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A Guide to Identifying, Valuing, and Selling Your Antique Painting

Sarasota Antique Buyers

But age isn’t the only thing. Material quality: The canvas, pigments, and craftsmanship Market demand: What’s hot in the art world right now Sherlock Holmes-ing Your Painting: Identifying the Artist So you’ve got an old painting, but who’s the mastermind behind it?

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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

Invaluable

Iron Age Celtic Ring with Wave Whorl. Sold for £81 GBP via TimeLine Auctions (September 2019). Older than the Celtic knot, it emerged in Neolithic and Bronze Age Europe and has been found on Germanic coins and in megalithic tombs. Shield knots, as the name suggests, were associated with protection and strength.

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Rare Stradivarius Violin Sells for Over $11 Million

WorthPoint

Stradivaris violins are considered among the highest quality instruments ever made, said to have a unique tonal quality that some believe cannot be replicated even by modern methods. The auction record set by Molitor was soon surpassed, howeverthe Lady Blunt sold for $15.9 There are countless theories as to why this is.