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Month: December 2022

$1M Appraisal Group Discovery Beats the Experts’ Estimate

NEW YORK,NY. (December 18, 2014) A David J. Goldberg “find” set Sotheby’s auction room ablaze on December 17th when the Louis Majorelle desk and chair he discovered in Carencro, LA made more than $...

Rare Painting By Selina Bres Goes To Auction in New Orleans

Folks who follow The Appraisal Group on the social media are always interested in knowing more about how David J. Goldberg and his network of specialists work. One of the most frequently asked ques...

How Much is Your Collection Worth? The Appraisal Group Answers

If your collection is your passion, it pays to know how much value you should place on it. Perhaps you know to the decimal point how much you paid for cars, furniture or fine art. Perhaps you don’t...

Celebrating African-American Artists: Henry Ossawa Tanner

Now that it is Black History Month, it seems appropriate that The Appraisal Group pay homage to the men and women of color who have contributed to the remarkable body of work that makes up the Amer...

Celebrating African-American Artists: Clementine Hunter

The Appraisal Group celebrates the work of Louisiana’s own Clementine Hunter (1886-1998). From the Cane River region of the state, Ms. Hunter is among the first African-American artists to have a s...

Celebrating African-American Artists: Gordon Parks

Photography came of age in the last century and is now one of the most popular collecting categories. At The Appraisal Group, we frequently come across collections of 19th and 20th century works by...

Boston’s Skinner Awarded American Impressionist Painting By The Appraisal Group

Of the many fine art and antique appraisals we do, most clients would like to realize a profit on their fine art and historic furniture.  Placing an oil painting or antiques with the right buyer – ...

An Appraisal Cast in Wax: The Conti Museum

When people ask me to talk about unusual appraisals, I now speak about the work The Appraisal Group did for the Conti Museum in New Orleans. That’s the famous wax museum that was one of New Orleans...

Celebrating African-American Artists: Matt Baker

Back in the 1990s, Sotheby’s held a breakthrough auction of comic book art. In the years hence, the genre has captured the imagination of collectors the world over. Today The Appraisal Group celebr...

Finding Fakes and Forgeries in High Art

In 1496, twenty year old Michelangelo forged a sculpture of Cupid and sold it to a cardinal. In 1995, the British authorities arrested John Mayatt for forging paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Matisse ...