Where There’s a Brick, There’s a Way
The Appraiser Coach
DECEMBER 20, 2022
I remember when I first started using a laser to do my measurements. I was up in front of a group of people, and I asked them to show by. Read More.
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Finding Fakes and Forgeries in High Art
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
In 1496, twenty year old Michelangelo forged a sculpture of Cupid and sold it to a cardinal. In 1995, the British authorities arrested John Mayatt for forging paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Matisse and other blue-chip artists. In 2016, the principals of Knoedler Gallery in New York settled a lawsuit out of court that accused them of selling fakes of works by Jackson Pollack and Willem de Kooning.
Celebrating African-American Artists: Matt Baker
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Back in the 1990s, Sotheby’s held a breakthrough auction of comic book art. In the years hence, the genre has captured the imagination of collectors the world over. Today The Appraisal Group celebrates the life and work of Matt Baker (1921-1959), the first African-American graphic artist to find success in the comic book industry. He was there for the birthing of it.
An Appraisal Cast in Wax: The Conti Museum
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
When people ask me to talk about unusual appraisals, I now speak about the work The Appraisal Group did for the Conti Museum in New Orleans. That’s the famous wax museum that was one of New Orleans’ best loved attractions for many years. It closed in January, sad to say. Most of the museum appraisals The Appraisal Group handles revolve around major gifts and insurance valuations.
Boston’s Skinner Awarded American Impressionist Painting By The Appraisal Group
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Of the many fine art and antique appraisals we do, most clients would like to realize a profit on their fine art and historic furniture. Placing an oil painting or antiques with the right buyer – whether with a private collector or an auction house – takes leg work. Although The Appraisal Group’s president David J. Goldberg has an instinctive feel of the market and knows who and where to sell, that process takes knowledge, contacts and knowing how to negotiate the best deal on behalf of the cl
Celebrating African-American Artists: Gordon Parks
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Photography came of age in the last century and is now one of the most popular collecting categories. At The Appraisal Group, we frequently come across collections of 19th and 20th century works by photographers. Gordon Park is among the trailblazers of the last century. His sophisticated and worldly eye delivered insights onrace relations, poverty, civil rights, and urban life.
Celebrating African-American Artists: Clementine Hunter
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
The Appraisal Group celebrates the work of Louisiana’s own Clementine Hunter (1886-1998). From the Cane River region of the state, Ms. Hunter is among the first African-American artists to have a solo exhibition at the present-day New Orleans Museum of Art. She is one of the few 20th century artists to be honored by an opera-that delicious, all encompassing art form that trades on grand and layered stories.
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How Much is Your Collection Worth? The Appraisal Group Answers
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
If your collection is your passion, it pays to know how much value you should place on it. Perhaps you know to the decimal point how much you paid for cars, furniture or fine art. Perhaps you don’t because it was an inheritance or a gift. Either way, things can change pretty rapidly in the marketplace. Tastes change and value changes. Of course, the intrinsic value of a top tier painting is going to remain pretty steady or increase, but how many of us harbor the top 2% of the world’s finest art?
Rare Painting By Selina Bres Goes To Auction in New Orleans
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Folks who follow The Appraisal Group on the social media are always interested in knowing more about how David J. Goldberg and his network of specialists work. One of the most frequently asked questions is, “How do you know where to sell a painting to get the best price?” The answer is simple. “We have a lot of connections in the art world”. While ltrue, that is too vague to satisfy most people who want to sell their art, so I’m going to show you a case in point.
$1M Appraisal Group Discovery Beats the Experts’ Estimate
Appraisal Group USA
DECEMBER 17, 2022
NEW YORK,NY. (December 18, 2014) A David J. Goldberg “find” set Sotheby’s auction room ablaze on December 17th when the Louis Majorelle desk and chair he discovered in Carencro, LA made more than $1M. It had been predicted that the Waterlilies desk and chair – magnficient Art Nouvelle items designed in 1903 – would make at least $250,000. The chair, a glorious concoction of line, leather, nail heads and ormolu was expected to bring $30,000-$50,000.
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