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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Figtree3, post: 10940, member: 33&quot;]Pat, I&#039;m not sure whether museums will generally give opinions to members of the general public regarding authenticity of art that they own.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve never tried asking one about that.&nbsp; Maybe others will know?&nbsp; I&#039;d think there should be certified art appraisers doing business in Boston.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My closest brush with doing this: There&#039;s a (sales) gallery in Chicago called Joel Oppenheimer that sells beautiful botanical art: <a href="http://www.audubonart.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.audubonart.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.audubonart.com/</a> for eye candy...</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve told this story elsewhere (on the &quot;other&quot; old site) -- I had bought a certain piece at an antique show and Mr. Oppenheimer looked at it and gave me an informal opinion that it was from the 18th century and worth between $400-$700.&nbsp; He told me that he could do a formal appraisal for a couple hundred dollars.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t want that since 1) I was not planning to sell it and 2) It was worth more than $200, but less than $1,000, so it didn&#039;t seem worth it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point is, there may be somebody at an art gallery who would be willing to help identify yours.&nbsp; Official appraisals will cost $, though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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