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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! I buy anything I like that’s handmade and good quality from the last five hundred years. I am one of the last of the general high quality antique dealers.

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2024 Moving into 2025 Design Trends Likely to Affect Value of Personal Property

International Society of Appraisers

These trends are observed clearly in magazine displays, social media posts, and Pinterest, followed by changes in the direction of retail and auction house sales. Scandinavian furniture continues to be popular with its fresh-washed colors, clean lines, and good quality, especially in this era focused on sustainability.

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How Do I Get My Art Appraised?

Fine Art Estates

If you did not acquire the artwork through a gallery and cannot find similar works online, you may need to take the work, or send photo’s, to an auction house and tell them you are interested in selling the work. They gather information from over 979 auction houses from around the world.

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Blame it on Audubon. Or How I became a fine art appraiser. Part Five.

Art Services 2000

With the advent of The Audubon Society and the 20th Century's interest in the environment Audubon's name is known throughout the world and his images of birds can be found everywhere, the rarest being his one of a kind watercolors, paintings, and drawings.

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Fine Art Prints vs. Reproductions

Art Peritus

When the printing of an edition is complete, the artist reviews each print or “impression” for printing quality and similarity. Other Original Artwork Valuing other types of original works of art like paintings and drawings is a discussion for another time. If the print does not meet the artist’s criteria, it is destroyed.

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Fine Art Prints vs. Reproductions

Art Peritus

When the printing of an edition is complete, the artist reviews each print or “impression” for printing quality and similarity. Other Original Artwork Valuing other types of original works of art like paintings and drawings is a discussion for another time. If the print does not meet the artist’s criteria, it is destroyed.

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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. Sold for €100 EUR via Setdart Auction House (Feb 2024). Aurora 88 fountain pen.