The Ohio State University Libraries cannot provide appraisals for materials offered as gifts-in-kind because the Internal Revenue Service regards the Libraries as an interested party to such contributions. If you wish to obtain an appraisal for art work, published and/or manuscript material, please see below for a list of appraisers.

An appraisal is not necessary for gifts-in-kind valued at less than $5,000 by the donor. Additional information on appraisals and qualified appraisers is included in Internal Revenue Service Form 8283 which must be filed by persons claiming the donation of a gift-in-kind valued at more than $500.

Please note that some of these people may be dealers in addition to making appraisals. Inclusion on this list in no way implies an endorsement or recommendation by The Ohio State University Libraries. This list is compiled only for informational purposes and is by no means exhaustive or comprehensive.

Additional appraisal information is available at the Library of Congress Preservation site.

 

Auction Houses

Bonham & Butterfields
7601 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles CA 90046
323/850-7500
www.bonhams.com/us

Boos Gallery: Auctioneers and Appraisers
2830 West Maple Road, Suite 106
Troy MI 48084 
248/643-1900
www.boosgallery.com

Christie's
20 Rockefeller Plaza
New York NY 10020
212/636-2399
FAX 212/636-2399
www.christies.com

Comic Link: Vintage Comics & Comic Art
718/246-0300
buysell@comiclink.com
www.comiclink.com

Doyle's New York
175 East 87th Street
New York NY 10128
212/427-2730
FAX 212/369-0892
www.doylenewyork.com

Heritage Galleries and Auctioneers
3500 Maple Avenue
Dallas TX 75219
214/528-3500
www.heritagecomics.com
ww.heritageamericana.com

The Illustration House
110 West 25th Street, 2nd Fl.
New York NY 10001
212/966-9444
FAX 212/966-9425
www.illustration-house.com 

Russ Cochran's Comic Art Auction
Gemstone Publishing
PO Box 469
West Plains MO 65775
New York NY 10010
417/256-2224
artauction@gemstonepub.com
www.eccrypt.com

Skinner, Inc.
63 Park Plaza
Boston MA 02116
617/350-5400
FAX 617/350-5429
www.skinnerinc.com

Sotheby's
1334 York Avenue
New York NY 10021
541/312-5682
www.sothebys.com  

Swann Galleries, Inc.
104 East 25th Street
New York NY 10010

Organizations

American Society of Appraisers
555 Herndon Parkway, Suite 125
Herndon VA 20170
703/478-2228
FAX 793/742-8471
www.appraisers.org

The Appraisal Foundation
1029 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 900
Washington DC 20005-3517
202/347-7722
FAX 202/347-7727
www.appraisalfoundation.org

Appraiser's Association of America
386 Park Avenue South, Suite 2000
New York NY 10016
212/889-5404, ext 11
www.appraisersassoc.org 

International Society of Appraisers
1131 SW 7th Street, Suite 105
Renton WA 98055
206/241-0359 FAX 206/241-0436
www.isa-appraisers.org

Individual Appraisers

Areas of expertise are indicated by the following code: [A] Americana; [B] Books; [C] Cartoon/Comic Art; [CB] Comic Books; [D] Dance; [M] Moving Image Materials; [MS] Manuscripts; [MU] Music; [R] Recorded Media; [T] Theatre Materials.

Charles Apfelbaum [A,B,T,MS]
551 Ridge Road
Watchung, NJ 07060
908/757-3774
FAX 908/757-3775

George Cowmeadow Bauman [B]
Acorn Bookshop
1464 West Fifth Avenue
Columbus, OH 43212
614/486-1860
Acornbookshop@aol.com

Frederick Dosé [C]
778 Pleasant Avenue
Highland Park, IL 60035
847/433-7870

Nancy Escher [A,B]
9538 Brighton Way, Suite 332
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
310/275-5048
FAX 310/271-0683

Michael Ginsberg [A,B]
PO Box 402
Sharon, MA 02067
617/784-8181
FAX 617/784-1826

Vesta Lee Gordon [A,B]
The Book Broker
PO Box 1283
Charlottesville VA 22902
804/296-2194

Richard Halegua Comic Art [C]
PO Box 46454
Las Vegas NV 89114
702/285-3554
sales@comic-art.com

