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Antique Porcelain: How to Identify, Value, and Sell Your Treasures

Sarasota Antique Buyers

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.

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Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Artifactual History Appraisal

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.

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Exploring the Timeless Beauty: Appraising California Impressionism

JSK Fine Art Appraisals

Characteristics of California Impressionism Plein Air Painting: Central to California Impressionism is the practice of plein air painting. Artists ventured outdoors to paint en plein air, capturing the changing effects of light and atmosphere directly onto their canvases. This technique added a dynamic quality to the artworks.

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what if artwork is damaged?

Drishti LLC Appraisers

She was remodeling her home and wanted to make sure that her paintings were insured to the proper value in case there was any damage during the remodel. An insurance appraisal provides information for current values, as well as accurate identification of artwork, furnishings and personal accessories. WHAT DOES AN APPRAISAL INCLUDE?

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Why You Should Get A Charitable Donations Appraisal

Penrose Appraisals

Let's say you have decided to donate a painting to your alma mater. It's a painting of the campus that you particularly love. Initial research shows that this artist has fallen out of favor and similar paintings of his have recently gone for only $2,000. Hiring him or her to do the work likely makes a lot of sense.

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Evaluating Your Collection

Penrose Appraisals

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. The proper identification of materials sometimes requires testing, which may require the assistance of an expert. Attribution.

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The Ups and Downs of Collecting Celluloid Jewelry

WorthPoint

Celluloid is also light in weight compared to other plastics like Bakelite, so that’s another valuable identification clue. These are usually molded plastic pieces with painted decorations. A painted celluloid dog brooch with a movable head. A desirable celluloid bangle bracelet decorated with rainbow rhinestones.

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