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Bananas! Chocolate! Flowers! The Fine Art of Presenting and Preserving Perishable Sculptures

Artnet News

million banana, we look at contemporary art's fascination with art that goes bad—and how to conserve it. The Fine Art of Presenting and Preserving Perishable Sculptures appeared first on Artnet News. Ahead of the sale of Maurizio Cattelan’s $1.5 The post Bananas!

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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. Their expertise is essential for ensuring accurate and informed appraisals.

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Fine Art Sale at Shannon’s

Maine Antique Digest

Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut Photos courtesy Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers Three lots sold at $100,000 (including buyer’s premium) and over, and many other lots brought multiples of their estimates at Shannon’s Fine Art Auctioneers’ May 2 auction in the Milford, Connecticut, gallery, making for a $2.5

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Visual Odyssey: Contemporary Fine Art bows in New York October 1

Auction Central News

NEW YORK — Jasper52 has announced its latest contemporary fine art sale, titled Visual Odyssey, set for Tuesday, October 1, with the event kicking off at 2 pm Eastern time. The catalog is now open for review and early bidding at LiveAuctioneers.

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Yayoi Kusama Stars in Sotheby’s First Fine Art Sealed Auction

Artnet News

The dedicated, single-lot sale marks the auction house's introduction of fine art into its succesful Sealed Auctions. The post Yayoi Kusama Stars in Sotheby’s First Fine Art Sealed Auction appeared first on Artnet News.

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Sotheby's launches first fine art Sealed auction without reserve

The Art Newspaper

Success of Sealed Auctions has led to an expansion into fine art Yayoi Kusama's "Phantom Polka Dots of Fate, Ordained by Heaven, Were the Greatest Gift Ever for Me" to be sold by Sealed Auctions and on view in Sotheby’s New Bond Street Galleries.

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Fine Art Insurance 101

Fine Art Estates

Three Insurance Experts Explain the Intricacies of Insuring Your Art Collection I am often asked by clients if they should cover their art under their homeowner’s insurance (HO) or if they should investigate insuring their art with a separate fine art collectors’ policy.

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