Invaluable

APRIL 3, 2024

In our experience, items with the most provenance are most sought after.” While age might leave artifacts fragile or damaged, time has also embellished Chinese works of art with enduring beauty and relevancy. Sold for $650,000 HKD via Bonhams (Dec 2021). Provenance research also adds value and credibility to artworks.

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Antiques and Decorative Arts Collectibles Paintings Sculpture 98

Invaluable

AUGUST 19, 2024

More certainty comes with the role of religious statues by the time of the Bronze Age when major cultural centers from ancient Sumer to ancient Egypt exhibited richly complex pantheons of deities and devotional practice. Sold for £7,000 GBP via TimeLine Auctions (September 2021). Roman Marble Head of Mercury.

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WorthPoint

JULY 31, 2024

This price was nothing compared to an original journal of the first session of Congress that fetched over $80,000 in 2021. French items of original memorabilia will require provenance to show they were used during the Revolution. One important note about provenance is that the letters G.R.

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WorthPoint

APRIL 30, 2025

million in 2021. The lot was confirmed to be genuine using provenance from John Adams’s diary. Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860) was an American painter who, at the age of eighteen, painted a famous portrait of George Washington from life. Sound period knowledge is key to obtaining provenance on these items.

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WorthPoint

JANUARY 31, 2025

In today’s age of online streaming, we have access to the entire history of music at our fingertips. A copy of Ill Communication, signed by all three members of the Beastie Boys, went for a similar price in 2021, and the autograph of Britney Spears on …Baby One More Time sold for nearly $2500 in 2021.

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WorthPoint

MARCH 3, 2025

These #1 issues, while showing their age, have huge appeal for collectors, especially with their iconic status in the Marvel universe. The market for Blanchards work has softened in the last couple of years, and although these prices were lower than what we saw in 2021/2022, they were still solid when compared to recent trends.

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