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How To Sell Art At Auction

Art Appraisal Resources

Qualified appraisers and advisors can help determine if the auction market is the right choice to sell your fine art. Claude Monet and Pablo Picasso are two of the most well-known and collectible artists of all time, but not all of their works will garner the high prices we have come to know from the blockbuster sales that are now well known.

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Blame it on Audubon. Or how I became a fine art appraiser, Part Two.

Art Services 2000

One book, "Audubon in Florida" first published in 1974 from the University of Miami Press was especially helpful in identifying the birds that were the Florida species that he found and rendered life-sized in his original watercolors. Hall of the 1833 portrait created by American artist Henry Inman ( b. End of Part Two.

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Building a Collection and Art as an Investment

Artifactual History Appraisal

This will help you better target the sorts of artists and works that will suit your collection's vision. With a little research, one can find contemporary artists making works in a variety of styles encompassing the entire span of art history, as well as older antique works.

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Blame it on Audubon: Or how I became a fine art appraiser. Part Three

Art Services 2000

I especially loved the old illustrated books and my favorite above all others was an old copy of Dante's Inferno illustrated by the French artist Gustave Dore. Books can become friends and in my case they have been a central factor in my life and work as an appraiser. but that is another story, entirely.)

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Selling American Paintings to Buyers Doesn’t Have to be Hard. Read These 5 Tips

Antique Appraisers Auctioneers

American art collectors can be a diverse lot and they take a wide-ranging interest in artists ranging from John Singer Sargent to Georgia OKeefe. Seek help from American art appraisers The first tip is to consult with American art appraisers. An appraiser has studied American history and art theory. Know your painting.

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New Uses for Old Things: Thoughts in Support of Mixing Antiques in Modern Interiors

Artifactual History Appraisal

My article is republished below or you can also read it online at Worthwhile Magazine™ : “This is an opinion piece, and a manifesto of sorts, born out of my personal thoughts working in the appraisal field about the widespread confusion and discomfort about how to mix antiques and art in contemporary homes.

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Blame it on Audubon: Or how I became a fine art appraiser. Part One.

Art Services 2000

He was a house guest at several East Florida plantations and he created a number of his original watercolors of the bird species that he found. The Audubon portrait pictured here in an engraving made by Charles Wands after the original oil painting by the Scottish artist John Syme ( b.1795