tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74312782104182114632024-03-14T05:04:15.918-05:00Patricia Graham's Asian Art Research & Appraising ResourcesThis blog supplements my web site www.patriciagraham.net. It features posts on my public presentations, new publications, projects, & information about appraising, studying, & collecting Asian artPat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-59020375367951319102023-02-10T11:55:00.001-06:002023-02-15T16:57:10.328-06:00IRS DONATION REQUIREMENTS<p>The IRS requirements for donors of gifts of art to museums can be confusing to the donors, the donee museums, and the appraisers who prepare the donation appraisal reports. Many of the issues were clarified for me in a virtual presentation by IRS counsel and a recently-retired IRS appraiser who worked for the Art Appraisal Services department that I attended. Below are some key take-aways from that meeting:</p><p>1. Donors are allowed to have an appraisal report prepared prior to the formal donation date (to be discussed below) but only up to 60 days prior. However, the IRS highly recommends that the report not be prepared until after the donation date. That is because sometimes preparing it too soon will result in missing the most relevant sales comparables, which are the ones closest in date to the donation date. The report only needs to be submitted to the donor in time for them to submit their tax returns for the year of the donation. </p><p>2. The IRS actually allows the use of sales comparables that post-date up to two years after the donation date. </p><p>3. The FORMAL DONATION DATE is always tied to dates on the Deed of Gift. The donor and the museum both sign this legal document and the date the last person signs it is the formal donation date. The museum’s board collections committee meeting date at which the donation is approved is NOT the donation date. This can cause problems if the objects are year-end gifts but the last signor of the Deed does not do so until after the first of the new year. In those cases, the donation is counted as a gift in that new year and is not a year-end gift. </p><p>4. The donation will be disallowed and no tax deduction will be granted if the person who writes the donation appraisal report is not a qualified appraiser according to their criteria, which includes adherence to the principles of USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice), even if the values assigned for the donated objects are correct.</p><p>5. An appraiser can put all the items donated to a single museum on the same date into one report, BUT if these are of multiple types of media (paintings, prints, sculpture, photographs. etc.), even if by the same artist, then divide them into “sections” and separate 8283 forms need to be prepared for artworks of each different media. If the total values for one of these groups falls below $5,000, then a formal appraisal report need not be prepared for that group. NOTE: if the same types of objects are donated to multiple institutions and the total values for all these gifts exceeds $5,000, even if those donated to each museum fall below the $5,000 threshold, then appraisals for all are still needed.</p><p>6. Appraiser compensation cannot be a percentage of the value of the donated items. </p><p>7. The 8283 forms can be signed digitally but the printed report itself needs a “wet” signature. </p><p>8. The IRS does not require, but recommends, inclusion of the Deed of Gift in the appraisal report. </p><p>9. Comparables should come from the same market type (auction or retail) in which the art was acquired. So, for example, just searching for comparables in auction sales databases is sometimes not sufficient if the art was acquired in the dealer market and dealers should be consulted. And it is okay to cite dealer asking prices to give a general picture of the market for the type of art being appraised, but asking prices should not be used as direct comparables. If the artist’s works are only available in the primary market, that is the market in which to find comparables. But if appraising an older work by an artist, and the demand at the time of the donation is only for the artist’s most recent work, then that issue needs to be discussed and accounted for. </p><p>10. Discussion of provenance in the report and dates of acquisition of the art is critical. Lack of this is a red flag to the IRS to look more closely at the donation. The IRS allows increased valuation of art over the purchase price only if owned for a year and a day since the purchase date. Another red flag to the IRS is a huge increase in value after ownership of only a year and a day. </p><p>11. Just listing the donated items and their appraised Fair Market Values in an appraisal report is not sufficient, justification for these values need to be discussed in a market analysis section of the report generally and specific comparables need to be listed and their relationship to the donated items needs to be clearly described, with more detail required for higher valued items. The most relevant comparables are usually but not always those with sale dates closest to the date of the donation. If using older comparables, the reasons why need to be clearly stated. </p><p>The IRS publications 561 (Determining the Value of Donated Property) and 526 (Charitable Contributions), both available online, contain much of this information, as does the instruction sheets for the 8283 form. </p><div><br /></div>Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-60405627073904277032021-02-15T13:19:00.006-06:002021-02-15T13:21:14.204-06:00Counterfit Japanese Prints After Modern Masters Indentified<p>The Japanese newspaper, Yomiuri Shinbun, has just reported (2/8/2021) that "counterfeit prints based on