Lost Art Collection Found in my Attic..Picasso,Dali etc. HELP
Michael McKee
them in my attic. I would appreciate any inforation on the value or
artists. I am not a dealer however I am open to offers. Web Address below
shows all the pictures. Thanks Lee
www.geocities.com/Paris/Gallery/7059/
Tracy Doyle
Good LORD!....
Is this for real?
Okay, here is what I've been able to find out about some of your artists:
Three paintings by Helen Hamilton are being offered for sale at
artnet.com. Click this link to find them:
<HTTP://www6.artnet.com/GalHome/FineArtThumbnails.asp?GID=211&CID=&AID=1646>
I suggest you e-mail the gallery, R.H. Love Galleries, Inc., for more information.
Crawford Young was a cartoonist. His comic strip, "Clarence," ran from 1924-1949.
Looks like sketch #19 is signed. Who is the artist?
The steam ship New York was making transatlantic voyages in the 1860s. A
little more information would be helpful - like the artist... or
anything else which may be written on that piece. If this ship was, by
any chance, still sailing in the early century, she nearly collided with
the Titanic as the latter left the shipyard in Southampton. A letter
from a New York passenger of 1860 can be found here:
<http://www.vmi.edu/~arcmaury/0039.html>
But that doesn't help you identify your painting. Again, the rest of the
text and the artist name would be helpful.
You mean to tell us you don't know about Dali and Picasso?
Unfortunately, Dali has been so frequently copied that, from what I
understand, many galleries won't even deal in his works. Since your
"authentication" is too small to read, that is of little value on the internet.
I noticed that a number of the sketches are badly foxed, meaning that
they have been damaged by a particular type of mold. That anyone would
own works which are potentially authentic Picassos and Dalis and would
leave them in such unprotected, non-climate controlled conditions for
30+ years is inconscionable. For GOD'S sake.. contact an art appraiser
in your area, and then a qualified fine art dealer and sell them to
someone who is capable of preserving them! These should not be rotting
away in your attic, or anyone else's for that matter.
You don't really think that someone is going to be able to appraise
these things over the internet, do you? Some advice - don't trust any
offers or "free appraisals" you may get as a result of this query. Your
collection has the potential of being worth quite a bit of money. But it
is also potentially worthy of some serious preservation effort. Call an
art appraiser and do this the right way. Some of these works need some
serious intervention NOW.
RAGards,
Tracy
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