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Sample Appraisal: Signed and Numbered Limited Giclee on Canvas

Sample Appraisal: Signed and Numbered Limited Giclee on Canvas

Appraisal ID: 10234
Appraised On: Jan 14, 2006
Market Value: $ 400.00
Replacement Value: $ 500.00

APPRAISER COMMENTS:

This artwork is described as a painting, but it is actually a print. A Glicee is a type of fine art print. It takes its name from the French term meaning “spray of ink.” It has become quite popular in recent years because the resolution is so much higher than can be obtained from a traditional lithographic print and has a wider range of color than serigraphy. Giclee´ prints render deep saturated colors and have a beautiful painterly quality that retains minute detail, subtle tints and blends. The piece was produced by artist, Peter Ellenshaw (1931-). Ellenshaw is primarily a landscape artist, but he has also been contracted by Disney on several occasions to produce artwork for prints, books, jigsaw puzzles, etc. Because this is a Glicee, there is no way of knowing the size of the original painting since the technique allows the finished print to be in any size. The price paid for the Glicee was exorbitant in any case; an original painting by Ellenshaw is typically valued at a few thousand dollars at most. Based on comparative data for other Ellenshaw artwork recently sold, and considering the similarities and differences for the condition, size, artistic merit, and age, we have valued the subject piece as indicated.

Item/Title: ‘Sweeps Dance’ On The Rooftops Of London
Date/Period of Manufacture: 1999
Condition: very good, one scratch on bottom left corner of frame only.
Manufacturer/Artist/Author: Peter Ellenshaw/Disney
Dimensions (HxWxD): painting= 24Hx36W, with frame=33Hx45W
Inscription: Signature with 3/200 mark
History/Provenance: My ex-husband purchased it from Hoffman Gallery of Long Grove, Illinois on 2-9-2000. Purchase price was $1275 +tax. I kept it in the divorce (it was a gift to me), along with the receipt and certificate of authenticity. My confusion…I see online 2 editions. A plain one numbered 1-500 and an enhanced edition numbered 1-200. I cannot tell which one mine is, because there are no “enhanced” marks that I can see on the canvas, but it is numbered in the “of 200” type.

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Current Fair Market Value is the price agreed on between a willing buyer and seller, neither being required to act, and both having reasonable knowledge of the facts.

Replacement Value is the price in terms of money that would be required to replace the property in question with another of similar age, quality, origin, appearance, provenance and condition, within a reasonable length of time in an appropriate market.