Is there information on sales of paintings by 20th Century American
artist, Lazar Raditz?  I'm interested in locating a party to purchase
one in my posession.  Work was a portrait done in 1945, oils.

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Request for Question Clarification by wlk115-ga on 23 Jun 2002 10:24 PDT

If you are looking for buyers for fine art you will probably need to
go through a dealer or broker. Most brokers will appraise the piece or
tell you where you can go to have it appraised. If you tell me where
you are located I will do what I can to locate are brokers, dealers
and appraisers in your area.

Here is one I found that is online:
http://www.artcellarexchange.com/buysell2.html#sell
The Art Cellar Exchange is a international fine art consultancy.
Their services are specifically designed for collectors who wish 
to sell fine art works. They provide auction results and current
market values.
You can fill out their Request Form online or call their offices 
at 1-800-326-2236 in the U.S. and 01-619-338-0797 outside the U.S.

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Request for Question Clarification by wlk115-ga on 23 Jun 2002 10:25 PDT

If you are looking for buyers for fine art you will probably need to
go through a dealer or broker. Most brokers will appraise the piece or
tell you where you can go to have it appraised. If you tell me where
you are located I will do what I can to locate art brokers, dealers
and appraisers in your area.

Here is one I found that is online:
http://www.artcellarexchange.com/buysell2.html#sell
The Art Cellar Exchange is a international fine art consultancy.
Their services are specifically designed for collectors who wish 
to sell fine art works. They provide auction results and current
market values.
You can fill out their Request Form online or call their offices 
at 1-800-326-2236 in the U.S. and 01-619-338-0797 outside the U.S.

Thanks for asking!

Resource Library Magazine offers a very complete Fine Art Appraisal,
Authentication, Conservation and Research Information Guide. The
information includes Appraisers, Auction Houses, a list of
considerations for art sale negotiations, as well as a number of
research venues. The appraisers and auction houses listed include:

Alterman Galleries, Santa Fe, NM and Dallas, TX, traditional auction
house for Southwest art. 505-983-1590
American Fine Arts Online, Inc. an online art auction company not
affiliated with this magazine or our parent company.
Jas. R. Bakker, 370 Bway, Cambridge, MA. 02139 617 864-7067 regional
art
Richard A. Bourne, Corporation St., Hyannis, MA 02601 508 775-0797
regional art
Butterfield & Butterfield (Los Angeles and San Francisco)
1-415-861-7500 early California and other art
Christie's (NYC and other locations) 1-212-606-0400 American art from
all regions
Coeur D'Alene Auction, Coeur D' Alene, ID, 208-772-9009, regional art
Wm. Doyle Galleries, 175 E 87 St., NYC 10028 212 427-2730 regional art
eBay, internet auctions makes available I-Escrow for large ticket
items
eHammer, an online art auction house 
Fasig-Tipton / Cross Gate Gallery for equine art auctions 
John Moran, Pasadena, CA 1-626-793-1833 early California art 
Mystic Fine Arts, 471 Holmes St., Mystic, Conn. 06355 203 572-8873
regional art
Nadeau's Auction Gallery, Old Hartford Rd., Colchester,CO.06415 203
246-2444 regional art
Phillips, 406 E 79 St., NYC 10021 212 570-4830 regional art 
Pottery Auction.com An online auction firm for American art pottery 
Santa Fe Art Auction, Santa Fe, NM. 505-954-5858 regional art. 
Shannon's, Greenwich, CT 1-203-877-1711 - regional art 
Skinner, Boston, MA 1-617-508-779-6241 regional art 
S. G. Sloan & Co. Inc.,715 13 St. NW., Wash. D.C. 20005 202 628-1468
regional art
Sotheby's (NYC and other locations) 1-212-606-7000 American art from
all regions
Adam A. Weschler & Son, 905-9 E St.NW., Washington 20004 202 628-1281
regional art
Young Fine Arts Gallery, 56 Market St., Prtsmth, N.H. 03801 603
436-8773 regional art
Auctiongoer's Guide to dates and places of auctions 

Resource Library Magazine
http://www.tfaoi.com/apprais.htm


An online document, Tips on Finding an Appraiser is provided by the
American Society of Appraisers. This trade organization certifies
appraisers in a number of specialized fields, including Fine Art
Appraisal.

