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Evaluation to Valuation: Navigating Fine Art Appraisals

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Your appraiser will also use knowledge of recent sales of comparable works to determine the artwork’s value. The appraisal report is a crucial document used for various purposes, such as insurance, taxation, sale, or donation, and is often required to be conducted by a certified appraiser to ensure its credibility.

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Fun Vintage Kitsch Collectibles We Love

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The look is popular with fans of thrift stores and vintage sales, and some resellers even specialize in finding items that are examples of the best of kitsch. Chrome and Formica dinettes are delightfully kitschy alternatives to wood or glass tables, and if you can’t source a vintage piece, look for a reproduction.

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

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Sold for $200 via Helios Auctions (October 2023) Utilitarian objects, from furniture and textiles to posters and public installations were all designed with a functional Constructivist aesthetic in mind that would influence the Bauhaus principle that form follows function. Vavara Stepanova -Textile Design 3, Step 3.

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Marcel Breuer: From Bauhaus Visionary to Furniture Design Icon

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Breuer s dream, however, was to put his architectural designs into practice so in 1928, aged 26, he left to establish his own office in Berlin, supported by royalties from the sale of his chairs. Saint John’s Abbey Church, built in Collegeville, Minnesota, in 1961. Image via Flickr, courtesy of ya3hs3.

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Ming vs Qing Dynasty Art and Antiques

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His patronage of the arts also promoted new ideas in painting, architecture, and porcelain in particular, which borrowed the shapes of Islamic glass and metalware during a period of diplomatic trade between China and Central Asia. Sold for £1,200,000 via Dreweatts 1759 Fine Sales (May 2022).

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How to ID Lalique Glass in Fine and Faux Jewelry

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For example, when it comes to Lalique jewelry—beginning with René Lalique in the 1800s and continuing with his heirs much later—glass is the building block of many masterpieces. He learned to sculpt and even did some textile design before beginning in earnest in 1881 as a jewelry designer and fabricator.

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Antiques Road Trip USA: Massachusetts

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Massachusetts has been home to numerous 19th-century glass companies, from Pairpoint to Boston and Sandwich Glass. Mill Girls in Lowell and Antique Glass in New Bedford In addition to the fine arts, Massachusetts has been home to some larger industrial makers over the last few centuries. Washington Glass, and Pairpoint.

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