Appraisals

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 Instructions for Form 8283 and the Internal Revenue Service Form 8283 and  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 Auction Galleries
3500 Maple Avenue
Dallas TX 75219
214/528-3500
www.heritagecomics.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
Russ Cochran Company
4 Court Square
PO Box 469
West Plains MO 65775
417/256-1311
FAX 417/256-6666
 comicart@russcochran.com
www.russcochranauction.auctionanything.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
www.swanngalleries.com

 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.


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

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

Nancy Escher [A,B]
55 N Venice Blvd., Suite 401
Venice, CA 90291
310/822-0232
FAX 310/822-0174 
www.escher-associates.com                                              
nancy@escher-associates.com

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

Vesta Lee Gordon [A,B]
The Book Broker
PO Box 1283
Charlottesville VA 22902
804/296-2194     
vlg@bookbrk.com                                                                
www.bookbrk.com

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

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

Ed Hoffman [B]
Hoffman’s Bookshop
4167 N. High Street
Columbus OH 43214
614/262-0059
FAX 614/262-2051
ehoffbk@aol.com
www.hoffmansbookshop.com

Gordon S. Hollis, President [D,T]
Golden Legend, Inc.
449 South Beverly Dr., Suite 205
Beverly Hills CA 90212
310/385-1903
FAX 310/385-1905
legend@goldenlegend.com                                                             
www.goldenlegend.com

Jay Hoster [B]
Tri-Village Book Company
1124 Goodale Blvd.
Columbus OH 43212
614/299-9985
Bookshigh@aol.com

Dr. Steve Johnson [R]
Behavioral Images, Inc.
302 Leland St., Suite 101
Bloomington IL 61701
FAX 309/829-9677

Norman Kane [A,B]
The Americanist
113 Creeks Edge
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919/967-9287 or 919/475-0205
FAX 919/338-8081
nkane@kanebooks.com

Frank Klein [A]
The Bookseller, Inc.
39 Westgate Circle
Akron OH 44313
216/762-3101                                                                                      
thebooksellerinc@neo.rr.com

Alexander W. Kogan, Jr. [M]
Films Around the World, Inc.
The Long Island City Art Center
44-02 23rd St., Studio 407                                                                                                             
Long Island City, NY 11101
212/599-9500
FAX 212/599-6040                                                                                               
alexjr@pipeline.com

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 F 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                                                                    
www.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

Nadia Mannarino [C, CB]
Comic Art Appraisals/All-Star Auctions
201/652-1305
FAX 501-325-6504
appraisals@comicartappraisal
www.comicartappraisal.com

George Minkoff [B,MS]
G.R. Minkoff, Inc.
26 Rowe Road
Alford MA 02130
413/528-4575
FAX 413/528-1866
grm@minkoffbooks.com
www.minkoffbooks.com

Marjorie Neikrug [D]
Neikrug/Rosenberg Associates, Inc.
136 E. 64th St.
New York, NY 10021
212/688-8779

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

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
508/647-1776
FAX 508/653-9096
office@kwrendell.com

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]
77 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2805
Chicago IL 60611
312/337-1401
FAX 312/214-2510

Frederic B. Taraba [C]
PO Box 1645
Central Islip, NY 11722
631/921-4062
www.tarabaillustrationart.com
fred@tarabaillustrationart.com

Frank C. Walsh III [A,B]
Yesteryear Book Shop
P.O. Box 550065
Atlanta GA 30355
770/436-7432
Yesteryear Book Shop
yesteryearbooks@bellsouth.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
www.bookworth.com

Jon Woods [A,B]
347 Main Street South
Windsor CT 06074
203/289-3927
FAX 860-289-5404
www.jonawoodsappraisers.com

William Wyler [D]
URSUS Books
981 Madison Avenue
New York NY 10075
212/772-8787
FAX 212/737-9306
ursus@ursusbooks.com