Get a painting appraised online from photos

Use Instant Screener for a free first look (3 screens). It is not signed and not a formal appraisal. A signed PDF is $59. Auction-house “free appraisals” are usually consignment evaluations, not independent reports.

Start with Instant Screener if you only want a curiosity range. Order the $59 signed report when you need a document for records, resale, or one inherited painting. Insurance replacement is $99. Donation or tax files start at $399 as case review.

Yes — that is how Appraisily works when the photos are sufficient. Send the front, verso, signature, labels, frame, a scale or dimensions, and damage. A reviewer prepares a signed PDF from $59. One JPEG is not Old Master authentication. If the file cannot support the ordered work, we refund.

Send the full front and back, signature or monogram, every label and inscription, frame and edge details, dimensions, and close photographs of condition issues. Do not clean, repair, remove, or reframe the painting before documenting it.

Photograph the painting, choose the intended use, and start a $59 signed record. If an insurer asked, use $99. If a CPA asked about donation or tax, use $399 case review. Curious only? Instant Screener is free and unsigned.

Photos of the surface, edges, verso, plate marks, and edition inscriptions can support an opinion. That opinion is not a certificate of authenticity. Some prints and reproductions still need in-person inspection.

We can give an attribution opinion from the evidence you send — signature, labels, style, and comparable works. That is not a foundation or committee certificate. An unread signature is not proof of identity.

A signed appraisal can discuss attribution evidence and confidence, but it is not automatically a formal authentication opinion or certificate. Some artists and assignments require a catalogue raisonne committee, foundation, laboratory, conservator, or in-person specialist.

A standard signed painting report is $59. If an insurer asked for replacement value, use the $99 insurance lane — not the $59 record. Donation or tax files start at $399 as case review. There is no published rush fee. See /services for the full table.

No. Instant Screener is a free, unsigned first look. It is not for insurance, tax, or court. The paid product is a signed PDF.

Only the $99 insurance lane is built as replacement-value documentation. Ask the carrier whether a remote signed PDF is acceptable. We do not promise insurer acceptance and we do not claim USPAP certification.

If you need a signed record to sell or divide one painting, start at $59. If an insurer asked, use $99. If a CPA asked about donation or estate tax, use $399 case review. A whole house is a quote. See /inherited-objects and /estate.

Get an independent signed report first if you need a document you control. A free auction-house evaluation is usually a consignment conversation, not an insurance or tax file. We do not sell your painting and we do not guarantee a sale price.

No. An auction estimate is usually prepared for a possible sale in that auction context. A signed appraisal documents an object-specific value conclusion, intended use, effective date, evidence, assumptions, and limitations.

It may be required when the receiving party says so, when material testing or close surface examination matters, when condition cannot be understood remotely, or when attribution and value risk are too high for a photo-only conclusion.