Italy will reduce value-added tax (VAT) on art and photography sales from 22% to 5%, following approval of the change in a cabinet meeting on June 20th. The amended VAT…
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Krzysztof (or Christophe) Pruszkowski was born in Kazimierz nad Wisla, Poland during WWII in 1943. After studying architecture and town planning at the Warsaw Polytechnic University, he…
Read MoreBesides historical and aesthetic considerations, most photography collectors ultimately will face the real economic issue of both buying and selling images.
Few of us merely inherit a collection and then pass…
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