Where could I get a painting looked at or authenticated?

4/6/2012 9:38:42 AM

My grandmother had several paintings that pre-dated the 20th century as a part of her estate. In order to settle the estate, the paintings had to be appraised. An appraiser is probably a good place to start.

4/6/2012 10:01:50 AM

4/6/2012 10:42:22 AM

Is that a unicorn having foreplay with a naked chick?

4/6/2012 11:22:50 AM

im tellin you right now that painting was taken from the wall of a red roof inn

4/6/2012 11:47:39 AM

why does she have a penis for a left hand? And why is the unicorns corn sideways?

4/6/2012 12:46:49 PM

that is one fucked up piece of art.

4/6/2012 1:09:03 PM

without clicking on the first picture, the thumbnail looks like a retarded lion staring at you

4/6/2012 2:12:28 PM

^that was my thought as well

4/6/2012 4:06:58 PM

Ahahaha I can see that.

4/6/2012 8:18:53 PM

I think that's an apple in her hand..

4/6/2012 8:56:08 PM

what leads you to believe it's valuable enough to be appraised?

4/6/2012 9:30:11 PM

to be fair OP never said anything about an appraisal.

4/6/2012 11:26:50 PM

Antique Road Show

4/7/2012 12:15:54 AM

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"to be fair OP never said anything about an appraisal."

i suppose that's true, but i guess my real question is: what makes you think this particular piece of art warrants closer investigation? can you make out the signature? do you know anything about the artist?

4/7/2012 12:47:25 AM

The reason I suggested an appraiser is that if they are not able to give you information about the painting on their own, they have the connections to set you off in the right direction. In order to appropriately appraise a piece of art work, you have to authenticate the piece of work. Even if the artist is not an important artist, sometimes the time period the art was produced is significant or the provenance of the piece is of some interest.

4/7/2012 9:18:03 AM

I have looked at it and can authenticate that it is, in fact, a painting.

4/7/2012 12:28:38 PM

Looks like its real and this is the guy who painted it.

http://rogallery.com/Burdick/burdickhm.htm

4/9/2012 6:43:47 AM

tell us more about how you found out!

4/9/2012 8:54:53 AM

Just a painting by him, nothing special. Said that it was very unlikely to be a re pro because hes not famous or anything. Worth about 800-1000 if I sell and 1.5k in a gallery.

Not bad for a $15 initial investment.

4/9/2012 10:08:23 AM

but people reproduce a lot of paintings

4/9/2012 10:12:37 AM

could be, the gallery guy said it was very likely authentic and offered to help me sell it. It signature he said looked solid.

Shrug.

4/9/2012 10:56:39 AM

I worked for someone who had a pair of silkscreen prints hanging in their living room that the wife hated because her husband had brought them home from Goodwill and insisted that they hang them. I liked them and did a little research and found out that these prints were worth $1200 a piece.

4/9/2012 11:03:12 AM

i had an algonquin indian throw rug folded up and resting on my sofa for years. i took that shit to get it appraised, and it was worth half a million dollars!

or i might have just seen that on roadshow

4/9/2012 11:06:09 AM