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The Intersection of Provenance Research and Technology in Fine Art 

JSK Fine Art Appraisals

This specific format of research focuses on a piece’s ownership and documentation through visible makers such as gallery stickers, labels, signatures, and any other defining markers that can be found on the back of a piece.

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New world record for Canaletto as view of Venice sells for £31.9m

The Art Newspaper

The bustling view of Venice from around 1732, once owned by Britain’s first prime minister, Robert Walpole, smashed the artist's auction record tonight at Christie's in London

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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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Christie’s celebrates the late Syrian artist Marwan with non-selling London show

The Art Newspaper

In May, Christie’s for the first time delivered a white-glove sale for its online Modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art auction in Dubai. The sale included a section dedicated to Saudi artists, with almost all the works selling over their high estimates. Marwan’s last solo show in London was at the Mosaic Rooms in 2015.

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Magritte painting could bring more than $95m at Christie's marquee New York sales this autumn

The Art Newspaper

If it goes for the auction house's estimate, "L'empire des lumières" (1954), from the collection of late interior designer Mica Ertegun, would set an auction record for the Surrealist artist

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Knots, Spirals, and the Symbolic Power of Celtic Art

Invaluable

Key Motifs For centuries, fans of art, sculpture and fashion have been forming an enthused circle around Celtic-inspired craft, drawn to the spiritually resonant and aesthetically attractive motifs that sit at the heart of Celtic artistic expression. Highland Park – 50 year old, with sterling silver ‘cage’ by Scottish artist Maeve Gillies.

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Thomas Cole Landscape Sets New Auction Record for the Hudson River King

Artnet News

million, the artist's highest public price in more than 20 years. The post Thomas Cole Landscape Sets New Auction Record for the Hudson River King appeared first on Artnet News. A scene of New Hampshire sold for $1.6