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Historical auction results show centuries-old demand for women artists

The Art Newspaper

Our exclusive analysis of auction records in Paris until 1850 reveals around 500 sales of works by women, and striking parallels to the art trade today

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The Intersection of Provenance Research and Technology in Fine Art 

JSK Fine Art Appraisals

Aside from these markers, appraisers rely on other forms of documentation such as auction records, catalogue raisonne , and other historical archives that researchers have access to that can help establish a working timeline of the artworks history.

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How Personal Property Appraisers Can Increase the Value of Your Estate Sale

Prime Appraisals

Appraisers dig into history books, auction records, and other sources. Analysis: After all the looking and researching, the appraiser puts the pieces of the puzzle together. This is like the appraiser getting to know the item personally. Research: Then comes the research part.

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Missing Tom Thomson painting at centre of $8m lawsuit returned to owner

The Art Newspaper

In 2013 it was sent to the Canadian Conservation Institute at the National Gallery of Canada for analysis and authentication, where it was attributed to Thomson. The 8in by 10in oil-on-wood panel painting from around 1915 had hung in the Murray family home for over 30 years when Murray, who had since moved to Hawaii, decided to sell it.

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A blockbuster Gerhard Richter retrospective, co-organised by Nicholas Serota, is coming to Paris

The Art Newspaper

Richter’s auction record stands at £30.4m, the price paid for the large-scale abstract painting Abstraktes Bild (1986) which sold at Sotheby’s London in 2015.

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