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Post by homecomforts on Aug 4, 2015 2:55:42 GMT
No clue about this. I think it might be charcoal or pencil but not sure: I looked at taking off the back but it didn't look too simple. I thought about taking it to the local antique store. I thought about taking it to auction preview the night before the auction and asking the auctioneer if he would look at it. Hubby says I should make an appointment with an auctioneer and take it to him to look at but that seems a little excessive for something that might be worth nothing. What do you think? What would you do with it?
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Aug 4, 2015 3:07:44 GMT
The frame looks original so I would be careful with that.
If it was me I would take off the back and look for any markings on both the back and signatures on the front before I took it to someone to look at. To really give a good appraisal or opinion they will have to do that anyway and you might just find the info yourself.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 1:15:01 GMT
I used to take things to the auction house and pretend I wanted to put them up for auction. I never did it for pictures though. This frame is beautiful, the framing and matting look very good, the picture looks more like pencil from here. If you could somehow see the back, it might say something. Other than that....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2015 1:32:24 GMT
Our local auction house does allow you to bring in a few things during certain times for a free appraisal so I'd call yours and find out what their protocol is.
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Post by homecomforts on Aug 27, 2015 15:51:28 GMT
I went to auction preview tonight and one of the auctioneers had a peek at it. He said the frame is definitely Victorian. He couldn't tell if the picture itself was a lithograph (I thought maybe it was charcoal). He recommended me to take it to an art gallery that does free appraisals on Mondays.
He said, if it was his, he would put it in his shop for $200 and take $160. At auction, I would probably get $40 to $50. So my next step is to schlep it to the art shop.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 23:58:20 GMT
Thanks for the update.
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Post by homecomforts on Aug 28, 2015 0:49:24 GMT
I'm not sure how much time I want to invest in it. I still have to figure out a way to sell it. Hopefully, the art auctioneers can guide me. I'm afraid I will be too low end for this particular gallery. We'll see.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 0:25:22 GMT
I had one that looked similar. I can't remember which EBay board helped me. It was about 4 years ago.
Any way, I found that is was ambrotype. It was from the mid 1800's, and the picture was actually printed on the glass.
Sorry, I can't help more.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2015 0:27:32 GMT
Ambrotype is older than lithograph. Do some research. I wish I rememered more.
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Post by bettyblackbent on Sept 6, 2015 6:12:07 GMT
Lithography has been around since the very early 1800s. Ambrotypes were introduced in the 1850s.
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