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Deborah Solon and Alissa Ford join Heritage Auctions’ Fine Arts department

BEVERLY HILLS, CA.- Heritage Auctions has greatly bolstered its expertise in American and California Art by adding two well respected authorities in the field, Deborah Solon and Alissa Ford. Solon will be Heritage’s West Coast Director of American Art, while Ford will act as the company’s Director of California Art. “With these two significant staff additions Heritage has confirmed its dedication to becoming a major entity in the art business,” said Ed Beardsley, Heritage’s Vice President of Fine Arts. “Deborah and Alissa are both tops in their respective fields of expertise and encyclopedic in their knowledge.” Solon will be working out of Heritage’s Beverly Hills offices, while Ford will be stationed in the company’s recently opened San Francisco offices. Deborah Solon is a renowned scholar, curator and educator, with an impressive pedigree in American Art and a career that has included positions with leading Art Museums, auctio