~ What We Appraise ~

Antiques - A wide range of property falls under this category.

Collections - While a single piece may have specific value an entire collection is significantly more valuable.

Fine Art

Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Prints, Engravings, Etchings, Lithographs, Linocuts

Sculpture

Bronze & Marble

Furniture  

American, English, French & other European 17^th, 18^th & 19^th century, Arts & Crafts (Mission Oak), Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Moderne 

Decorative Arts

Porcelain - Meissen, Sevres, Royal Vienna, Bow, Chelsea, and other fine porcelains.

Pottery - Newcomb College, Gruby, Rookwood, Weller, Cowan and other American art pottery.

Sterling Silver & English Silver Plate

Russian Silver, Russian Enamel, Faberge

Clocks

American, English, French, German, etc.

Glass

Tiffany, Galle, Gabriel Argy-Rousseau, Daum, Steuben, Durand, Orrefors, Waterford, Baccarat, and other fine glass. (Inquiries welcome) 

Lamps and Lighting

Tiffany, Pairpoint, Handel and other fine lamps, lighting and chandeliers.

Musical Instruments

Stringed - Piano, guitar, violin & harp and other musical instruments

Oriental Rugs & Carpets

Persian, Caucasian, Chinese, Turkish and other fine rugs and carpets

European Tapestries

17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century

Ethnographic

Japanese Woodblock Prints, Japanese Pottery & Porcelain

Chinese Pottery & Porcelain

Native American Indian

Beadwork, Blankets, Rugs, San Ildefonso & Santa Clara Pottery

Books & Documents

All except paperbacks

Wine

Vintage French Wine

Vintage California Wine

Contemporary Wines

(Inquiries welcome)

Many people are confused by which years make up the century marks so to clarify we have prepared the following table, which is based on the Gregorian calendar:

10th century        901-1000 (1^st millennium)

16^th century       1501-1600

17^th century       1601-1700

18^th century       1701-1800

19^th century       1801-1900

20^th century       1901-2000 (2^nd millennium)

21^st century       2001-2100

Although New Year's Day 2000 was rung in with zeal, 2001 is the real beginning of the third millennium. The reason 2001 starts a millennium is because there was no year 0.