paintings by Japanese masters such as Ikuo Hirayama and Kaii Higashiyama have been circulating in Japan for about eight years... An art dealer in Osaka Prefecture confessed to the Contemporary Graphic Art Dealers Association of Japan (Nippansho) that he sold fake works. Ten works have been confirmed to have been counterfeited so far, but the owner of a studio in the Kansai region who produced the fakes at the request of the art dealer told the Yomiuri, “I printed about 20 copies each of about 40 works.” This indicates that there may be as many as 800 fake copies." <a href="https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007130695" target="_blank">article here</a></p>Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-78215125793268388522020-10-12T12:30:00.004-05:002020-10-12T12:31:08.763-05:00Where to Sell Korean Art<p>The market for Korean art outside of South Korea is smaller than within the country. Only a few auction houses regularly hold sales and other than stellar pieces of ceramics or paintings, prices are extremely low. Auction houses most often include a Korean art section within sales of Japanese arts, for example Bonhams and Christie's. iGavel also occasionally holds sales. An alternative might be to contact the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation, whose notice of their interest in purchasing art has recently been featured in Orientations magazine. The Foundation is purchasing rare and meaningful Korean cultural properties that are put up for auction or owned by art dealers and individuals. Their website is <a href="http://www.overseaschf.or.kr/front/comm/htmlPage.do?H_MENU_CD=100301&L_MENU_CD=10030102&SITE_ID=ENG&MENUON=Y&SEQ=102" target="_blank">here</a>. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1flBiYZSKK4/X4SSrndsUmI/AAAAAAAAGxA/DZV0FeHj81s5-XiGUZA6iwZkw5iEcFnyQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_4791.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1509" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1flBiYZSKK4/X4SSrndsUmI/AAAAAAAAGxA/DZV0FeHj81s5-XiGUZA6iwZkw5iEcFnyQCLcBGAsYHQ/w295-h400/IMG_4791.JPG" width="295" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-70104783638710129772020-07-23T14:55:00.001-05:002020-07-23T14:55:19.279-05:00Advice on avoiding purchasing Chinese art fakesThis is a great website that offers lots of information generally on Asian art collecting, and also in this blog post, on how to avoid purchasing fakes at auction.<br />
<a href="https://bidamount.com/buying-chinese-porcelain-from-auctions-a-collectors-guide">https://bidamount.com/buying-chinese-porcelain-from-auctions-a-collectors-guide</a><br />
<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-22293208620829215722019-11-29T12:02:00.000-06:002019-11-29T12:02:18.657-06:00How Auction Estimates are CalculatedARTSY recently published an excellent article by Martin Gammon, <a href="https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-auction-house-estimates" target="_blank">"What Auction House Estimates Really Mean - and What They Can Tell Us." </a><br />
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The setting of auction estimates is often seen as a mysterious, but it really has a lot to do with understanding the psychological state of the seller and buyer, and may or may not well reflect the actual potential market value of the objects up for sale at auction.<br />
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This article is the best I have seen that explains the process of how auction estimates are set and what they really mean.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-41162069259889173202019-07-23T16:18:00.000-05:002019-07-30T14:39:54.792-05:00Why Selecting Credentialed Appraisers Matters & What Qualifications to Ask About When Selecting an AppraiserA recent tax court ruling reveals why it is important to hire a formally-trained, dedicated appraiser rather than an auction house specialist or dealer. For the article, see <a href="https://procedurallytaxing.com/the-perils-of-a-discredited-appraisal-critical-insights-on-kollsman-v-commissioner/" target="_blank">https://procedurallytaxing.com/the-perils-of-a-discredited-appraisal-critical-insights-on-kollsman-v-commissioner/</a><br />
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The article also lists useful criteria for what to look for when selecting appraisers.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.appraisalfoundation.org/iMIS/TAF/TAF%20Applauds%20Court%20Affirming%20Personal%20Property%20Appraisers.aspx" target="_blank">Washington, DC-based Appraisal Foundation also weighed in</a> supporting the court's ruling, stating:<br />
“Consumers are the biggest beneficiaries of this ruling. Personal property assets will be better protected when a qualified and independent appraiser is retained to value one’s personal property assets,” said John Brenan, vice president of appraisal issues at The Appraisal Foundation. “This also means wealth managers and estate attorneys now have a greater fiduciary duty to their clients to fully understand appraiser qualification criteria and appraisal standards when vetting personal property appraisal experts.”<br />
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The ruling arises from the case of Estate of Kollsman vs. Commissioner. The Estate hired a premiere auction house to conduct an appraisal of the estate’s art collection. The U.S. Tax Court rejected the valuation of the auction house expert because of bias and a lack of objective evidence. The IRS retained the services of a personal property appraiser, who met the qualifications established by the AQB and completed an appraisal that was compliant with USPAP.<br />
