Faculty, Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994
Member, Mayor’s Committee for The World’s Fair, Chicago, 1991 — 1992
Member, International Board of Examiners, American Society of Appraisers, 1985 — 1988
Member, Board of Visitors, School of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, 1991 — 1995
Chairman, Board of Examiners, Chicago Chapter, American Society of Appraisers, 1985 — 1988
Secretary, Chicago Chapter, American Society of Appraisers, 1986 — 1988
Chairman, The Chicago Council of Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1986 — 1990
Secretary, Board of Trustees (1985 — 1986), Chicago Architecture Foundation and President, Auxiliary Board, 1983 — 1985
Co-Curator of the Collections, Woman's Athletic Club, Chicago, 1988 — 1991, Curator, 2000 to date
Guest Curator of Glass, Columbus Museum of Art, 1980 — 1981
Affiliations
American Society of Appraisers
Antiquarian Society, Art Institute of Chicago
Appraisers Association of American
English Speaking Union
Junior League of Chicago
Old Masters Society, Art Institute of Chicago
The Chicago Chamber Music Society
The Friday Club
The Guild, Chicago Historical Society
The Irish Georgian Society
The Royal Oak Foundation
Other
Listed, Who’s Who of American Women
Listed, Who’s Who of International Professional and Business Women
Selected Clients
Church of the Ascension
Spertus Museum of Judaica
Sisters of Mercy, Midwest
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Harris Bank & Trust, 1979 – 2006
Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago, 1999 to date
Bloomington Public Library Art Collection
Skokie Public Library Art Collection
Northwestern University President’s Residence
Northwestern University Sculpture Collection
The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 1996 to date
Chef Louis Szathmary, The Bakery, Donation of International Collection of Hotel Silver, Cooking Tools & Instruments, 18th – 20th Centuries, and Culinary Memorabilia to Johnson & Wales University, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Hoyt Sherman Mansion, Des Moines
Moody Bible Institute and Museum
The Antiquarian Society Silver Collection, AIC
Alexian Brothers Museum
Jenner & Block, New York Collection
Ebony Fashion Fair Haute Couture Costume Collection
Tupperware International & Museum
St. James Episcopal Cathedral, Chicago
Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Kansas City, Missouri
St.Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church and Day School, Chicago
Church of Our Saviour, Chicago
The Widow Clarke House Collection, Oldest House in Chicago
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, Gainesville, Virginia
Metropolitan Club
Contemporary Club Silver Collection
Stein Row Farnham
Arthur Anderson International
Harper College
Wheaton College
State of Illinois Collection at the James Thompson Center, Chicago
Leo Burnett International
Merchandise Mart, 1999 to date
Continental Bank Murals
Lyric Opera Curtain
Grosse Pointe Public Library, Michigan