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    • Harry Aiken Vincent Gloucester Harbor
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      • Ben Wilson City of Birds
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    • John Joseph Enneking
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    • Carl W. Peters
    • Howard Rackliffe
    • Chauncey F. Ryder
    • F. H. Shapleigh
    • Don Stone
    • George Gardner Symons
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    • Anthony Thieme
    • Harry Aiken Vincent
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    • Mabel Woodward
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  • Home
    • Traditional Paintings
    • Modern Art
    • Contemporary Paintings
  • Artist Inventory
    • Al Barker >
      • Al Barker Autumn Pond
      • Al Barker Beach Glow
      • Al Barker Fisherman's House
      • Al Barker Protected Cove
      • Al Barker Sail Boat Races II
      • Al Barker Spring Cleaning
      • Al Barker Spring Fields
      • Al Barker Tidal Moonscape
    • John Bentley
    • Paul Black >
      • Paul Black Blue Hill Maine
      • Paul Black Fishing Shacks
      • Paul Black Lily Pond
      • Paul Black Somes Sound
      • Paul Black Spring Promenade
    • Emil Brack
    • Edith Branson >
      • Edith Branson Dancing Rhythm
      • Edith Branson Figure
      • Edith Branson Geometric
      • Edith Branson Hands 100
      • Edith Branson Hands 114
      • Edith Branson Ribbons 20
    • Byron Browne
    • Victor Candell >
      • Victor Candell Cloudburst
      • Victor Candell Halfway House
      • Victor Candell Incinerator
      • Victor Candell Red and Grey
      • Victor Candell Sky Flowers
      • Victor Candell Sunset
    • Anthony Cirino painting
    • Walter Clark Bathers Cove
    • Rudy Colao
    • Double Portrait American School
    • John Dowd >
      • John Dowd Corn Hill
      • John Dowd Fading Day
    • Charles Ebert
    • John Joseph Enneking Storm Frenchman's Bay Maine
    • John Joseph Enneking Village by the Lake
    • Joseph Eliot Enneking >
      • Joseph Eliot Enneking November
      • Joseph Eliot Enneking Ten Pound Island
    • Edmund James Fitzgerald
    • Nancy Grice Flood Tide
    • Nancy Grice Inlet to the Sea
    • Nancy Grice Marshes Edge
    • Samuel Griggs
    • Charles P. Gruppe
    • Emile A. Gruppe paintings >
      • Emile A. Gruppe Beeches
      • Emile A. Gruppe Catch
      • Emile A. Gruppe Gloucester
      • Emile A. Gruppe Misty
    • Aldro T. Hibbard
    • Aldro T. Hibbard Provincetown
    • Kathy Hodge MAIN paintings >
      • Kathy Hodge Growth
      • Kathy Hodge Rain on Toboggan Beach
      • Kathy Hodge Surprise Glacier Alaska
    • Albertus Jones
    • William J. Kaula
    • Walter Koeniger Winter Landscape
    • Bernard Korites Menemsha
    • Bernard Korites Vinalhaven Island, Maine
    • William Krondorf
    • Rose Kuper Rocky Neck Gloucester
    • Tod Lindenmuth
    • Joseph McGurl Mt Desert Island Maine
    • Joseph Meierhans
    • N A Moore >
      • N A Moore Grotto
      • N A Moore Waterfall
    • Gwen Nagel >
      • Gwen Nagel Apple Tree
      • Gwen Nagel Springtime
    • T. M. Nicholas
    • Leonard Ochtman Connecticut Hills
    • Robin Maria Pedrero MAIN >
      • Robin Maria Pedrero Life of Miracles
      • Robin Maria Pedrero Venture
      • Robin Maria Pedrero Winter's Grace Glowing
    • Bruce Peeso
    • Carl W. Peters MAIN paintings >
      • Carl W. Peters Dockside Rockport Harbor
      • Carl W. Peters Farm By Brook
      • Carl W. Peters Winter Stream
    • Robert Philipp
    • Esther Phillips
    • Jim Puzinas >
      • Jim Puzinas Afternoon on Sound
      • Jim Puzinas Afternoon Swim on Sound
      • Jim Puzinas Claremont
      • Jim Puzinas Dockside
      • Jim Puzinas Idyll
      • Jim Puzinas Planning
      • Jim Puzinas Rowing
      • Jim Puzinas Sandy
      • Jim Puzinas Tide
      • Jim Puzinas Valley Cove
      • Jim Puzinas Winter Tide
    • Charles H Richert
    • Alexander Charles Robinson
    • Chauncey Ryder main >
      • Chauncey Ryder Autumn
      • Chauncey Ryder Cabin in the Hills
      • Chauncey Ryder Farm in the Valley
      • Chauncey Ryder Madonna Mountain Vermont
    • Frank Shapleigh Ellis River Mount Washington Jackson NH
    • Dennis Sheehan
    • Charles Stockbridge
    • Frank Strazzulla
    • George Gardner Symons
    • George Thomson Autumn along the Sound
    • Harry Aiken Vincent Gloucester Harbor
    • George W. Whitaker
    • Ben Wilson >
      • Ben Wilson City of Birds
      • Ben Wilson Force Field
      • Ben Wilson Memories of Present
      • Ben Wilson Positron
      • Ben Wilson Searchers
      • Ben Wilson Stop and Go
  • Artists Wanted
    • Johann Berthelsen
    • Hugh H. Breckenridge
    • George M. Bruestle
    • Martha Cahoon
    • Ralph Cahoon
    • Benjamin Champney
    • C. K. Chatterton
    • Antonio Cirino Wanted
    • Bruce Crane
    • Werner Drewes
    • Charles Warren Eaton
    • John Joseph Enneking
    • Walter Farndon Wanted
    • Aldro A T Hibbard Wanted
    • Eric Hudson
    • Wiliam H. Irvine
    • Max Kuehne
    • Carl Lawless
    • Hayley Lever Wanted
    • Lillian Burk Meeser Wanted
    • Dale Nichols
    • G. L. Noyes
    • Leonard Ochtman Wanted
    • Carl W. Peters
    • Howard Rackliffe
    • Chauncey F. Ryder
    • F. H. Shapleigh
    • Don Stone
    • George Gardner Symons
    • Reuben Tam
    • Anthony Thieme
    • Harry Aiken Vincent
    • Agnes Weinrich
    • Alice Beach Winter Wanted
    • Andrew Winter
    • Mabel Woodward
  • About Us
    • Sell Your Art
    • Appraisals
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​Blue Heron Fine Art is an established antiques and fine arts company specializing in exceptional 19th and 20th century American paintings. As a private dealer our works are shown by appointment and displayed at numerous antique and fine art shows throughout the Northeast. Fine art appraisals, collection management and bidder representation are among the additional services that we offer.

