Stephen P. Sweeting, MA, MRICS
Stephen P. Sweeting began his career in the dealer and auction sectors of the art and antiques business in the early 1980s and has been a full-time personal property appraiser since 1990. As one of the founders of Toronto-based Appraisal Associates, he contributed to over 2,400 formal written appraisals for clients inclusive of private collectors, businesses, professional services firms, insurance companies, and public institutions. Most major museums and public galleries in Canada were clients of the firm between 1993 and 2023. Appraisals were issued for Certified Cultural Property donations, gifts-in-kind donations, insurance coverage, insurance claims review, sale advisory and other purposes.
Trained as a Personal Property valuer through the American Society of Appraisers, Mr. Sweeting was an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the society from 1999 until 2010. In 2009 he qualified as a member of the globally-recognized Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). In that same year he was elected into the Institution as a Chartered Arts & Antiques Surveyor (MRICS designation). RICS requires continuing professional development hours relevant to the accreditation to be logged and submitted on an annual basis.
Stephen P. Sweeting holds a Master of Arts — Integrated Studies with a specialization in Cultural Studies from Athabasca University and a BA (Hons) from the University of Toronto. He has received academic and professional scholarships from the American Society of Appraisers, Athabasca University, and the province of Alberta.
In addition to practicing as a full-time personal property appraiser for over 30 years, he taught an on-line, Masters-level course on the intersection of art and crime at Athabasca University in the early 2010s. He has held senior editorial positions at the Journal of Integrated Studies and The Art & Crime Gazette. As well, he has authored a wide range of valuation and collectable-related articles in trade, academic and other publications.
Mr. Sweeting founded S. P. Sweeting Appraisals in 2024 following the passing of his well-known business partner of nearly 30 years — the late Ms. Edie Yeomans, FASA. S. P. Sweeting Appraisals works together with several qualified colleagues and consultants to serve clients.
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