Authentication
You have just purchased a work of fine art from the gallery around the corner. The owner assured you that the price you paid was based on an appraisal provided by the manager of the gallery, who...
Read MoreArticle, December 10, 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
Big skies, big judgment. By a March 12, 2007 ruling of the Montana Supreme Court, art authenticator Steven Seltzer was vindicated of product disparagement. He had issued his honest...
Read MoreArticle, September 21, 2007
Many an American kid has run, full of anticipation, into a newly plowed spring field, muddy sneakers sinking into the airy fresh-turned soil, eyes keenly tuned for that glint in the sun that spea...
Read MoreArticle, May 22, 2007
The Legal Perspective was written to provide further information regarding this interchange between Ms. Teri Horton and FAR CEO Theresa Franks, following Ms. Horton’s comments on the...
Read MoreArticle, December 28, 2006
"Authentication" and "Provenance" defined. Before I launch into the meat of this article, I think it is appropriate to begin with defining two important terms used frequently in the visual art ma...
Read MoreArticle, December 17, 2006
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