About Case Antiques

Case Antiques, Inc. is based in Knoxville, Tennessee and offers a full range of services in the area of antiques and art. These services include catalogue antique and art auctions with worldwide marketing and Knoxville and Nashville estate sales and estate liquidations. Additionally, we offer personal property consultations and appraisals for estate, donation, and insurance purposes in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).

We accept single consignments, estate collections, and property deaccessioned by museums and other non-profit institutions. We work closely with estate and trust attorneys, executors, trust departments of banks, and individuals with responsibilities of dispersing estates. We can provide references from past consignors upon request.

John Case is the owner of Case Antiques, Inc. with over 20 years experience researching and evaluating American antiques and art, with a specialization in early Southern decorative arts. John is a member of the Appraisers Association of America (AAA) in the following categories:

  • Furniture & Decorative Arts, American: General
  • Folk Art: General
  • Ceramics, European & American: American
  • Furniture & Decorative Arts: General

The Appraisers Association of America (AAA) is the oldest professional association of personal property appraisers in the United States. John has also completed the 2006 Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) course and passed the examination. In addition to his appraising credentials, John also holds an auction gallery license from the state of Tennessee (TNGL #5157).

Sarah Campbell Drury is Vice President of Decorative Arts for Case Antiques, Inc., with over ten years of experience in the field of art and antiques. Sarah is an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA). Her professional development experience also includes the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) course and exam, ISA courses and examinations in appraisal theory and procedure for fine art, antiques, and residential contents, and the 2003 Fall Furniture Institute at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, N.C. In addition to appraising, she has authored numerous articles on antiques and the art and antiques market for numerous publications, including Maine Antiques Digest, Silver Magazine, and Antique Week newspaper. Ms. Drury is qualified to perform appraisals for estate, insurance, and charitable donation purposes. Her particular areas of interest include silver, samplers, and the female artists of Tennessee. Sarah can be contacted at our Nashville office – 615-812-6096.

Case Antiques offers a variety of services to meet the client’s needs. Whether it is an individual consignment or an entire estate, we offer a comprehensive, tailored approach.

  • Cataloged Gallery Auction – For investment quality art and antiques, we conduct competitive, internationally marketed auctions, attracting dealers and collectors worldwide. By offering all forms of bidding – live floor, phone, internet, and absentee – we make it possible for dealers and collectors from around the globe to enter our Knoxville, Tennessee gallery and participate in our auctions.  We have achieved record prices for a number of artists and categories.
  • Appraisals/Consultations – Our accredited appraisers offer basic estate walk-through consultations and estate inventories as well formal appraisal reports written in accordance to USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice) guidelines for equitable distribution and federal tax functions, including charitable donations.
  • Estate/Tag Sales – Our estate sales team offers informed pricing and a professionally managed, advertised sale for decorative antiques and general household objects. This service is primarily for the Knoxville and Nashville estate sale markets. For items remaining after the estate sale, we can coordinate donations, haul-away, and cleaning services, leaving the premises empty and broom swept.

We have a reputation for integrity and professionalism, and can provide references on request from past consignors including estate attorneys, executors, museums, and private consignors. We conduct our cataloged auctions at our historic Cherokee Mills auction gallery in Knoxville, Tennessee. Our clients include individuals who are downsizing, executors, heirs, estate attorneys, and trust officers. Contact us to discuss how we can serve you at 865-558-3033 (Knoxville) or 615-812-6096 (Nashville) or email us at info@caseantiques.com.

Mission of Case Antiques

The mission of Case Antiques is to provide superior customer service, exceptional stewardship, and quality antiques & art to our clients. Case Antiques will strive to educate and build long term relationships with clients in the investments of fine art and antiques.

The Case Antiques mission includes three important components:

  • An exclusive focus on the antiques and art auction business.
  • Embrace and implement the latest technologies to enrich the antique & art experience for the client.
  • Contribute to the community in which we exist.

Case Antiques Operating Principles:

  • Trust in one another and our customers is our most important principle.
  • We will walk with integrity and treat one another and our customers with respect.
  • We will follow through on all commitments to our customers and our team.
  • Our customer needs are our top priority.
  • Our business decisions will be principle based, and we will strive to make continual improvements in our processes to insure quality service to our customers.

More information about the President of Case Antiques, Inc. – John Case

John Case is the founder and president of Case Antiques, Inc., Auctions and Appraisals based in Knoxville, TN. He has over 20 years experience researching and evaluating American antiques and art and specializes in early Southern decorative arts. John has given lectures on Southern material culture at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA), the William King Regional Arts Center, and served as an appraiser for East Tennessee Public Television (ETPtv). He also served as a contributing editor for the Frist Museum’s Art of Tennessee exhibit in Nashville, Tennessee and has also completed a museum graduate course sponsored by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Wake Forest University. Although Case grew up around his family’s antiques business in Kingsport, TN, he earned a degree in Biomedical/Biochemical engineering from Duke University and worked in that field while consulting his family’s antique and estate sale business. In 2005, he decided to follow his lifelong interest in art, antiques, and technology to open an auction gallery using the latest technology to provide worldwide marketing and participation. As the business grew, Case added an office in Nashville, Tennessee headed by Sarah Campbell Drury, Vice President of Decorative Arts and ISA accredited appraiser.