Appraisals and Art Advisory

Elizabeth von Habsburg is Managing Director of Winston Art Group, the largest independent art advisory and appraisal firm in the US.  The firm’s 75 specialists cover all areas of fine and decorative art through US offices in New York, Boston, Washington DC, Charlotte, NC, Palm Beach, Denver, Houston, and Los Angeles, and worldwide representation in London, Paris, and Geneva.  Prior to Winston Art Group, Elizabeth was President of the US operations of an international appraisal firm for 18 years, and before that, she was Vice President of Habsburg Auctioneers.  She started her career at Christie’s as Assistant Vice President in charge of the Appraisal department.  She is currently a Board Member of the New York Foundation for the Arts, was a Board Member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) from 2003-2015 and was a 2008-2015 Trustee and 2014 Chair of The Appraisal Foundation in Washington, DC.  Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Morgan Library and a member of ArtTable, Inc.  She is a Director of the Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation and was on the Board of Trustees of Christie’s Education through 2020.   Elizabeth has qualified as expert witness in Fine Art and Decorative Art in the New York, Kansas City, MO, Palm Beach, FL, Philadelphia, PA and Texas courts, and lectures worldwide on all aspects of art.  She is Certified by AAA in Modern and Impressionist art and European Furniture and Works of Art and is compliant with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).  She revised four Antiques Hunters Guides (2000-2001), contributed a chapter to “Fine Art and High Finance” (2009), and to the AAA's Appraisal Handbook (2012 and 2024).  In 2015, she was named one of the Fifty Most Influential Women in Private Wealth, by Private Asset Management.