Art Auction Records & Price Guides

• Art Subscription Databaes
  Available only in the Main Library, artprice.com, ArtFact.com, and artnet.com, are three subscription databases that contain auction records. Artnet.com does require a username and password, so ask a librarian to log you in.
• The Kovels
  have an onlineprice guide database that can be browsed or searched. Registration is required, but free.
• Ebay
  If worse comes to worst, check Ebay and see what others are asking for the same or similar items.
• Find an appraiser
  • American Association of Appraisers
  • International Society of Appraisers
  • Appraisers Association of America

Further Research & Exploration

• Smithsonian Archives of American Art
  provides two very helpful databases:
  • Search (SIRIS)
    to find the location and owners of paintings by American artists
  • Finding Aids to the Collections
• Art History Resources on the Web
  from Sweet Briar College
• Art in Flux
  "a directory of resources for research in contemporary art"
• World Wide Arts Resources
  a "gateway to the arts on the Internet"; also includes film, theater and dance links