Authenticating a Harry Bertoia Spray Sculpture  

Rapidity!
If you won it you have all the time in the world to research, no?

Authentication
You are too inexpert to judge the piece's authenticity. Contact Val Bertoia for a definitive assessment:
http://bertoiastudio.com/contact.html

Ok. I got up this morning,...
Ok. I got up this morning, went downstairs to the studio, and took a few photographs of the Spray Sculpture. Just to answer the previous question. I am an intermediate collector. I am learning all the time though. A few of the end strands are hanging out a little too far, due to the grandchldren pulling on them, and getting hurt around it, which is one of the main reasons the original owners decided to sell it. I'm sure they could easily be re-alligned. Here are the photos:

Looks real enough to me however from all the looking i just did i saw none with a black base. I also noticed the prices fluxuated between 2-3,000, then to ten thousand and then to twenty thousand....What the heck?....

Ya I know. I believe the lowe...
Ya I know. I believe the lower prices are either from replicas, or they didn't go through the process of verifying the piece. I just got off the phone with Val Bertoia a few minutes ago, and sent my photos over. So I'll see.

If you happen to learn anythi...
If you happen to learn anything on how to tell if one is authentic or not, it would be great if you could share that with the forum. I almost bought one of these once that looked great, but I chickened out because I just didn't know how to tell if it was the real deal.

Well, he said he does not know if it was done by his Father, or by Knoll seperate. He said it was very beautiful, and looks just like the piece his Father designed. I guess to be 100% positive, I need to send it in. Either way, it's still very valuable, and I scored a homerun regardless. I'm stoked!

I wonder if he even really...
I wonder if he even really knows for sure how to tell a good copy from an original.

Especially
as the post has been edited.
Half an hour ago it was definitely post Bertoia and made by Knoll because of the smooth slate base and the lack of holding brackets/ fixings for the wires.. Very odd

Sorry.
"Half an hour ago it was definitely post Bertoia and made by Knoll because of the smooth slate base and the lack of holding brackets/ fixings for the wires.. Very odd"
He said he didn't know after I talked to him again. That's why I edited it.

Honestly, I don't know what t...
Honestly, I don't know what to believe now. But I do know that the dealer in NY was def. interested in it, and thought that it looked just like one they have in their showroom for $22,000. He asked me at least a dozen times what I would want for it. When I told him I was thinking of putting it in my ebay store, he kept telling me that you can only get top dollar throuh a high end dealer, and the most I could get was a few thousand on there. If it isn't real, I can't see why they'd be so aggressive in wanting to buy it.

Sounds like you got a major find!!
You don't have to say,but...Did you pay decent bucks or was it just a dead giveaway?

Wow, this is getting very int...
Wow, this is getting very interesting!

Can the original owners...
Can the original owners offer anything helpful in way of its provenance?