3 Self portraits Troy Wenzel

Record assessment

The record is reasonably coherent for a private ledger entry but has two concrete errors that need correction before it can be relied upon for insurance or resale: the artist name is spelled 'Wenzel' throughout, while every external published source spells it 'Wandzel' — this should be confirmed against the original purchase receipt. The date field reads '2020 BC,' which is plainly a data-entry artifact and should be corrected to 2020 CE. Beyond those corrections, the provenance rests on a single-line note ('Purchased from Savannah College of Art and Design museum') with no receipt, invoice number, exhibition title, or sale date recorded, which is the largest gap in the record. The value estimate of $1,500 is plausible given one approximate comparable but is not independently corroborated by any auction result or formal appraisal. To strengthen this record materially: (1) locate and scan the original purchase receipt from SCAD, which should confirm the correct artist spelling, the sale price, and the specific venue or exhibition; (2) obtain a close-up photograph of each panel's verso, where Wandzel may have signed, dated, or titled the work — none of the five current photographs show the back of any panel; and (3) if insurance valuation is the goal, request a written appraisal from SCAD Art Sales directly, as they are the institutional channel through which Wandzel's work is sold and are best positioned to provide a defensible current-market figure for small-format works in this series.

From research, August 1, 2026