Request for Question Clarification by
rico-ga
on
13 Sep 2002 08:52 PDT
Thanks for your clarification. It's often difficult to gauge exactly
what a customer will find a satisfactory answer... and we try to make
total satisfaction the business of Google Answers. That's one of the
reasons I personally tend to shy away from "what is the value of"
questions, because research -- at least research without having the
piece of art in front of you -- often isn't the best way to determine
the value of art and collectibles, in my opinion.
So, I'm going to float a trial balloon with you, valverjo, using your
comment about a "large original Edna Hibel."
If you follow this link...
http://www.hibel.com/originals.htm
...you'll find a sampling of originals available from purchase from
the Edna Hibel Galleries, a few with listed prices. Obviously, these
are retail prices, and given the fact that you're a Florida resident,
you may have even purchased your Hibel from that gallery. What a
dealer might offer for your specific work, or what it might bring at
auction or through a brokered sale, might vary wildly from those
prices.
If you explore further in the site, you'll come across a page at...
http://www.hibel.com/Selling_Your_Hibel.htm
...which offers the following recommendations for those considering
selling a Hibel.
"For people wishing to sell their Edna Hibel art works, including
original graphics and collectables, there are several possible
options:
Ask a local Hibel dealer to take your artwork on consignment. When
the sale is consummated, the dealer will receive a pre-negotiated
amount from the gross sale, and the balance the dealer will retain as
his commission.
Find internet auction houses to sell your art work. Collectibles.net
and eBay.com are two successful virtual auction houses to place your
art. We suggest placing a reserve amount on each work, which is the
price below which you will not sell your art.
3. You may also register your art on the Hibel artXchange, which can
be reached through our web site at www.hibel.com
4. Take out classified ads in your local papers. You may also take
classified ads out in national collectable magazines, such as
Collectors Edition and Collectors Mart, or in national art magazines,
such as U.S. Art and Art Trends.
5. Depending upon the value of your art—and your tax situation—and if
you own an original Hibel oil painting, you may be better off
donating, instead of trying to sell, your painting to the Edna Hibel
Art Foundation, the operator of the Hibel Museum of Art. The Edna
Hibel Art Foundation is a non-profit, public (501 c 3) tax-deductible
charity."
So, that's the sort of non-specific-value information I could possibly
provide on Olendorf and Hahlbohm. I'm less sanguine about Gregory
Palmer, as I've not been able to find anything about an artist by that
name, and you would probably need to provide more information on the
work you own (without any guarantee that you'd get an answer).
In any case, if you feel that level of information would constitute a
successful answer, either I or another researcher could see about
doing more research. If not, that's understandable, and there's always
the possibility that a researcher with better resources than me might
be able to provide you with specific valaue information. Best of luck
whatever your decision!
rico
