2007-07-03 03:20:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Sculpture
If you know the Company's name that produced it or have the makers mark on it you can type in this information into the usual search engines ( Google, dogpile,answer, yahoo,etc.
If you can take good clear photographs of the artist's signature and or marks, and of the item, then go to http://photobucket.com/ or http://photobucket.com/ for free, and Up load and post the photographs of your collectable to show to one of the following reputable appraisers should they ask you to submit them on line.
Antiques Road Show - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/s... appraisers online
http://www.canadianantiquesroadshow.com/... This one is for the Canadian Antiques Roadshow. Free
http://www.isa-appraisers.org/lists........ of other Appraisers
http://ca.search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf... Links to more Appraisers
You can ask for information on ebay directly at the following forum. Someone there will be able to answer to the value of your Antique.http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?t...
http://www3.sympatico.ca/appraisers/....... Free online appraisers
http://www.isa-appraisers.org/
Famous Appraisers for Rare Collectibles and Fine Art below;
http://www.christies.com/home_page/home_... on line appraiser available.
http://www.sothebys.com/
If you do the research on line yourself, you will have a better understanding of what the current value is of the artist, and you will be better able to negotiate a fee.
All that you would have to do in this case is type in the artis'ts name.
You can also go to a museum curator, being as it is a piece of furniture in ivory, often they are willing to help someone identify and establish the current market value as can a reputable curator of a fine Art gallery.
One last suggestion is to go to the public libray and look up the artist's name there and do some more research..
2007-07-05 21:40:07 · answer #1 · answered by Soundproof 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't value a piece on its dimensions...you have to know how old it is, where it was made, who it was made by, condition, how intricate the carving is, in order to properly place a value on it.
2007-07-03 10:23:36 · answer #2 · answered by Chanteuse_ar 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it...honestly.
2007-07-04 08:55:42 · answer #3 · answered by death_phart 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