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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 click 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.

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Auction Houses

BoosGallery: Auctioneers and Appraisers 2830 West Maple Road, Suite 106 Troy MI 48084 248/643-1900 www.boosgallery.com	Bonham & Butterfields 7601 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 323/850-7500 www.bonhams.com/us
Christie's 20 Rockefeller Plaza New York NY 10020 212/636-2399 FAX 212/636-2399 www.christies.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 www.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 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
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 www.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 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
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.com www.comicartappraisal.com
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

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