South Street Gallery will once again offer its "Art Appraisal Day" Saturday, March 10, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hingham resident Arthur Garrity, a professional fine art appraiser, will offer verbal appraisals at the Gallery at 149 South Street. Etchings, prints or original oil or watercolor paintings may be submitted for review. There is a fee of $10 per appraisal, or $25 for three appraisals, with all of the proceeds being donated to the Red Cross Relief Fund. There is a limit of three items per customer per visit. This is an excellent opportunity for people to get a professional evaluation of art that may have been in their household or family for years. Individuals may wish to know this information for any number of reasons, whether they want to sell, insure, or just for their own knowledge.
Garrity is nationally recognized for his art research and appraisal work. Museums, individuals, corporations, and attorneys have utilized his services. To aid him in these endeavors he draws on his art reference library of approximately 4,000 volumes on artist and art history. Active in the collecting field of American and European art and antiques for more than 25 years, Garrity first began collecting art while a high school student in his native Salem, MA. Today, he lectures on collecting, collection development, and investment portfolio diversification to include tangible assets. He does appraisals throughout the country, working with a network of attorneys, corporations, museums, banks and individuals, and aiding in estate liquidation, authentication, conservation, proper framing of artwork and on occasion, representing clients at auctions by buying or acting as sales agent.
