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Authenticating Artwork: Value in Validation

Drishti LLC Appraisers

Galleries usually have a relationship with the artists they represent, and can provide information on their work and artistic process in addition to specific information on a piece you are interested in purchasing. Most serious contemporary artists have websites and are happy to verify (or disavow) the authenticity of an artwork.

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Mayfair Art Weekend 2019

Grays Antiques

Mayfair is the art capital of London, and we’re proud to be one of over 150 galleries and auction houses established within this historic district. From the 28 th -30 th of June our neighbourhood will host the Mayfair Art Weekend, a series of exhibitions, events and happenings taking place across the area.

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Household goods: Exclusive, iconic and designer pieces that should be valued

ValuePros Appraisal Services

Some of these items are also found in many American homes, whether because they continue to fulfill a function or because they have become a part of the family history, some of them are historical objects acquired with antique dealers, auction houses and even galleries, and some of them are by living contemporary designers.

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Fine Art Prints vs. Reproductions

Art Peritus

Have you ever wondered why two seemingly identical prints by the same artist can have vastly different price tags? The artist is usually not involved at all – or if so, minimally – and they can be either authorized or unauthorized reproductions. If the print does not meet the artist’s criteria, it is destroyed.

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Fine Art Prints vs. Reproductions

Art Peritus

Reproductions By Noelle DeSantis and Sarah Kirk Hanley Have you ever wondered why two seemingly identical prints by the same artist can have vastly different price tags? The artist is usually not involved at all – or if so, minimally – and they can be either authorized or unauthorized reproductions.

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Patrick Boyd Carpenter: ' It’s a Proper Old Fashioned Antique Shop.'

Grays Antiques

I also make a good living by buying ‘auctioneers mistakes’. Just between you and me, many auction houses are not the experts they pretend to be! He was a Scottish artist of Italian heritage, who lived in Paris, and was established in Chelsea. My collection is British and European art, and I particularly like drawings.

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Written Into History: Collecting Vintage Fountain Pens with Timeless Elegance

Invaluable

Though no physical prototype of these earliest references survives, these imagined models experimented with drawing the ink to the pen’s tip while also working to secure the reservoir effectively. Auction Passed (Est: €65 EUR – €75 EUR) via Aste Bolaffi (September 2023). Sold for €100 EUR via Setdart Auction House (Feb 2024).