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A Client's Guide For How to Take Photographs of Art and Antiques to Send to An Appraiser

Artifactual History Appraisal

Silverplate is often thicker and heavier than sterling Age Style (for example, Nouveau is valuable, Rococo Revival less so) Famous makers (such as Tiffany) or retailed from a famous shop (for example Liberty or Cartier) Weight in troy ounces (this is different from regular ounces. Note the thickness of hollowware.

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Building a Collection and Art as an Investment

Artifactual History Appraisal

This will help you better target the sorts of artists and works that will suit your collection's vision. With a little research, one can find contemporary artists making works in a variety of styles encompassing the entire span of art history, as well as older antique works.

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Winslow Homer's illustrations

Antique Prints

Winslow Homer (1836-1910) was one of the foremost American artists of the middle of the nineteenth century and we are fortunate that many of his images were produced as prints even a century and a half later are still accessible and affordable.

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Collecting the Illustrious Works of Artist Bob Peak

WorthPoint

One artist who particularly excelled at this was illustrator Bob Peak, known for his bright colors and sharp graphics on posters and magazine covers. Peak’s work was instrumental in depicting the entertainment industry, especially from the 1960s through the early 1980s, known as Hollywood’s Second Golden Age.

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Mabel Dwight's American Scene

Michael Rose Fine Art

From the urban explorations of John Sloan or Edward Hopper to the more nuanced and human-focused prints of artists like Elizabeth Catlett or Sister Corita Kent, printmaking experienced something of a long golden age. In a 1936 lithograph, titled Ninth Avenue Church , Dwight’s wry sense of humor is on display.

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Mrs. Jane Loudon

Antique Prints

Orphaned and penniless at age 17, Jane decided to try to become a writer to support herself. Jane had taught herself to draw and these books were illustrated with her designs, beautifully rendered in hand-colored lithographs. Jane Wells Webb Loudon (1807-1858) was an accomplished English author and gardener. The work, The Mummy!

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How Do I Get My Art Appraised?

Fine Art Estates

That is, unless you happen to know that a similar work by that artist has just sold for $25,000 at auction. If you know the artist’s name, you can use one of the auction databases (listed below) that appraisers and dealers subscribe to. The problem is, of course, how will you know that happened unless you have it appraised?