I have several fashion prints from the early 1800's from R. Ackerman's Repository of Arts. They have a little foxing, but are generally in good shape. Thanks for any help.
2007-01-17 16:42:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
Rudolph Ackerman (1764 1834) Did great bunches of material on many different subjects. You say you have fashion prints. What are the specific subjects and when were they published? Are they coloured? by Hand? Who was the artist? Ackerman had some very well known artists of the time doing the originals. All of these things and the general condition have a lot do do with value. Are the subjects consecutive or from different editions/years. Anything old is worth what anyone will pay for it. there are ways to generally value a thing, similar items sold, helps.
Look at the on line auctions for indications of value of similar items. If you wish to sell these, how much trouble are you willing to put your self through for maxs profits. Costume prints attract different buyers than say sporting prints. There is a lot to this. Values on these sorts of Ackerman material vary around 20 to 100 $ us depending on the things I've discussed above. I'm encouraged that you know what "foxing" is.
2007-01-17 19:18:16 · answer #1 · answered by colinchief 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i had a look on artprice.com for the Ackermann mentioned above. 3 items of his came to auction, 2 sold at prices between 130 and 200 USD.
2007-01-18 10:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by bobo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