Who do I contact to get an appraisal on the web of a piece
of artwork?

Hi! Thanks for the question.

I found the following firms that provide online antique art appraisal
services.

Telepraisal
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telepraisal/

Masterpiece Galleries
http://www.drloriv.com/appraisals/default.htm

Maynard Elliott Inc.
http://www.fineartappraiser.com/

ArtBusiness.com
http://www.artbusiness.com/

Fine Art Appraisal
http://www.fineartappraisal.com/

Art Wise international
http://www.art-discount.com/appraise/index.htm

Van Weyenbergh Fine Arts Inc. Art Appraisal
http://www.vanweyenbergh.com/sys-tmpl/door/

AppraiseItNet.com
http://www.appraiseitnet.com/

E-Appraisals.com
http://www.eppraisals.com/

Our last link provides tips on how to find an art appraiser.

“How to Find an Art Appraiser”
http://arthistory.about.com/c/ht/00/07/How_Find_Art_Appraiser0962933090.htm


Search terms used:          
"antique art" online appraisal
 
I hope these links would help you in your research. Before rating this
answer, please ask for a clarification if you have a question or if
you would need further information.
         
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Easterangel-ga         
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by junebugrbts-ga on 13 Aug 2003 13:51 PDT

I need to have my daugher access these sites
because I have no digital camera with my
computer to send the pictures of the art
work to be appraised. How can she access
these sites?
JR

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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 13 Aug 2003 15:33 PDT

Hi junebugrbts-ga and thanks for asking a clarification before making
a rating.

Since in your original question you were just looking for a way to
contact only art appraisal companies, my answer concentrated on this.
So in a sense I was able to answer your question.

Some of the companies I mentioned usually just need the artist, title
and year of the work according to their inquiry form but of course
eventually they will need to see a copy of the art work.

Since you don't have a digital camera, I suggest you go to your
nearest computer print shop and try to scan the art work if you don't
have a scanner at home. After getting the scanned material send it to
the websites I mentioned above by email.

Thanks again!

Best Regards,
Easterangel-ga

I didn't like the appraiser's answer, but the research was excellent