Arthur Shilstone painting: what's it worth?

[Jamus]

Hi--
For years I've been lugging around an unframed watercolor of a guy in a duck blind dispatching a duck on the water. Today, I noted the name of the author, googled him and apparently he's a minor somebody. Any thoughts as to how to get a handle on what the painting's worth?

thanks
jamus

 

[george w]

if you have a museum in the area, or a conservator, you might be able to get an appraisal and provenance for the work--might cost you something, but, hey, you never know what you have! If you like it, have it professionally matted and framed-sometimes, that will help with value--or not---certainly makes it look nicer on the wall!

 

[Jamus]

thanks George. Good ideas. For anyone interested, here's a picture of the watercolor