Esquire Appraisals, Inc.

For the past 36 years, as president of ESQUIRE APPRAISALS, INC., J. LEE DREXLER has done countless appraisals of fine arts, silver, furniture, antiques and jewelry for insurance and estate purposes, for gifts to museums, schools and charities, for damage claims and divorce matters. LEE DREXLER has done appraisals throughout the United States and Europe. Click here for additional client information.

She has been a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers since 1975, was President of the Hudson Valley-New York Chapter in 1991-1992 and 1997-1998, belongs to the Appraisers Association of American and is a Gemologist with G.I.A. Diamond and pearl certificates. She was an Associate Professor at Hofstra University where she taught "The Appraisal of Fine Arts and Antiques" and is listed in Who’s Who in the World, Who’s Who in American Women and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry. She is fluent in French and speaks Spanish.

LEE DREXLER has done appraisals for the leading metropolitan insurance companies, banks and law firms, as well as for many private individuals in the New York metropolitan area and surrounding suburbs. Her clients include former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance; John Barry; Candice Bergen; Oleg Cassini; Placido Domingo; Alice Kaplan; Herbert Kasper; Judge Irving Kaufman; Victor Kiam; Lorne Michaels; US Justice Department; Morgan Stanley, Inc.; the United States Trust Co.; Texaco, Inc.; RCA; Merrill Lynch; Salomon Bros.; Morgan Guaranty; Chase Manhattan Bank; Manufacturer’s Hanover Bank; Marsh and McClennan; Aetna Life Insurance; Richard Parsons; André Previn; Liberty Mutual; Paul Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson; Raoul Lionel Felder P.C.; Thatcher, Proffitt & Wood; State Street Bank & Trust Co.,etc.. LEE DREXLER has done appraisals throughout the United States and Europe.

LEE DREXLER has appeared on numerous radio and television programs, discussing appraisals, antiques and art as an investment, and wrote a syndicated newspaper column on antiques for the Gannett newspaper chain for six years. She has lectured at seminars and charitable functions on appraisals and art investment topics. She helps select art for exhibitions at the National Arts Club, is a member of its exhibition committee and has been a judge at many shows. She has served in court as an expert witness. Several Justices of the New York State Supreme Court have appointed her as a court appointed expert to appraise tangible personal property in matrimonial actions and she has appraised jewelry for the Queens County Public Administrator. She also serves as an art consultant, advising clients on the buying or selling of fine arts and antiques. She has acted in this capacity for Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley among others.

LEE DREXLER graduated from Jackson College, Tufts University and spent a year in Paris where she studied at both the art museum and the furniture museum of the Louvre. She successfully completed courses of studies at the New York School of Interior Design and at the gemological Institute of America, where she studied colored gemstones and received her Diamond and Pearl certificates. She also did individual study work at all great art museums of Europe, including London, Amsterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Frankfurt, Madrid, Totledo, Rome, Florence, Venice, Dubrovnik, Vienna, Istanbul, Berlin, Dublin, Edinburgh, Oslo, Copenhagen, Wales, Stockholm, Iceland, Luxembourg, Geneva, Budapest, Prague, Leninberg and Moscow; in the Far East at The Hawardi Jade Museum of Hong Kong, the National Museums of Bangkok, Shanghai and Beijing, the Temples of Changmei in Thailand, the National Museum of Delhi, Prince Albert Museum of Bombay, the National Museum of Nepal, the National Museum of Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara, and also the Archeological and Fine Art Museums of Xian, Peking, Shanghai, New Zealand, Australia and Nairobi, the archeological ruins of Angor Wat in Cambodia, The Elora and Ajanta Caves in India, and the archeological museums of Athens, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, Rio de Janiero and Tel Aviv, at the major art museums of the United States including the National Gallery of Art and the Hirshhorn Museum of Washington, The Williamsburg Historical Restoration, the Hearst Mansion, the San Francisco Art Museum, the Getty Museum of California and the Winterthur Museum of Delaware.

Senior Member, A.S.A. Since 1975
President of Hudson Valley-New York Chapter 1991-92, 1997-98
Member, Appraisers Association of America
Gemologist with G.I.A. Certificate in Diamonds and Pearls
Associate Professor, Hofstra University-Taught Appraisal of Fine Arts & Antiques
Listed in Who’s Who in the World
Listed in Who’s Who in American Women
Listed in Who’s Who in Finance & Industry
Bilingual in French
Fluent in Spanish
Honorary Citizen of Alfortville, France
Wrote syndicated Column on Antiques for Gannett Newspapers for six years
Appeared on numerous television and radio shows
Frequent Lecturer at clubs and organizations
Judge at art shows; member of National Arts Club Exhibition Committee
Art Consultant
Expert Witness in matrimonial and damage cases
Neutral Expert in Matrimonial Actions for New York State Supreme Court
Organized Major Show on North Carolina Art at the National Arts Club in 1993
Organized Major Show on African American Art honoring Maya Angelou at the National Arts Club in 1994 in which Opray Winfrey, Rolanda Watts, Ruby Dee, and Shari Belefonte participated
Has traveled and Studied at Major Art and Archeological Museums in 82 Countries around the World.
Vice President Manhattan Chapter ASA - 2005 through 2006