Wade H. Hall [A, B]
1568 Cherokee Road
Louisville KY 40205
502/451-5516

Ed Hoffman [B]
Hoffman’s Book Shop
211 East Arcadia Avenue
Columbus OH 43202
614/267-0203
FAX 614/267-7737

Gordon S. Hollis, President [D,T]
Golden Legend, Inc.
211 South Beverly Drive, Suite 114
Beverly Hills CA 90212
310/385-1905
FAX 310/385-1905
legend@goldenlegend.com

Jay Hoster [B]
Books on High
3510 North High Street
Columbus OH 43214
614/297-7774
Bookshigh@aol.com

Peter Howard [A]
Serendipity Books
1201 University Avenue
Berkeley CA 94702

Dr. Steve Johnson [R]
Behavioral Images, Inc.
Carriage House Plaza, Suite A4
901 East Grove at Robinson
Bloomington IL 61701
309/829-3931 

Norman Kane [A,B]
The Americanist
1525 Shenkel Road
Pottstown PA 19464
215/323-5289

Frank Klein [A]
The Bookseller, Inc.
521 W. Exchange Street
Akron OH 44302
216/762-3101

Alexander W. Kogan, Jr. [M]
Films Around the World, Inc.
342 Madison Ave.
New York NY 10173
212/599-9500
FAX 212/599-6040

Audrey Kupferberg [M]
378 Division Street
Amsterdam NY 12010
518/843-3542 

Ken LaRose [M]
20 Crichton St.
Ottawa Ontario
CANADA K1M 1V4
613/745-0543

Shirley B. Lebo [A,B]
221 "E" Street, SE
Washington DC 20003
202/546-9102

Howard Lowery [C]
PO Box 4492
Glendale CA 91222-0492
818/545-9661
FAX 818/243-6031
howard@howardlowery.com

John P. & Judith A. Lubrano [D, MU]
J & J Lubrano
351 West Neck Road
Lloyd Harbor, NY 11743
631/549-0672
FAX 631/421-1677
www.lubranomusic.com

C. Cameron Macauley [R]
CCM Associates
731 Sea View Drive, Studio A
El Cerrito CA 64530
510/524-2762

Nadia Mannarino [C, CB]
Comic Art Appraisals/All-Star Auctions
201/652-1305
appraisals@comicartappraisal

George Minkoff [B,MS]
G.R. Minkoff, Inc.
26 Rowe Road
Alford MA 02130
413/528-4575 FAX 413/528-1866
minkoff@bcn.net

Marjorie Neikrug [D]
Neikrug/Rosenberg Associates, Inc.
224 East 68th Street
New York NY 10021
212/228-7741

William O'Farrell, Sr. [M]
67 Muscatel Street
Aylyer, Quebec
CANADA J9H 5R7
613/723-3316

John R. Payne Associates [A,B]
2309 Camino Alto
Austin TX 78746
512/328-4535
FAX 512/328-4536

Jim Presgraves [A,B]
PO Box 639
Wytheville VA 24382
703/686-5813 

Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc [A]
46 Eliot Street South
Natick MA 01760
617/431-1776  

Lynn Roundtree [A,B]
Triduum Books
PO Box 1145
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919/929-7753
FAX 919/933-2680 

Steven Smolian [R]
26801 Haines Road
Clarksburg MD 20871
301/253-2703
FAX 301/414-0355 

John Staszyn [D]
325 East 21st Street
New York NY 10010
212/260-6350  

Harry L. Stern [A,B]
One South Wacker, Suite 2280
Chicago IL 60606
312/372-0388
FAX 312/346-2917

Frederic B. Taraba [C]
PO Box 1645
Central Islip, NY 11722
631/921-4062 fredappraisals@optonline.net 

Frank C. Walsh III [A,B]
Polly G. Fraser Yesteryear Book Shop, Inc
3201 Maple Drive NE
Atlanta GA 30305
404/237-0613

Jerry Weist [C,CB]
18 Edgemoor Road
Gloucester, MA 01930
978/283-1419
jerryweist@adelphia.net 

Karen Wickliff Books [B]
3527 North High Street
Columbus OH 43214
614/263-2903  

Caroline C. Willis [B]
4235 Fordham Road, NW
Washington, DC 20016-1907
202/966-2928
ccwbookval@aol.com 

Jon Woods [A,B]
347 Main Street South
Windsor CT 06074
203/289-3927

William Wyler [D]
URSUS Books
981 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10021
212/772-8787