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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 |
