Art Peritus

MARCH 28, 2024

Proofs or “test prints” made during the creative process can be marked as a state proof, a working proof, a progressive proof, or a trial proof. Having sold for only a few thousand dollars in the 1980s and 1990s, Longo’s images still resonate with today’s viewers and can achieve significant prices.

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Art Peritus

MARCH 28, 2024

Proofs or “test prints” made during the creative process can be marked as a state proof, a working proof, a progressive proof, or a trial proof. Having sold for only a few thousand dollars in the 1980s and 1990s, Longo’s images still resonate with today’s viewers and can achieve significant prices.

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Fine Art Prints Appraiser/appraisal Rarity 52

ASA Newsroom - Personal Property

JUNE 4, 2024

Charles Carmona, GG, ASA, has been traveling the world for five decades in search of knowledge and experience to help in his gemstone testing and appraisal businesses in downtown Los Angeles, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, China and Bangkok, Thailand. As a consultant to the World Bank, he has established gemology schools in Madagascar and Tanzania.

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Appraiser/appraisal Antiques and Decorative Arts Jewelry Consultation 59

Invaluable

APRIL 24, 2024

Materiality Different examples of American folk art can stand the test of time with varying longevity. A consultation with a conservator, particularly for textile and woven works, can never hurt. Sold for $15,000 USD via Sotheby’s (Jan 2019). Set of six ladderback dining chairs, mid 18th century. Sold for $1,075.5

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Maker/Artist Antiques and Decorative Arts Material Textiles 52

Invaluable

APRIL 24, 2024

Materiality Different examples of American folk art can stand the test of time with varying longevity. A consultation with a conservator, particularly for textile and woven works, can never hurt. Sold for $15,000 USD via Sotheby’s (Jan 2019). Set of six ladderback dining chairs, mid 18th century. Sold for $1,075.5

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Maker/Artist Antiques and Decorative Arts Material Textiles 52

WCG

JANUARY 10, 2025

After a 2-hour consultation with the textile conservator, we arrived at an approach that would protect the silk from continuing to fragment and shear off, without the use of adhesives that could discolor the silk. Further damage was not a question of if, but when.

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WCG

DECEMBER 9, 2024

After a 2-hour consultation with the textile conservator, we arrived at an approach that would protect the silk from continuing to fragment and shear off, without the use of adhesives that could discolor the silk. Further damage was not a question of if, but when.

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