I have a Painting of a Beautiful Home

There is a web site where you can submit digital pictures of your item, pay about $6.50 and receive a report with a price estimate within 48 hours. It is staffed by 19 experts, all of whom have worked for either Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses. www.valuemystuffnow.com

Try contacting http://www.whatsitworthtoyou.com. They do an appraisal from a photo for under ten dollars. I'd send several views of the painting and a close up of the signature. It's not a perfect appraisal system since technically the best way to appraise something is to be able to touch it and inspect it as well as research it, but it's a good and inexpensive starting point. Also there is a web site where you can submit digital pictures of your item, pay about $6.50 and receive a report with a price estimate within 48 hours. It is staffed by 19 experts, all of whom have worked for either Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses. www.valuemystuffnow.com I just haven't used them in the past.