USE THE LIBRARY’S ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG to search for books on the subject of your collectible or on the artist for your work of art. Hint: do a keyword search in the catalog and add the term ‘collecting’ to get citations to books that include values and identification. Do a keyword search on the artists name to see if the library has a book on the artist).

USE PERIODICAL INDEXES, either online or in bound volumes to search for journal article citations on the subject of your collectible or artist.

• Reader’s Guide, Proquest and Searchbank are good starting places.
• Wilson Art Index provides specialized search capabilities.
• Art Index is available online from 1985 to the present offering full text of selected titles and from 1929 to 1984 with citations only.
• Artbibliographies Modern is a good online source to use for artists of the 20^th. century.

Early years of these titles are also available in bound volumes in the Art Department at Central Library as well as indexes that cover years prior to 1929 such as the Art Institute of Chicago series, the Fricke Library series and the Index to Nineteenth Century Art Periodicals. These volumes are shelved on the west wall of the Art Department Reading Room.

USE REFERENCE BOOKS in the Room Reference stacks in the Art Department to search for the subject of your collectible.

	Official Price Guide to Antiques and Collectibles			749.01 O32
	Tony Hyman's I'll Buy That			749.01 H995
	Signatures and Monograms			709.73F191-1
	Ceramic Marks			738.08
	Silver Marks			739.1 O325
	American Book Prices Current			019.3 A512
	Price guides for coins 737, toys 747.2, dolls 749.7 and trading cards			41.68
	Sources to identify artists by name include the
		Sauer biography series		703 A43552
		Groves Dictionary of Art And Artists		703 D554
	Also available from LAPL Home Page/DATABASES/ Art, Music & Recreation
		Benezit Dictionary of Painters, Sculptors and Engravers		709 B465
		Older editions of
			Who was Who in American Art	709.73 F191
			Who is Who in American Art	709.73 W628

USE RESOURCE DIRECTORIES at the Art Department Reference Desk to find collectors, dealers, appraisers and auction houses.

	Maloney's Collectible Resource Directory		749.01 M257
		Also available online http://www.maloneysonline.com/
	Where To Sell		749.01 H996
	The Appraisers Directory		709.73 A6525
		Also available online http://www.appraisers.org/

Most artist biography indexes are also located at the Reference Desk.

Identify an artist’s name in:

	Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide		702.9 D247
	Art Biography Master Index		709.02 A7915
Also available from /strong> LAPL Home Page/ DATABASES/ Biography/ Biography & Genealogy Master Index (Gale)
	Art in America's Annual Gallery Guide		708.1 A7845
	Latin American Art at Auction		709.8 L5815
	Getty Union List of Artists Names		709.03 U495
	Current editions of
		Who was Who in American Art	709.73 F191
		Who is Who in American Art	709.73 W628
	California artists resources
		Hughes, Edan. Artists in California, 1786-1940	709.794 H893
		Moure, Nancy. Publications in Southern California Art	709.794 M931-4
		Dawdy, Doris. Artists of the American West	759.1 D269-1
		Samuels, Peggy. Samuels' Enc. of Artists of the American West	709.78 S193

USE CLIPPINGS FILES for information on local artists.

The Art Department has maintained clippings for many years. There are indexes to these files to search for artists by name.(Selected entries are also accessible from the California Index). If the artist is not a West Coast artist, there is an index to the microfiche copy of the New York Public Library Artists File located at the Art Reference Desk.

USE AUCTION RECORDS to research values and provenance of your collectible.

Mayer's International Auction Records	705 I615
Christie's Art at Auction	705 C555
Sotheby's	705A783
Leonard's Auction Prices	749.01 L5815
Miller's	749.01 M6525
Gordon's Print Prices	760.5 G655
Photographic Art Market	707.8 P5753
Hint: Davenport's Art Reference & Price Guide	702.9 D247
Acts as an index to many fine art auctions.

Artfact online is an auction record database for higher priced fine art available from the databases on the library web page.

Book auction records

American Book Prices Current	019.3 A512
Book Auction Records	019.3 B7235
Bookman's Price Index	019.4 B724
Mandeville's Used Book Price Guide	019.4 U84
Huxford's Old Book Value Guide	019.4 H9865

Older editions of these titles are shelved in the library’s Rare Books Department.

USE WEB LINKS to access online auction sources.

• http://www.ebay.com/
• http://www.butterfields.com/
• http://www.christies.com/
• http://www.sothebys.com/

You can search more broadly using auction search engines

• http://www.amazon.com/
• http://www.auctions.yahoo.com/
• http://www.biddersedge.com/

Antique Malls are also searchable

• http://www.rubylane.com/
• http://www.tias.com/
• http://www.collectoronline.com/

Book values can be searched

• http://www.bibliofind.com/
• http://www.alibris.com/

California artist information including auction prices

• http://www.askart.com/

Biographical information on artists

Found online through the Web Links provided from the LAPL homepage by selecting Art & Music. For example,

The Getty
UCLA Arts
World Wide Art Resources

NOTE: Official appraisals can only be provided by certified appraisers. Insurance or legal requirements often can only be satisfied by an official appraisal.
To locate an appraiser

Appraiser’s Directory

709.73 A6525
http://www.appraisers.org/

Referral to a local auction house such as

Butterfield and Butterfield
Sotheby’s