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The IRS appraisal expert found two of the paintings were significantly undervalued. The court also found that the auction house expert had a conflict of interest as the appraiser in question also sought to represent the paintings at auction. The 9th Circuit Court took the case up on appeal and agreed with U.S. Tax Court opinion.<br />
<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-25241812222988938862019-06-24T11:53:00.003-05:002019-06-24T11:53:48.957-05:00Why Documenting Your Collection MattersThe website wealthmanagement.com has published an interesting article that discusses why collectors should document their collections: <a href="https://www.wealthmanagement.com/high-net-worth/importance-documenting-clients-art-collections" target="_blank">The Importance of Documenting Clients' Art Collections.</a> This is important to do no matter how small your collection. I work with heirs regularly who don't have a clue about the value of art and antiquities they have inherited and they also often get wrong advice when settling their loved-ones' estates. Even if the contents of an estate does not need to be appraised for IRS tax filing, it is always a good idea to get objects assessed so a basis in value can be established as of the person's date of death. That is because if the heirs sell it afterwards, they will have to pay capital gains taxes on the profit. If a basis for value is established as of the death date, then the taxable amount will be lower.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-32459761716506066962019-01-09T11:28:00.002-06:002019-01-09T11:29:52.850-06:00UK Ivory Ban Now in EffectSimilar to the restrictions on the sale of objects made of ivory in the US, the UK has also passed regulations restricting its trade. See an article on this in Apollo Magazine <a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/now-that-the-uk-ivory-ban-has-become-law-how-will-it-work-in-practice/" target="_blank">here </a><br />
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<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-24403997105792670142018-11-21T11:38:00.000-06:002018-11-21T11:38:48.095-06:00The Value of Items You InheritIn recent years, I've been getting more and more queries from people who have inherited mounds of things from family members who traveled to or resided in Asia decades ago, before, during, or soon after World War II. Only sometimes do these items have significant monetary value. In most cases though, their value is cultural and historic. Please don't throw out your stuff if it cannot be sold without first determining if it is worthy of being preserved in a library, archives, or museum collection somewhere.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-42022127944943712692018-11-21T11:19:00.000-06:002018-11-21T11:19:18.303-06:00How to Preserve and Organize Old PhotosThe Washington Post has an article that is a good, simple guide to helping people preserve and organize all their old family photos. See it <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/home/time-to-tackle-those-boxes-full-of-old-photos/2018/11/19/1dd6e014-e6a0-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.de5099ed6000" target="_blank">here</a>.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-69770317443902344252018-07-30T09:41:00.000-05:002018-07-30T09:41:31.751-05:00CPAC – Building A Wall Against Art Part I: How the Executive Branch Controls US Access to Art and Artifacts"The art world is dominated today by stories about spectacular multi-million dollar sales of contemporary artworks at shows and auction houses. Yet the market for ancient and ethnographic artworks has no such lofty expectations. There are far fewer important ancient artworks offered at auction in the US than just a decade ago, and there are fewer foreign exhibitors (or even American galleries) willing to show at major antique fairs in New York.<br />
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Already, US authorities’ aggressive seizures of artworks from long-held collections and the unprecedented number of prosecutions based upon foreign laws that nationalize virtually all antique artworks have made art dealers, collectors, and museums hyper-cautious. These enforcement actions threaten to end the once-dominant New York market in global antique and tribal art....Objects that can be proven to have been collected before 1970 are categorized as “good” for marketing, collecting and museum acquisition purposes. Objects without proof of collection date or collected post-1970 are “bad.”"<br />
Quoted from this article, please read: <a href="https://culturalpropertynews.org/cpac-building-a-wall-against-art/" target="_blank">Click here</a>.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-35386127373491890212018-07-30T09:15:00.000-05:002018-07-30T09:16:41.179-05:00Trump Administration Proposed Tariffs on Chinese Art & Proposed Extension of Existing MOU.The importing of Chinese art from China has been regulated since 2009 by a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that is set to be renewed soon, through 2024. <u>It is my opinion, and that of many other experts and commercial & non-profit institutions in the U.S., that this ban is not appropriate.</u> The ban covers virtually all items through the Tang Dynasty and wall decoration and monumental sculpture more than 250 years old.<br />
