Learn how families can equitably dividing assets with both emotional and monetary values. Read our tips for dividing art & collectibles published in The Journal of Estate & Tax Planning published by the National Association of Estate Planners & Councils.
In an interview for Northern Trust, Wealth Advisor Stacy Singer describes the nuanced and often challenging path to estate resolution when valuable, one-of-a-kind objects are passed down to heirs. She offers her four strategies for navigating wealth transfer involving valuable fine art and collectible objects, which align directly with our holistic approach to collection management. In this post, we drill down the four key elements of this wealth planning strategy for art.
Join host Dave Shuffett, the KET crew and our expert appraisers at the next Kentucky Collectibles Appraisal Fair at the Paducah Convention & Expo Center on Friday, June 23rd and Saturday, June 24th. Fine art appraiser Morgan Rigaud and decorative art appraiser Diane Wachs will be appearing from Bryson to value family heirlooms, flea market finds, original paintings, mystery objects, and whatever walks in the door - all to raise money for Kentucky Educational Television.
Why is it that we love our jewelry so dearly, so deeply? Why are we so obsessed with the teeny-tiny-uber-precious-delicious-shiny-sparkly-jewels? Find out in an informal and friendly art history talk with Taft Museum of Art Manager of School and Docent Programs Lisa Morrisette. This program will help deepen your appreciation of jewelry in anticipation of Bijoux Parisiens. It will explore the history of jewels, our unending desire to possess them, and why we place value in them.
Are you gem-curious? Ever wonder why certain colored diamonds fetch a king's ransom at auction and other are dirt cheap? You're not the only one!
Gemstones are nuanced and their prices reflect subtle differences that cannot be seen by the untrained eyes - which means buyers must be knowledgeable and savvy. If you've ever wondered what to look for when buying jewelry, you'll be in perfect company at this event at the Taft Museum.
Structure Unbound: Interdisciplinary Book Art features works that push the boundaries between traditional book making and new media. The exhibition includes twenty-four artists from around the country. Visitors will see a wide range of materials and concepts, including paper wall installations, traditional accordion-style books, and cut paper structures that include LEDs and electronic components.
Want to learn the language of art? Interested in sharpening your vocabulary? Meet Lingo, our searchable online glossary of the specialized terminology of art valuation.
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This comprehensive exhibition features highlights from the Speed’s American Indian collection, along with paintings, drawings and photographs by Louisville artist and ethnographer Frederick Weygold. Although Weygold’s work as an illustrator, photographer and collector of Native American art is highly regarded in Europe, he remains virtually unknown in the U.S. This exhibition offers for the first time a thorough account of this remarkable man and his achievements.
Remember the slinky gown wore by Marilyn Monroe during the performance of her sexy rendition of the birthday song for President Kennedy? It just sold at Julian's Auction for $4.81M making it the most expensive dress sold at auction.
Mindblow: The latest Claude Monet painting to hit the market sets a new price record for the impressionist.
See an extraordinary exhibit of Korean War photographs taken by Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Max Desfor. Desfor spent three turbulent years in Korea from 1950–1953, where he captured the people’s plight and the American soldiers’ defense. The exhibit features 36 photographs printed from original material culled from Desfor’s personal collection and his 1950 winning submission to the Pulitzer Prize Committee.
The Speed Art Museum has received a major gift of 35 contemporary artworks from the Los Angeles-based scholar, advocate, and collector Gordon W. Bailey. All 21 artists, most African-American artists from the southern United States, featured in this gift are making their debuts in the Speed Art Museum’s permanent collection. A selection of these works will be on view in the exhibition A New World in My View: Gifts from Gordon W. Bailey in the Speed’s contemporary galleries on the second floor of the North building.
Ephemeral letters, posters, tickets, notecards, and other paper goods can be valuable - but you've got to know how to identify them.
We all have unused, underappreciated things around the house. Public radio needs you to donate them to their charitable estate sale. Here's everything you need to know about how you can contribute.
Managing Director Morgan Rigaud authored this month's featured article in the CBA Report published by the Cincinnati Bar Association titled, "Little Things Mean A Lot: Dividing Art and Collectibles in Death and Divorce."
What's it worth? Find out and you could be on the next season of Kentucky Collectibles with your artwork, antiques, and collectibles. Join us August 19th and 20th at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center and bring your treasures - be part of the number one program on Kentucky Educational Television!
The Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh exhibition at the Taft Museum of Art in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio is closing in just 8 days! This Sunday is already sold out. To accommodate the demand from visitors the Taft Museum of Art has special extended hours for the final week. Please note they are in boldface below:
Friday, May 20: 10:00am-4:00pm
Saturday, May 21: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, May 22: 10:00am-5:00pm
Monday, May 23: Closed
Tuesday, May 24: 10:00am-4:00pm
Wednesday, May 25: 10:00am-8:00pm
Thursday, May 26: 10:00am-8:00pm
Friday, May 27: 10:00am-8:00pm
Saturday, May 28: 10:00am-5:00pm
Sunday, May 29: 10:00am-5:00pm
To reserve your entry-time tickets in advance please contact Barbara Cogan (bcogan@taftmuseum.org) or Lindsey NeCamp (lnecamp@taftmuseum.org). And please spread the word! The Taft Museum would love to accommodate as many visitors as possible.
Charles François Daubigny, The Beach at Villerville at Sunset, 1873, oil on canvas. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Mysteriously inherited? Discovered in an estate sale? Purchased way back when? Learn about the objects you live with at our Art & Antiques Salon on May 18th! Submit your fine art, antiques, collectibles, and prized possessions to win a chance to participate in an informative and playful panel of professional appraisers that will discuss collectibility and valuation of fine art, antiques and other valuable objects.
Show us your stuff! Send us your item photos and information online prior to the event for a chance to win a FREE sale estimate ($40 value) from one of our specialists and the opportunity to become the center of our panelists discussion.
Join us May 18th at the Clifton Cultural Arts Center at 6:30pm for a lively discussion. Be sure to send us your item submission using this form.
Looking to buy or sell baseball memorabilia? Check out our picks for the top ten auction houses specializing in this category of collectibles.
Ever wondered why some baseball cards often thought of as a valuable collectible investment - and bring BIG prices at auction - when most others have little, if any, resale value? Learn a general dating system for cards that you can use as a guide to infer age, importance, and rarity - important factors that set real treasures apart from everyday trinkets.
The answer, Pete Rose proves, is either.
To start, a Rose signature is not rare. Since being banned from the game many years ago, he has built a business, Hit King Inc., entirely based around selling signed memorabilia--and limiting the supply to increase the price is not part of the strategy, which appears to work quite well considering he regularly clears $10,000 in a single day.
Rose does live signings on the Las Vegas strip for 15-25 days a month, where he waits at a booth and will briefly meet with fans if they purchase memorabilia and a signature. For an additional fee he will also inscribe custom messages, often being asked to add tongue-in-cheek historical references such as "I'm Sorry I Broke Up the Beatles", a practice that more recently led him to being unintentionally portrayed as supporting certain political candidates.
His website, PeteRose.com, offers books, bobbleheads, jerseys, banners, and photographs, all bearing his "John Hancock" and clearly listed prices. Googling "Pete Rose Autograph" will prompt shopping results from Kohl's, Groupon, and Newegg. You can even purchase a signed "I'm Sorry I Bet on Baseball" ball on from Walmart for a bit over a hundred bucks.
What this means is that it's only slightly harder to find a Pete Rose signed baseball than a regular baseball, and determining the value of commonly signed gear is fairly simple with so much readily available price information.
Andy Warhol's famous print, signed by both him and Pete Rose.
If the signature is on an All-Star game home plate, or an Andy Warhol print, you can expect to see that reflected in the price.
Ultimately, you don't need to be a sports memorabilia guru to assume that Rose's signature, in and of itself, will not demand a hefty price tag. And while it can be assumed the "Hit King" sells plenty of pre-signed gear, much of the buyer's appeal is getting to see and meet the man himself. This may be part of the reason that despite completely saturating the market, the set price for a Rose-signed baseball (typically $60-100) has actually seen an increase over the past decade.
His autograph may be more commodity than rarity, but it is a commodity with a steady and constant demand.
So, does Pete Rose have a valuable signature?
From the perspective of a sports memorabilia collector, not usually.
From the perspective of Rose's accountant?
Whether you've just caught a home run on the upper deck of Great American Ball Park, or have happened upon a mysteriously signed dusty ball in dad's attic, you've got to authenticate the signature before you sell it if you want to realize the most profit from the sale. Learn the ropes with this introductory guide to signed baseball authenticity.
Experience life in the 1950s by putting your feet up on the couch, playing a record, peeking in drawers and rolling in the grass in a full-size prefabricated Lustron home built inside the museum at the Ohio History Center.
Remember the slinky gown wore by Marilyn Monroe during the performance of her sexy rendition of the birthday song for President Kennedy? It just sold at Julian's Auction for $4.81M making it the most expensive dress sold at auction.