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The Importance of Contemporary Art Appraisals

Art Appraisal Resources

Art Acquisitions Art collectors, museums, galleries, and private individuals interested in purchasing contemporary Paintings, Sculpture, Photography, or Fine Art Prints might seek an appraisal to ensure they make an informed investment. Extensive research is a vital part of the appraisal process.

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Estée Lauder Solid Perfumes: Buy Them or Leave Them?

WorthPoint

Once you’ve found an Estée Lauder solid perfume, you can research it using a copy of The Estée Lauder Solid Perfume Compact Collection: 1967 to 2001 by Roselyn Gerson (Collector Books) in the WorthPoint Library. During the 1970s, though, the company started adding the brand name to the casting mold, so it appears inside the lid. Preserve.

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How Much Is Too Much for Dior Costume Jewelry?

WorthPoint

Just do some WorthPoint Price Guide research on the fly to avoid overpaying. Don’t expect to find these often, but when you do, keep in mind that long earrings and pieces with striking stones bring hundreds, and a few other rarities can sell in the thousands. WorthPoint—Discover. Preserve.

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Investing in Yu-Gi-Oh Cards - A Collectibles Cautionary Tale

Penrose Appraisals

But before I bought the collection, they asked if I might be interested in appraising them, so they let me take one binder home overnight before buying, which allowed me to research the cards. When an artist makes a print run of 100, the prints, all else being equal, will be worth more than prints from a run of 1,000.

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Jewelry Appraisal Guide: Understand & Find Jewelry Appraisers

Invaluable

This usually ends with a printed document that describes the piece and assigns a price or range of prices that represent the expert’s best value estimate. These appraisals take into account factors such as age, rarity, and historical significance. How Much Does a Jewelry Appraisal Cost?

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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

Check how to read metadata on telephone shots for date stamps and research now how to take date stamped screen shot photographs as you “Face Time” a client. For very large pieces, make sure you get “scale:” put a person in the frame (this can be especially important with insurance shots) 9. Get 3 shots of any signature from varying angles 10.

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Gallery Chat: The Founders of Corbett vs. Dempsey on Elevating Midwestern Art, Why Collectors Should be Obsessive and Fall in Love with Art, and More

Art Dealers Association of America

When I got out of school, I started doing research and started finding out more about the work of some of my former Art Institute teachers, who were artists, and it just felt like we were really doing historical—almost anthropological—work. David Hartt, Carolina I , 2017, archival pigment print mounted to Dibond. Edition of 6 + 1 AP.