What's It Worth?

Out of the attic and into the spotlight

A.E. Wilson

| May 31, 2011

It is a pleasure emailing you as I hosted an event with Michaan’s here at our San Leandro Library two years ago! I missed the opportunity of having one of Michaan’s appraisers take a break from appraising our patrons’ items and look at our mysterious painting in our Library and determine if it’s noteworthy at [...]

Kennedy Signature

| May 26, 2011

I’m helping out a friend who does not use the internet and am shopping for appraisal for the following: Framed Whitehouse photo of John F Kennedy.  The photo is good to excellent condition and it is in a wooden framed. The inscription on the photograph reads, “To Rock Hudson, with my warmest regards, John F [...]

Pigmented Structural Glass

| May 26, 2011

A nice couple recently brought three framed panels into one of our weekly appraisal events and stumped us all.  The oak framed items were heavy – perhaps twelve or fifteen pounds each – and opaque.  The decorative elements were not painted on but were carved out but light did not penetrate the carved areas either.  [...]

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