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Saatchi Gallery Online Saleroom is Open for Business !!!
2007-10-05 16:15:00
Saatchi Gallery Online Saleroom is Open for Business !!! It is with extreme excitement that I announce that the Saatchi Gallery Online Saleroom (http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/saleroo m) is now open for business. The Saatchi Online Gallery is the pet project of controversial advertising mogul and art super-collector Charles Saatchi whose entrepreneurial skill is responsible for the rise of artists such ...
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Top Ten Australian Aboriginal Artists
2007-10-03 15:20:00
Top Ten Australian Aboriginal Artis ts After the high level of interest in my recent post on buying Australian Aboriginal art and considering that Australian Aboriginal art is one of my specialities, I thought that I would go into a little more detail on the subject and share some more of my knowledge and experience. Having spent ...
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Buying and Selling Upmarket Art Online
2007-09-17 14:37:00
Buying and Selling Upmarket Art Online Although online auction sites such as ebay are sufficient for buying and selling lower value artworks online (provided you take the necessary precautions), the standard online auction platform does not provide the security, service, expertise, prestige and reputation that most people look for when purchasing items of a more significant ...
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Art Market Blog Book Review - Three Steps to Investment Success
2007-09-13 14:31:00
Art Market Blog Book Review - Three Steps to Investment Success   Art investment can be a daunting experience for the inexperienced and uninitiated so I was extremely excited when I came across a new book by professional art, antique and collectable appraiser Scott Zema titled ?Three Steps to Investment Success ? Buying the Right Art, ...

Art Rental: Generating an Income from Fine Art
2007-09-09 14:20:00
Art Rental : Generating an Income from Fine Art Did you know that there is a way to get a guaranteed and immediate return from art? As art investment becomes more popular and a more widely accepted form of investment, different ways of generating returns from investing in art are becoming available. A recent addition to the options ...

The Top Ten Art Price Indexes and Databases
2007-09-07 13:36:00
The Top Ten Art Price Indexes and Databases   The recent increase in popularity of art investment has given rise to many different art price indexes and databases which are a fantastic resource for art investors and collectors who are looking to gauge value, determine popularity and attempt to predict art market movements and price progression. Below is ...
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The Top Ten Art Market Indexes and Databases
2007-09-07 13:36:00
The Top Ten Art Market Indexes and Databases   The recent increase in popularity of art investment has given rise to many different art price indexes and databases which are a fantastic resource for art investors and collectors who are looking to gauge value, determine popularity and attempt to predict art market movements and price progression. Below ...
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Understanding the Art Market: Condition, Restoration and Conservation
2007-08-26 14:06:00
Understanding the Art Market : Condition , Restoration and Cons ervation   The effect that the condition of an artwork has on its value is something that is very unpredictable and dependant on many different factors. As a general rule you should try and avoid purchasing an artwork that is in poor condition unless the artwork is of significant importance ...

SELLING ART AT AUCTION
2007-07-31 15:45:00
SELLING ART AT AUCTION You may have heard people complaining about the cost of selling an artwork particularly at auction but before you form an opinion it is important for you to know exactly what fees are involved in selling at auction and what you get for your money.  The fees that you are charged by ...
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Personal Experience With Cy Twombly Part 3
2007-07-09 18:10:00
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CY TWOMBLY PART 3    So now that I have explained my interactions with Cy Twombly’s “Three Studies From the Temeraire” in detail, I am sure you are all wondering how it all ties in with the art market so I am going to tell you.   The continued resilience of an artwork in the art ...
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MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CY TWOMBLY
2007-07-03 05:14:00
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH CY TWOMBLY Further to my last post on aesthetics, I would like to give you an example of my experience with an artwork that revealed why it was a good investment by engaging with me on a level that went beyond pure aesthetics and changing my perception of the artist and artwork. ...
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A Solution to Fake and Fraudulent Artworks?
2007-06-27 01:12:00
A Solution to Fake and Fraudulent Artworks ? A new company by the name of Identeart http://www.indenteart.com has just launched a new artwork authentication system for artworks which I think is extremely exciting and very useful for anyone buying or selling artwork. Identeart has designed a label which incorporates datadotDNA which is basically a tiny dot on ...
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THE STIGMA OF SCULPTURE
2007-06-18 05:46:00
THE STIGMA OF SCULPTURE Sculpture is considered to be one of the most under valued mediums in the art market yet people continue to shun sculpture for paintings. I have been spending some time recently trying to figure out exactly what it is about sculpture that causes so many people to ignore it and have come ...
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Why the Art Market Shouldn?t Crumble, And Why You?ll Keep Hearing it Will
2007-06-06 08:05:00
Why the Art Mark et Shouldn?t Crumble And Why You?ll Keep Hearing it Will. By Nicholas Forrest © artmarketblog.com   The current art market boom has resulted in increased exposure and interest in art as an investment but having read almost every article written on the art market in recent times it has become obvious that the art market ...
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Indian Art Funds
2007-06-04 08:25:00
INDIAN ART FUNDS With the Indian art market now receiving substantial publicity and receiving significant interest from investors and collectors around the world it would be hard not to recommend contemporary Indian ...
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Choosing An Artist to Invest In
2007-03-08 23:11:00
Choosing An Artist to Invest In When looking at investing in art it is easy to focus purely on the aesthetics which is really only part of the investment. If you purchase an artwork you are not just investing in the artwork its self, you are also investing in the artists career which is especially important ...