A picture is worth a thousand words, as the saying goes — and for appraisers Richard-Raymond Alasko and Jake Fish.
Those very words and even the story surrounding a work are key tools used to determine its monetary value. In a way, appraisers are master storytellers compiling every bit of information on a piece, learning the story of its uniqueness to determine its value.
Scripps News' Lauren Magarino talks with two art appraisers who explain how they place value on a piece of artwork.