Blue Heron Fine Art offers written art appraisals for a fee of $175 per piece of artwork appraised. If the appraisal is for a charitable deduction for IRS purposes, an additional fee of $125 will be required. The specialty of our fine art appraisal service is American paintings by artists listed in our Artist Inventory. We are members of the New England Appraisers Association.

What You Receive 

Art appraisals rendered will conform to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). This is the national standard to which all appraisers adhere.

The art appraisal report will offer an opinion of "fair market value", not a retail value. A "fair market value" is defined as an amount of money a willing buyer would pay and a willing seller would receive for the item. In practical terms, this is usually what your work would bring at a competitive auction or through a sale to a reputable dealer who specializes in such works.

This "fair market value" will be established by the sales comparison approach and will utilize data including sales at galleries, auction results, Price guides, opinions of other experts, or other personal observations. Finally, this report will be heavily dependent on the information you provide us. Since this service does not depend on a physical examination of the work, the more comprehensive the information you provide us, the more accurate your art appraisal will be. Please read below for the types of information that we will need in order to perform your art appraisal. 

Written art appraisals such as the ones we prepare online are used primarily for personal planning reasons, such as a contemplated sale or purchase, or for establshing an "agreed upon value" for insurance purposes. If you require an art appraisal for other reasons, such as establishing a value for charitable purposes, an additional IRS form is required to be completed by our gallery to be included in your tax return. As noted above, there is an additional fee of $125 for this. Finally, if a written appraisal is not required, we are happy to provide a free verbal appraisal of your artwork. Call the gallery to see which option is best for you. 

We are confident that we will be able to appraise your work. If for some reason, we are unable to determine a value using the methods outlined above, we will promptly refund any amounts paid to us.

What We Require

In addition to receipt of the art appraisal fee, we require three images of each painting to be appraised; one image of the front, one of the back, and one closeup image of the artist's signature.

Condition issues such as rips, patches or losses to the canvas of any kind should be noted. Include other relevant information to the art appraisal such as artist name, painting title (if any), size, medium (oil, watercolor, etc.) and whether the painting is framed. Note any descriptive labels on the back, or any previous purchase/acquisition information.

How To Proceed

If you are interested, you can either,

Email Us:

info@blueheronFA.com

Attach the three images to your emailand include in your message the information as requested above.
Make payment to us via Paypal (Credit Cards accepted)

Or

Mail Us:

Send the three images and the information as requested above
along with check or money order for $175 per piece of artwork to:

Blue Heron Fine Art
31 Nichols Road
Cohasset, MA 02025 
​31 Nichols Road
​Cohasset, Massachusetts  02025
Phone: (781) 383-3210    info@blueheronfa.com