Miranda Jamison (also known as "The Appraiser") is an Elusive Target in HITMAN™ 2. She is the director of the Gorka Institute in Barcelona, which is the premiere art authentication facility in the world.
Briefing[]
At the age of 36, Miranda was widowed and at the funeral of her husband, she was approached by a group of men who explained to her that her husband had been involved in a complicated price fixing scheme. The group offered her his former role and access to the most prestigious art in the most. After some deliberation, she agreed. From then on, things escalated quickly.
Jamison modernized the price fixing methodology of both galleries and auction houses, introduced multiple new practices to keep gallery prices secret and callously dumped a large group of artists who saw their works turn worthless overnight. The consequences of this famous “crimson period” were vast for artists and minor collectors, who lost both their fortunes and, in some cases, committed suicide.
Initially hit by critique from some of the bigger collectors, the rise in value of the remaining works convinced them that the approach worked from a business point of view. Within five years, Miranda Jamison became not only a member of the art appreciation elite of the world but also a member of the secretive Ark Society. She now runs the largest art price fixing scheme in the world and is involved in everything from money laundering to tax evasion as a consequence.
Now, Jamison is looking to expand her reach into the highest of tiers. To achieve that, she has stolen a painting from Randall Pryce, a former client of hers who had offered to sell it to her for $100 million – a price so ridiculous not even Jamison wanted to pay it. Jamison plans to “gift” the painting to The Ark Society in the name of famed adventurer Blake Nathaniel in the hopes that he will introduce her to his ultra-wealthy contacts.The Appraiser[]
Miranda Jamison handles the pricing of many of the art industry’s most prestigious pieces of art and she is one of the key drivers of the extensive art price fixing that takes place in the world.
Miranda seems to be integral to the whole industry of driving up art prices, selecting just a handful of new talent each year to be the recipients of her blessings. This approach to fine art has driven countless normal galleries out of business over the years and resulted in the suicide of several distraught artists ruined by her fickle whims.
She appears as an Elusive Target in HITMAN 2, along with her Notebook about The Ark Society's purchases must also be retrieved in order to please the clients in the mission.
Route[]
Miranda Jamison is located at the castle in the locked area beyond the upper level Ark Society lounge. Her routine takes her between the gallery, the outdoor landing area (the helicopter is not present in this mission) and two rooms where custodians are working on artifacts. Her notebook is in a small room separated from the main building containing two custodians and guarded by a Raider.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In total, Miranda drove 3 artists to suicide, including an NPC that resembles Soham Hussain, Dawood Rangan's painter in Mumbai.
- She is aware that Randall Pryce knows about her theft and occasionally checks in with a raider at the helipad to see if he's arrived.
- In a phone call discussing how to get rid of the thief who stole the painting for her, Miranda indirectly mentions Haven, referring to them as "our friends in the Maldives".
- One of the artist she drove to suicide used a "Rude Ruby" to commit suicide, which was similarly mentioned from above, sharing the exact same model with the artist.
- A few female bank civilians in Golden Handshake mission in New York wear the same fur coat as Miranda.
- Miranda drops a Chapel Key when she is pacified or killed.