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Evaluation to Valuation: Navigating Fine Art Appraisals

Art Appraisal Resources

How do you place value on something as intricate and subjective as fine art? In this post we explore fine art valuation and appraisal, how an appraisal is conducted and the different types of art appraisals. Understanding the historical context of the artwork is crucial.

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California and Western Art

Maine Antique Digest

Bonhams, Los Angeles, California Photos courtesy Bonhams On April 23 at Bonhams’ auction of California and Western art in Los Angeles, total sales came to $2,500,000. Director of fine arts Scot Levitt commented, “This auction solidified the age-old adage that the cream of the crop always finds a strong market.

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David Lynch, artist and film-maker who portrayed America’s dark side with surreal humour and violence, has died, aged 78

The Art Newspaper

Lynch trained as a painter before becoming a successful film-maker and ultimately returning to visual art in recent decades

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Gilded Age Architecture and Art: A Journey Through America’s Opulent Era

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Just the name “The Gilded Age” invokes a sense of opulence and grandeur. Correspondingly, this rise in wealth was reflected in both the art and architecture of the era, as patrons aimed to create increasingly lavish works of art and environments to reflect both their affluence and the magnificence of the age.

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Gilded Age Architecture and Art: A Journey Through America’s Opulent Era

Invaluable

Just the name “The Gilded Age” invokes a sense of opulence and grandeur. Correspondingly, this rise in wealth was reflected in both the art and architecture of the era, as patrons aimed to create increasingly lavish works of art and environments to reflect both their affluence and the magnificence of the age.

Age 72
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Four Beauford Delaney originals star at Case July 6-7

Auction Central News

KNOXVILLE, TN — Four original works by Beauford Delaney are featured lots in Case Auctions‘ Summer Fine Art and Antiques sale scheduled for Saturday, July 6 and Sunday, July 7. Delaney (1901-1979) was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and demonstrated great promise as an artist at an early age.

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How does Artificial Intelligence Affect the Fine Arts World??

Coronado Appraisal

We are not going to go into all aspects of AI, just what we have learned on how it affects or interacts with the Fine Arts World. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE GOOD AT ART TO BE AN ARTIST Did you know that anyone that purchases or subscribes to the AI apps, such as ChatGPT, can create Art?