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Here are the developments in the few days that have ensued since we published the full case study of Brian Falk and his wife Malene Hansen who were sold what appears to be a fake Salvador Dali... Read MoreArticle, November 12, 2008
Park West Gallery sells Brian Falk a fake Dali print and then puts the Falks through an absolute nightmare, dragged out over several years when they try to get help from customer services... Read MoreArticle, October 24, 2008
The oldest, largest and most widely hailed auction houses in the world, Sotheby’s and Christie’s agree that the only definitive universal experts on the original works of Salvador Dali are Robert... Read MoreArticle, October 21, 2008
Authentication - What it is and Who Does it. It may be too obvious but it’s worth stating: a genuine painting by Picasso, by Jackson Pollock, by Rembrandt, by any famous artist, can fetch tens or... Read MoreArticle, October 21, 2008
Richard and Tracey English tell how they were sold fraudulently overpriced art by Park West at Sea aboard the Carnival cruise ship Miracle. This is another in the series of case studies of report... Read MoreArticle, October 18, 2008
Robert and Debra English tell how they were sold fraudulently overpriced art by Park West at Sea on their honeymoon aboard the Carnival cruise ship Miracle in July 2006. They were sent different... Read MoreArticle, October 3, 2008
"I have a beautiful seascape by H. Gailey, an original oil on canvas, with Collier Art Corporation Certificate #123456. What is it worth? Can you tell me about the artist?" How many times have... Read MoreArticle, October 1, 2008
AUCTION GIANT SOTHEBY’S WEIGHS IN...on the subject of authentication of "ORIGINAL" Salvador Dali works of art. On September 3, 2008, Sotheby’s Vice President of Impressionist and Modern Art issue... Read MoreArticle, September 23, 2008
Five part video series in which Fine Art Registry takes Salvador Dali prints to world renowned Dali experts and authorities in Stuttgart Germany, Paris France and New York for their expert Play VideoVideo, August 28, 2008
Photographs provided by the Salvador Dalí Archives Ltd., of New York City. Their provenance is Mara and Giuseppe Albaretto, Turin, Italy.... Read MoreArticle, August 28, 2008
When Joseph Cioffi formed the basic concept for Artletics in ’98, it was for him the perfect marriage of his two great passions in life: sports (athletics) and art. Eight years working for Disney... Read MoreArticle, August 22, 2008
A response to the recent outbreak of lies and slander about Albert Field, The Official Catalog of the Graphic Works of Salvador Dali, and related matters.... Read MoreArticle, August 15, 2008
I had left my studio in Pacifica to grab a couple of sandwiches at Sam’s Deli but when I got there, Sam’s Deli had been spirited away and the sign read that a NEW deli would replace it. I liked... Read MoreArticle, July 29, 2008
If it isn’t bad enough that fine art buyers and collectors are surrounded by a system of poor oversight in the presentation of authenticity of artworks for sale, various laws legalize the product... Read MoreArticle, July 1, 2008
Where do the Dali prints sold by Park West come from? The first step in examining this subject is to have a look at what Park West themselves say about the origins of the Dali prints they sell... Read MoreArticle, June 23, 2008
Fake originals and prints are a huge industry, and a scourge on the art market today. This is a study of forgery and fraud concerning two Salvador Dali limited edition prints.
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The owner was gazing aghast at the back of the stunning, large abstract painting he had just retrieved from the gallery where he had placed it for eighteen months on consignment. "It wasn’t... Read MoreArticle, June 4, 2008
China has a very long history of ceramics, which can be divided into pottery and porcelain. The first article in this series focused on pottery. This second article covers porcelain, also known... Read MoreArticle, June 3, 2008
The authentication of a work of fine art usually takes place under the purview of an art expert. The individual may specialize in scientific analysis, provenance or document support, and/or... Read MoreArticle, May 23, 2008
In recent years, investors have been supplementing lukewarm cash returns by putting their money into land, property, fine automobiles, and art. New demands for authenticity and provenance in the... Read MoreArticle, May 7, 2008
Few would dispute that the Internet has been a boon for criminal activity in the art world. The Internet has provided global access to criminals looking to sell stolen objects or fakes to often... Read MoreArticle, May 7, 2008
The assessment of a work of fine art usually begins with an examination of the medium used to produce the work. For example, if a work is an oil painting, the assessor will look at the type of... Read MoreArticle, April 18, 2008
Collector Milton Luban Turns to Fine Art Registry. Oh sure, it starts innocently enough: a kid wants baseball cards of his heroes on the local team or maybe an autograph, whose occult powers will... Read MoreArticle, March 31, 2008
Ceramics refers to making vessels, ornaments and other items from clay or china clay which is mixed with various materials, molded, shaped or spun on a wheel and then fired and sometimes painted... Read MoreArticle, March 27, 2008
Art appreciation is not only the joy of living with tangible expressions of human creativity; it is also the economic benefit which accrues when you keep artwork over the course of time... Read MoreArticle, March 10, 2008
Some time ago Fine Art Registry™ reported that the Parker family, believing that a painting they possessed might be a genuine Jackson Pollock, contacted Paul Biro, Montreal based art restorer and... Read MoreArticle, February 20, 2008
Is it real? That is the most commonly asked, and eluded, question in the art world. But what does it mean? It may relate to a potential forgery, a work not authentic to the artist. But more... Read MoreArticle, February 20, 2008
Pop Art was born in Britain in the 1960s, then developed in the United States. It became the contemporary art form at art schools in the USA. It was a movement which praised ordinary things in... Read MoreArticle, February 12, 2008
Art auctions come in all shapes and sizes. The most well known are, of course, Sotheby’s and Christie’s. But there are many medium-to-smaller sized auction houses scattered throughout the U.S. an... Read MoreArticle, December 12, 2007
If you’re a collector, no matter what you collect –Barbie dolls, Coke bottles or Picassos – chances are that pursuit of your passion will at some point lead you to an auction. Now, while auction houses... Read MoreArticle, October 5, 2007
If you are familiar with this website, you have seen many mentions of collecting art, antiques and other collectibles. And as interest in Fine Art Registry expands wider across the Internet, the... Read MoreArticle, September 14, 2007
To the Chinese, carving is a very important art form and has been for thousands of years. This art divides into three main categories based on the material used: woodcarving, bamboo carving... Read MoreArticle, December 29, 2006
Looking for some maps at a tourist office in Amsterdam a few years back, I happened to pick up a brochure aimed at encouraging investors and entrepreneurs to place their businesses in... Read MoreArticle, November 19, 2006
In December of 1978 there was an H.C. Westerman show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Westerman had been one of my favorite artists since I first saw his work in the early... Read MoreArticle, October 12, 2006
The relationship of the art collector to the artist is long-lived and very interesting. Until 1973 the collector and the artist were tied in an intimate, symbiotic relationship. We needed them... Read MoreArticle, October 2, 2006
China has always been famous for its silk. For millennia, the renowned "Silk Road" brought Chinese silk to Central Asia, Western Asia, Europe and Africa. The silk trade created exchanges... Read MoreArticle, September 29, 2006
It was a peculiar circumstance that brought this unlikely group of people together at the house of Sam Palmer in Southern California. It could have been an inheritance of a large collection... Read MoreArticle, June 12, 2006
There are more art and antique collectors today than at any other time in history. With the advent of the Information Age, the Internet, Ebay and television programs like the PBS Series, Antiques... Read MoreArticle, February 9, 2006
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