Sarasota Antique Buyers

JANUARY 14, 2025

For those interested in antique porcelain identification, value, and marketing, this book is for you. Grasping Porcelain Markings Identification of your piece starts with porcelain marks. Limoges: Often stamped with “Limoges, France,” this porcelain is prized for its superb hand-painted details.

Appraiser/appraisal 52

Appraiser/appraisal Provenance Identification Market Analysis 52

Artifactual History Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

All appraisal reports written in compliance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) have to include identification of the level of the market the appraised values are set in and the effective date of the valuation. The next level is Fair Market Value.

Retail Replacement Value 130

Retail Replacement Value Appraiser/appraisal Appraisal Reports Market Value 130

WorthPoint

MARCH 29, 2024

Many different types of objects were produced using this substance, such as straight razor handles, fountain pens, dolls, jewelry, and functional hair ornaments. Celluloid is also light in weight compared to other plastics like Bakelite, so that’s another valuable identification clue. A painted celluloid dog brooch with a movable head.

Jewelry 52

Jewelry Collectibles Antiques and Decorative Arts Material 52

Penrose Appraisals

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If it is intended as a functional object, does it comfortably do what it is supposed to? Speaking of ornament, the way in which an object is engraved, or painted, or carved, or any of a hundred other ways ornament has been used can make a tremendous difference in the overall quality of the item. Is this the right form? Attribution.

Collectibles 52

Collectibles Material Maker/Artist Provenance 52

Fine Art Estates

JANUARY 7, 2022

Over the years, I have spent a lot of time on the phone trying to help people determine if the painting they found in a garage sale is worth anything. I took no pleasure in having to explain that they had one of the many reproductions of the painting and their hopes of having won the art lottery was only a lovely dream.

Appraiser/appraisal 130

Appraiser/appraisal Insurance Antiques and Decorative Arts Market Value 130

Artifactual History Appraisal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

If you have not micro-chipped your pet so you can be reunited if separated, please make sure your pet is wearing a harness with clear identification tags with your name and phone number. Take overall photographs of paintings and details of artist signatures, and capture each room from multiple angles to document all items in a room.

Appraiser/appraisal 130

Appraiser/appraisal Appraisal Reports Coverage Insurance 130