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

International Society of Appraisers

Scandinavian furniture continues to be popular with its fresh-washed colors, clean lines, and good quality, especially in this era focused on sustainability. Items such as folk art, unique and creative paintings, hand-blown Venetian glass, delft style ceramic tiles, handmade vases, and quilts are splashed throughout interiors.

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Antique Porcelain Dolls: How Much Are Porcelain Dolls Worth?

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With this Chinese ceramic material, doll makers could finally create intricately painted faces, lifelike features, and beautifully constructed clothing. For example, dolls from the 1800’s to 1900’s have rooted or lifelike hair rather than painted hair, and their clothing is typically made of leather.

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Botticelli Painting Sells for Record $92.1 Million

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1480, tempera on poplar panel Sold for $92,184,000 on January 28, 2021 Courtesy of Sotheby's Earlier this week, Sotheby’s set a new record for the sale of a work by a Renaissance artist at auction when a painting by Sandro Botticelli, Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Roundel, sold to a private collector for $92.1 million USD.

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Types of Chinese Art: A Guide to Valuing & Collecting Chinese Art

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From delicate porcelains , intricately carved jades , and serene ink landscape paintings to regal robes , brazen stone lions , and fantastic dragons , these artworks are imbued with historical traditions and motifs from as early as 10,000 B.C. “As after which artisans mastered the blue and white painted porcelain popular today.

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The Importance of Contemporary Art Appraisals

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Art Acquisitions Art collectors, museums, galleries, and private individuals interested in purchasing contemporary Paintings, Sculpture, Photography, or Fine Art Prints might seek an appraisal to ensure they make an informed investment. When Might You Need a Contemporary Art Appraisal?

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Exploring the Timeless Beauty: Appraising California Impressionism

JSK Fine Art Appraisals

Characteristics of California Impressionism Plein Air Painting: Central to California Impressionism is the practice of plein air painting. Artists ventured outdoors to paint en plein air, capturing the changing effects of light and atmosphere directly onto their canvases. This technique added a dynamic quality to the artworks.

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Fine Art Prints vs. Reproductions

Art Peritus

Furthermore, a limited-edition poster that is hand signed by the artist can fetch a significantly higher price due to its rarity, such as a signed example from a benefit in 1991 that is available online for $4,950. When the printing of an edition is complete, the artist reviews each print or “impression” for printing quality and similarity.