About Us
Jerald E. Johnson, President and Primary Associate
Edward G. Haddad II, Consulting Appraiser
We have collectively provided appraisal services for antiques, fine arts, and personal property for over 30 years in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
After five years apprentice-ship with Haddad Antiques & Appraisals, Mr. Johnson founded Johnson-Ventino Appraisals in 1990 in Washington, DC and incorporated as National Appraisals LLC in 2001.
Mr. Haddad was the former proprietor of Antiquity Fair Ltd. and later Haddad Antiques & Appraisals in Kensington, Maryland from 1970-95.
Between us, some of our important former clients have included:
- The White House
- The Smithsonian Institution
- the estate of the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board
- the estate of a Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court
- estate appraisals for a Washington, DC law firm since 1990
- 12 locations for a major Washington, DC restaurant corporation
- damage/loss appraisals for Nationwide Insurance Company
- Department of State employees travelling abroad