See the discussion on why this MOU should not be renewed posted by <i>Cultural Property News</i> <a href="https://culturalpropertynews.org/testimony-on-renewal-of-us-embargo-on-art-of-china-tibet/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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In addition, "ordinarily, there are no customs duties on art or antiques. It is considered in the public interest to bring art and literature to the U.S., so in the past, no duties were imposed on foreign art or books. <u>The Trump administration is changing that, at least for art and antiques from China. This is one of the more bizarre stories in the tariff saga, since a tariff on antiques will please the Chinese government and reinforce its global dominance and monopoly on Chinese art</u>. Artworks, antiques, and historical and archaeological collections are included in the Trump administration’s proposed 10% retaliatory tariff on an additional $200 billion of China imports....it is clear that the proposed tariff on Chinese art only punishes U.S. collectors, dealers, and art museums – not the Chinese, who requested import restrictions on art and antiques up to 1912 in the first place!" (quoted from <i><a href="https://culturalpropertynews.org/proposed-tariffs-on-chinese-art-will-expand-chinas-art-monopoly/" target="_blank">Cultural Property News</a></i> July 19, 2018).<br />
The article includes a link on how individuals can comment on these proposed tariffs, which must be received by August 17, 2018.Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-2763001161026258142018-07-05T11:00:00.002-05:002022-08-29T12:39:56.144-05:00What Can I Do with My Ivory?The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services has a good, clear information page about their regulations regarding trade of ivory and other endangered species materials. <a href="https://fws.gov/media/what-can-i-do-my-ivorypdf" target="_blank">Please follow this link</a>.<br />
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<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-74749480440863326582018-04-24T13:04:00.000-05:002018-04-24T13:04:05.570-05:00Chinese Art Thefts from Museum of East Asian Art, Bath UKSix years ago there was an attempted robbery at this museum during open hours, and on April 17, 2018, in the middle of the night, the thieves were successful. Authorities suspect they hand-picked what they stole for some client.<br />
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Read the NY Times story on this <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/19/arts/design/uk-museum-theft-bath.html" target="_blank">here </a><br />
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Read the Art Newspaper story on this <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-antiquities-stolen-in-raid-on-bath-museum" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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The article also mentions "a complaint filed on April 5 to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York [by] the Art and Antique Dealers League of America and the National Art and Antiques Dealers Association of America [who] are contesting the New York state law passed in 2014 banning the sale of antique ivory. The plaintiffs contest that this state legislation conflicts with exemptions for antiques included in prevailing federal ban on the ivory trade."<br />
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See the article <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/12/arts/design/britain-ivory-ban.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-57160335917727098632017-10-04T09:28:00.003-05:002017-10-04T09:29:51.327-05:00Rare Chinese Porcelain Still of Interest to CollectorsThe <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99254/-37-7-million-bowl-sets-Chinese-ceramic-auction-record-at-Sotheby-s-Hong-Kong#.WdTvAFtSxhG" target="_blank">Art Daily online art news blog </a>reported this morning that a new record has just been set for the price of a Chinese porcelain at auction. The piece in question is a rare Northern Song dynasty (960-1127) Ru guanyu ware brush washer measuring only 13 cm in diameter. Bidding started at around USD $10.2 million and the winning bid was USD $37.7 million.<br />
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<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-4612022206047280782017-08-08T13:56:00.002-05:002017-08-08T13:57:58.570-05:00China's Ivory-Substitute Carving Industry - Extinct Mammoth CarvingsThe New York Times published an insightful article on the increased production and sale of extinct mammoth ivory, August 7, 2017.<br />
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/world/asia/china-elephant-mammoth-ivory.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0" target="_blank">Weaning Itself From Elephant Ivory, China Turns to Mammoths</a><br />
The article notes the source of this new, legally saleable ivory is the melting permafrost of Russia’s Arctic. But it also quotes an expert, Mark Jones, associate director for policy for the Born Free Foundation, a wildlife conservation organization based in London, who said "As long as there is a legal trade in mammoth, ivory of all kinds can be laundered into it."<br />
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Carving mammoth ivory tusks at a workshop of Jin Sha Mammoth on the outskirts of Beijing<br />
<br />Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-67869292916086249722017-08-08T13:46:00.002-05:002017-08-08T13:57:35.209-05:00Provenance and Plunder at MuseumsAljazeera recently reported on an interesting story of interest to Asian art collectors of antiquities.<br />
Provenance and plunder: What museums won't tell us. On how Western museums encourage and abet the smuggling of antiquities.<br />
For the article, <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/08/provenance-plunder-museums-won-170804104521114.html" target="_blank">click here</a>.<br />
The next time you visit museums, consider what the labels do not say about where the art came from. As the article notes, "Museums fight against having to reveal the provenance of objects precisely because they know that many of the objects in their vast collections have illicit histories behind them."<br />
