Imagine you are a volunteer at Granny’s Attic and your job is to sort through the large amount of donated artwork. You come across an Art Hansen print or a Fay Jones original. How do you set a price that honors the artist while respecting the nature of a thrift shop?

Granny’s volunteer Jean Ameluxen recently arrived at a solution: Set aside an area dedicated to exhibiting the art, and with the help of local experts, set a fair price.

“I’d like to get something for the art that approaches half-value. The community needs the money, and the artists need to be recognized,” Amuluxen said.

She said Granny’s really cares about island artists and does not want the “wonderful artists to feel put down by the price of their art at Granny’s. Because we are a thrift shop, not a gallery, we function differently.”

The other issue Ameluxen and art section manager Ginny Hansen ponder is how to price renowned art. They recently had a painting by Northwest School artist Fay Chong — valued at $800 to $1,000 —come through.

“How do we let people know we have this kind of art?” Ameluxen said.

Her hope is the new section will highlight the artwork, support the local artists and put a fair value on all the art.