Before selling your art treasure at auction --- you must have papers and the assurance from respected historians that know specifics on the given artist.
Using stories and humor, Nan Chisholm unlocked the process of discovery.
People finding something thought to be an original piece of art......
The hope that one might strike it rich.......
The idea that something valuable can be found laying around......
At the root of it, one must do their own research and seek out experts who know specifics about a particular artist.
There are respected art historians who can tell whether a fine art print or a painting is genuine
. They have studied a particular artist's work. They
know what materials were commonly used to make the work. They know the
places that artist created their work at. And they can tell you YES or
NO -- whether the work is what it claims to be.
Using stories and humor, Nan Chisholm unlocked the process of discovery.
People finding something thought to be an original piece of art......
The hope that one might strike it rich.......
The idea that something valuable can be found laying around......
There are respected art historians who can tell whether a fine art print or a painting is genuine
. They have studied a particular artist's work. They
know what materials were commonly used to make the work. They know the
places that artist created their work at. And they can tell you YES or
NO -- whether the work is what it claims to be. 
Provenance is the paperwork that will back you up when you go to sell off your art treasure. Your diligent homework has experts giving your item their blessing, their reputation written on paper. Not just a verbal claim that someone said that it was such and such.
Light heartedly Chisholm admitted changed the title of her talk from "What
to Know before Purchasing Prints and Other Art" to "What to look for when buying Wholesale, Retail or Garage Sale."
Light heartedly Chisholm admitted changed the title of her talk from "What
to Know before Purchasing Prints and Other Art" to "What to look for when buying Wholesale, Retail or Garage Sale."
"What appraisers look for to determine the value of something. Appraisers and auction houses subscribe to data bases online."
"This gives auction prices that go back to the late 80s. It has auction prices from all over the world. You can type in the artist's name, You can select the medium that you what to investigate, whether it be painting or prints. If you happen to know the title of the work you can enter that as well."
Chisholm has appraised fine art for Sotheby's for more than 20 years, valuing paintings from the old masters to 20th-century artists, before leaving to start her own appraisal/broker business. She can also be seen on the PBS series "Antiques Roadshow" offering her expert opinion on paintings from around the world.
Bill Cashman and speaker Nan Chisholm
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