"There are numerous appraisal organizations in the nation; but of the
eight major testing/accrediting societies, only the American Society
of Appraisers teaches, tests and accredits appraisers in the various
disciplines described above. The American Society of Appraisers
publishes a directory of accredited appraisers that consumers can use
to select an appraiser. In addition, you can use ASA's toll-free
telephone number to find an appraiser in your area.

The number is (800) ASA-VALU."

Tips on Finding an Appraiser
http://www.tfaoi.com/articles/apprais1.htm


The two largest Fine Arts auction houses are Christie's and Sotheby's.
However, an advanced search of their current or sold lots does not
include any works by Lazar Raditz. Either auction house is still an
excellent source to contact for appraisal.

Christie's
http://www.christies.com/home_page/home_page.asp

Sotheby's
http://search.sothebys.com/liveauctions/

Sotheby's now offers online auctions through eBay. Their auction site
contains a wealth of information about the sale of Fine Art through
this online service.

Sotheby's eBay
http://sothebys.ebay.com/


Artist Biography Collections at Carnegie Mellon University Library:

McNeil, Barbara, ed. Artist Biographies Master Index. Detroit: Gale
Research Co., 1986.
Naylor, Colin, ed. Contemporary Artists. Chicago: St. James Press,
1989.
Pendergast, Sara. Contemporary Designers. Detroit: St. James Press,
1997.
Who Was Who in American Art. (Peter Hastings Falk, et.al., ed.)
Madison, Conn. : Sound View Press, 1999.
Who's Who in American Art. New York: R.R. Bowker. Annual.

You may be able to locate some of these reference books at your local
library. There is little biographical information available on the
Web. I've been able to locate information which indicates that at one
point, Lazar Raditz was a pupil of Chase William. The information is
provided by S-K Creations of Switzerland, Art Appraisers and
Collectors.

S-K Creations
http://www.sk-creation.ch/pages/peintres/detail78.htm

In addition to the Balch collection, which contains works by Lazar
Raditz, the Reading Pennsylvania Public Museum has also exhibited at
least one of his works. This is not surprising, as a very minimal web
biography indicates that his most prominent location was Pennsylvania.
An obituary indicates a date of death as 04/21/56. At least one of
Lazar Raditz works is available for web viewing in the collection of
the Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library.

Reading Public Museum
http://www.readingpublicmuseum.org/exhibit/ARTN-Z.htm

Ask Art - Lazar Raditz Index Page
http://www.askart.com/artist/R/lazar_raditz.asp?ID=10227

Spartanburg Herald and Herald Journal Obituaries
http://www.spt.lib.sc.us/obits/1956/obit56or.htm

Philadelphia Historical Digital Image Library
http://jeffline.lib.tju.edu:8806/photo_archive/owas_photo/photo_archive_search_img2.input_data

To view the online image, select the Radio Button next to List of the
titles with images, and select Lazar Raditz from the drop-down list
next to Creators. Click the Submit button.

I hope this information is helpful in your sales pursuit. Should you
have additional questions, please feel free to ask.

- larre -

One purchaser of two Raditz portraits is the Blach Institute. However,
one of the portraits is a Blach relation, so it may be there for the
subject as much as the artist.

http://www.balchinstitute.org/about.htm

In an Smithsonian interview with Robert Carlen, Carlen mentions having
known Raditz through the Graphic Sketch Club in Philadelphia, at the
beginning of the century. This was renamed the Fleisher Art Memorial
for anther member, and they may be interested in the work of a
Fleisher contemporary. Raditz taught at the Club, and was sponsored by
Fleisher, as related by Carlen:

"Of course he was sponsored by Mr. Albert Fleisher [Sam]. Albert
Fleisher when Raditz was young sent him to Europe. He had good
connections. That was very important to painters. He used to get a lot
of portrait commissions. He studied in Europe for years and he made
copies of paintings by Rembrandt and Rubens and all the way they
studied in those days."

Smithsonian Archives of Modern Art

http://artarchives.si.edu/oralhist/carlen85.htm

Hopefully, somebody who is up on current gallery or autction house
practice can give you some detailed info.