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Amid Tough Auction Results Worldwide, Sotheby's Lays off Staff, Increases Buyer's Premium; Phillips CEO Ed Dolman Steps down
It hasn't been the kindest year to the art and collectibles market in general, unlike the currently booming stock market. Whether you are a gallery, private dealer or auction company,…
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Contemporary Art Photography: A Selection
By Matt Damsker
Unlike in past periods, there's no mainstream or orthodoxy to art photography in today's post-postmodern era. Where once photographers held to the primacy of black and white…
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A Certificate of Insurance and Why You Need to Get One When You Loan Out Work
There are many misconceptions regarding Certificates of Insurance. The following information may help to provide a greater understanding of their proper and intended use.
It is common practice in the…
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I Photo Central provides thousands of web pages for the photography collector, curator and historian. This site includes articles on collecting issues (such as connoisseurship and print values; insurance and risk management; appraisals; buying and selling images; developing a photography collecting library; framing/matting and preserving your collection; conservation, etc.). The largest for-sale fine art photography gallery on the web is databased here and is easily accessed through an extensive on-site search engine.
270 issues of the popular E-Photo Newsletter are also archived here and are also searchable; and there is a major International Photography Calendar of Events section.
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