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A Guide to Identifying, Valuing, and Selling Your Antique Painting

Sarasota Antique Buyers

First things first, not every old painting that is collecting dust in your grandma’s house is an antique. There are a lot of things that go into the value of an old painting, such as: Provenance: The painting’s ownership history Rarity: How unique or scarce the piece is Artist reputation: Is it a Van Gogh or a Van No-name?

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Office Hours Information from March 2025

International Society of Appraisers

As appraisers, we are market researchers. high end, branded, celebrity provenance) is going to sell at a high-end international auction house like Christie’s. A collection of unbranded jewelry that has no celebrity provenance may sell at a local or regional auction house. current asking prices).

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Bührle Foundation’s provenance research is inadequate, report finds

The Art Newspaper

The report by Raphael Gross calls for more research and details how Jewish owners are omitted from the published provenance

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Comment | From restitution to confronting authoritarian regimes, here are five ways museums can be more ethical

The Art Newspaper

In these tumultuous times there are any number of reasons—museums are navigating funding challenges, staffing issues and collections management conundrums. Change the mindset on restitution The issue of provenance is the most substantive and dominant dilemma faced by many western museums.

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Can You Believe What You Read in Vintage Jewelry Advertising?

WorthPoint

McClelland Barclay woman with fruit headdress brooch dating to 1942-1943, part of the last collection produced while he was serving in the U.S. The first thing that has been alluded to in jewelry books based on WWD research was that Barclay designed the jewelry, and Rice-Weiner & Co. Naval Reserve during World War II.

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Provenance Researcher

SPNHC

Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History [link] The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) Office of the Registrar is seeking contract services for provenance research and coordination services to: 1) provide provenance research services to evaluate the prior acquisition of collections deemed by NMNH to be high priority (..)

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Provenance Research & Support Contract

SPNHC

National Museum of Natural History [link] The National Museum of Natural History and the National Collections Program, both part of the Smithsonian Institution, are seeking shared contract services.