What's It Worth?

Out of the attic and into the spotlight

Robert Chee contemporary Navajo paintings

| May 24, 2010

Hello Jane: I found your auction gallery on the internet and saw that you have successfully sold some Native American baskets, beadwork and rugs.  I was wondering if you sold any art by more contemporary Navajo artists.  I have two that I’m interested in selling but don’t think that upstate New York is the best [...]

Silver Candlesticks & Minton Set

| May 18, 2010

Q.  My parents met and then married in England during World War ll.  Dad was an officer working as an aide de camp for General Bradley, and mom was an army nurse.  While they were dating they found these silver candlesticks and decided each would purchase one.  Should something happen to one of them, the [...]

Cigarette Dispenser

| May 10, 2010

Q.  I’m a professional organizer and have recently begun to sort through the possessions of a family storage unit.  I came across this item and I’m hoping you can identify and value it for me.  It is a round wooden box with a lid.  The box has a woman’s face on the front and has [...]

Coctail Set

| May 3, 2010

Dear Ms. Alexiadis: As you will see from the attached photos, I have a collection of three cocktail glasses and a decanter which I inherited from my great-aunt, whose parents were immigrants from Czechoslovakia.  I searched the Internet and at first I thought they were Bimini Nudes, however, in every picture I found of Bimini [...]

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