That being said, it is important to remember that decades ago when museums began acquiring Asian pieces, the world was a different place and removal to a museum often saved pieces from ruin.<br />
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Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-42950766233382235232017-08-01T07:34:00.002-05:002017-08-01T07:34:30.603-05:00IVORY CRUSH IN NYC 8-3-2017I just heard about this, it would be interesting to see it live. <div>
<a href="http://newyorktrendnyc.com/2017/07/18/a-ton-of-ivory-will-be-crushed-in-nys-central-park/" target="_blank">A Ton of Ivory will be Crushed in NY's Central Park</a></div>
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Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-90407250583071055822017-07-24T10:30:00.001-05:002017-07-24T10:34:53.311-05:00Art Market Changes - Especially at Christie's London<span style="font-family: inherit;">A recent NY Times article <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/arts/design/christies-south-kensington-auction.html?smid=nytcore-ipad-share&smprod=nytcore-ipad&_r=0" target="_blank">Live Auctions End at Christie’s South Ken. Will Online Sales Fill the Void?</a> , though not directly related to Asian art sales, is indicative of the changes to the art market in recent years. As one of the people interviewed for the article stated: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">“More and more people want funky postwar design, pictures and decorative objects — and maybe one signature antique,” said William Rouse, managing director of Chiswick Auctions, a suburban London salesroom that is aiming to capitalize on Christie’s departure from South Kensington, one of the city’s most affluent neighborhoods. “They don’t want big lumps of brown furniture.”</span><br />
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The article also notes the growth in the sales at auction of luxury goods (such as handbags, watches, jewels), describing these as "luxurification” of the 21st-century market," and although sales in these categories were down, sales of old masters, 19th-century pictures and Russian art fared much worse in the past year.<br />
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However, Asian art, Impressionist and modern art, and postwar and contemporary art did the best at Christie's in the first half of this year. Overall, online-only auctions have increased in recent years, but Christie's is not necessarily the leader in these; as the article states, "in the first half of 2017, at a time of overall growth in auction sales, Christie’s held 35 online-only auctions compared with 118 digital sales the previous year."<br />
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Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-49381346946080177482017-06-13T18:39:00.001-05:002017-06-13T18:39:35.187-05:00NEW PUBLICATION TO ANNOUNCEI am honored to have an essay in the new book, <i>Zen and Material Culture</i>, edited by Pamela D. Winfield and Steven Heine (Oxford University Press, 2017), pp. 137-163.<br />
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<a href="http://www.artprice.com/artmarketinsight/lets-take-a-look-at-the-best-sales-by-chinese-artists" target="_blank">Chinese Painting Sales - 2016</a><br />
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modern and contemporary art confirm the trend which began recently, notably
with the new record reached by ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983), the Chinese Picasso…
The sale of Zhang Daqian’s works generated more than $300 million in 2016,
although the market has quietened down compared to 2014 when his works raised
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Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-73515672834092081052017-02-13T17:52:00.000-06:002017-02-14T07:12:32.965-06:00Selling Your Parents' Possessions is Harder than You ThinkI've been getting a lot of queries recently from people who need to dispose of family possessions. Sadly, much of what I am asked to evaluate have only minimal decorative value. That is because lifestyles of younger people have changed and they are simply not so interested in antiques, Western or Asian, unless the pieces are really, really special. I am happy to look at things, for my minimun fee, and advise on where things can be sold. But it is important for people who contact me to understand they need to have realistic expectations and in most cases, sales will not be able to pay for care of elderly loved ones.<br />
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Much has been written on this issue lately, including this interesting, basic article, <a href="http://www.nextavenue.org/nobody-wants-parents-stuff/" target="_blank">Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents' Stuff</a>Pat Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621595204941186899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7431278210418211463.post-6815747593007037142017-01-12T11:25:00.000-06:002017-01-12T12:41:17.781-06:00PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISERS AND YOUThe Appraisal Foundation has produced a short (2-page) brochure (download it here: <a href="https://appraisalfoundation.sharefile.com/share?#/view/sc7439250a1f478f9" target="_blank">PERSONAL PROPERTY APPRAISERS AND YOU</a>), that very succinctly and clearly offers the general public and others who recommend appraisers to individuals (librarians, museum curators, bank trust officers, attorneys, insurance companies, etc.) advice on what qualifications appraisers must have and how to find appropriate specialist appraisers.<br />
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