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Documenting Your Art Collection

Fine Art Estates

Most Fine Art Insurance professionals will agree that the best way to ensure that an insured loss is settled quickly and fairly is by properly documenting your art collection. However, most all of these programs will allow a user to create a well-formatted document to aid in obtaining or updating a fine arts policy.

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From Stage to Canvas (and vice versa): Theatre and Opera in Fine Art

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Cirque Calder (1926-1931) is made up of wire models rigged to perform the various functions of the circus performers they represent, from contortionists to sword eaters to lion tamers and is todaypart of the permanent collection of theWhitney Museumin New York. Henri Matisse – Le Clown (planche I de “Jazz”), 1947.

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Four Artwork Storage Solutions

Fine Art Estates

One can either procure off site storage at a bonded fine art storage facility, or make space at home by assessing the dimensional space the art will take up that is currently resting and building rack spaces that are designed to safely accommodate it, taking into account your future needs.

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Boston’s Skinner Awarded American Impressionist Painting By The Appraisal Group

Appraisal Group USA

Of the many fine art and antique appraisals we do, most clients would like to realize a profit on their fine art and historic furniture. Broadly speaking, we see more excellent fine art than extraordinary furniture. That’s a function of style and the times. It was true of the Louis J.

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Handle with Care: Tips for sending museum collections to conservation

The Mid-West Museum Association

Contributed by Nikita Werner on behalf of Guardian Fine Art Services. This can be related to monetary, or insurance replacement value, as well as educational, or functional value. I can pack and ship the piece myself; do I still need a fine art services company?

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Constructivism: The Intersection of Art and Industry in the Avant-Garde Movement

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Deeply intertwined with social, political, and industrial themes, Constructivism’s innovative methods and socially engaged philosophy broke down barriers between art and life, as it sought to create a better society through art. Vladimir Tatlin – Exhibition Poster, 1920. I affirmed: it’s all over. Basic colors.

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Understanding the Different Levels of Value: It’s Worth What Where and When?

Artifactual History Appraisal

While it might be possible to scour the auction market for years searching for an offering similar to the lost item and then obtain that item at a much lower price, this is not the function of insurance coverage. The next level is Fair Market Value.