Need help finding capodimonte estate/auction expert in NYC area

My grandmother passed away, and has several pieces of capodimonte, most likely purchased in the 1960's or 1970's.

None of the attorney's estate appraisal people seem to know much about capodimonte.

The thing about Grandma, this stuff could be chinatown duplicates, or could be from the throne room of some Italian nobleman.

Can anyone suggest an expert whose name I might pass on to the lawyers?

Thanks.

 

sorry to hear about your grandma....
but...where are you.....or r u just on the web..?

 

Sorry to hear about your grandmother.

Depending on what exactly you need, you might contact an auction house.

There is an expert in Italian pottery that frequents this board. There are also some very savvy pottery people. You might consider posting photos here including the marks to help with identification.

"Capodimonte" in many cases has low value depending on what it is so you may be able to find sales results online for your pieces if that would satisfy the estate goal.

 

I suggest that you post photos here for a quick response that might save you much time and, more importantly, precious dollars. A photo of the item and one of the mark and any signature is all that is needed for a quick evaluation. I have collected Italian pottery for forty years and I written several books on the subject. During those four decades you can imagine how many thousands of pieces I have seen. I have discovered precisely two pieces of true Capodimonte porcelain that was not in a museum. One, a miniature chair, was owned by a lady in Israel and the other, a plate, was offered on eBay. In both cases no one referred to them as being Capodimonte.
Below is a quick article I wrote about Capodimonte which might help you.

http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/are-you-confused-about-the-term-capodimonte-t11.html

 

Here is another article I have written. While it discusses a specific artist who created figurines in the Capodimonte style the discussion would be essentially unchanged regardless of the artist..
http://italianpotterymarks.freeforums.org/help-me-with-an-antonio-borsato-piece-t871.html