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Salvador Dali "The Wailing Wall"

Bengis Art Appraisals specializes in insurance appraisals for the cruise ship industry as well as appraisals for major insurance companies, private galleries and individuals.  In addition to offering a complete range of appraisals required for estate and probate matters, divorce proceedings, charitable donations and the IRS, Bengis Art Appraisals also provides legal expertise.

Active in the art business, Jerry Bengis has been an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers for 20 years.  Brenda Bengis is an attorney admitted to both the state and federal bar with a practice involving commercial matters including art related transactions and litigation.  She is a partner in the law firm of Ticktin, Rodriguez and Bengis.

For more than 30 years Jerry and Brenda have been acquiring  art and have a collection that includes over 1,000 fine art prints by contemporary and modern masters.  The Bengis’ library of catalogue raisonnés includes the work of Salvador Dali, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Joan Miro, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta, Andy Warhol, Leroy Neiman, and Roy Lichtenstein and others.

Internationally recognized as one of the leading authorities on Salvador Dali graphics, Jerry is frequently asked to appraise works by Dali and other artists.  In October, 2004, Jerry Bengis appraised artwork for the estate of Albert Field, archivist and author of The Official Catalogue of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali.  This collection was donated to the Salvador Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.


...a few years ago I finally dove in and bought a piece. Anxious to have the work authenticated I sought out the world renowned Dali expert, Jerry Bengis. I called Jerry never expecting him to answer the phone. He not only answered the phone but invited me to come personally and he would look at my new Dali. Excited, I took my print to Jerry and he spread the work out on his table. He took a good look at the work and then looked up at me and told me he thought it wasn't authentic. Jerry spent over an hour helping me to understand why he came to his conclusion. Jerry Bengis is, not only, a precious source of so much information on Salvador Dali, he...needs to be protected and promoted for the sake of the future of the Dali print market. --- Sharon

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