ABOUT PAMELA BENSOUSSAN, ASA, ARM, ISA AM
Pamela Bensoussan has over 40 years’ experience in the world of decorative and fine arts. Her career highlights include a ten-year residence in Paris where she operated a gallery on the Left Bank and consulted for a major Parisian auction house and an art investment firm in Switzerland. In the US, Pamela Bensoussan owned and operated galleries in San Francisco and San Diego. She’s authored numerous articles and lectured on topics ranging from Oriental rugs in Renaissance Painting to Appraising New Deal (WPA) art, presented at the 2019 ASA Connoisseurship Conference in Santa Fe, NM.
In 2008 Ms. Bensoussan was elected to the Chula Vista City Council in San Diego County and served two terms ending in 2016. While active on the Council, she provided leadership for the creation and implementation of an Arts Master Plan for the City of Chula Vista.
Pamela is accredited by the American Society of Appraisers as a Senior Appraiser in the Personal Property discipline (since 2003) with additional credentials in Fine Arts and Oriental Carpets and is an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers. She also holds an accreditation in Appraisal Review and Management (ARM) with ASA. Her areas of expertise include Fine Art, Oriental Carpets, European and American furniture, decorative arts, textiles, and tapestries. She served terms as president of the San Diego ASA Chapter and the Houston ASA Chapter. Pamela earned a Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant designation from the Forensic Expert Witness Association (FEWA) in 2018. At the International Conference of the American Society of Appraisers (New York, August 2019) she received the Member of the Year award for 2018/2019 and in 2025 received ASA's Appraiser of the Year award in at the International Conference in Puerto Rico.
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