Since I touched on expertise last month, I thought it would be appropriate to follow-up with an article about Catalogue Raisonnés (C.R.). I have used this term many times in my career, and occasionally, someone stops me asking what exactly … More…

The J. Paul Getty Museum announced this week that they have acquired a major work by the 19th-century Italian artist Giovanni Segantini.  The painting was originally commissioned by Toby Rosenthal on behalf of Jacob Stern (1851-1927) – the San Francisco … More…

Daniel Ridgway Knight’s painting On the Terrace, Rolleboise recently surfaced, after about 118 years in hiding, and quickly found a new home.  Over the past 12 to 18 months, we have seen more and more interest in great academic works … More…

Happy New Year!  We just released Volume 217 of our Comments on the Art Market (the beginning of our 19th year).  Included are links to a couple of articles the gallery was featured in, a schedule of upcoming fairs (with … More…

Below is a link to Natasha Gural’s summary, on Forbes.com, of the top works sold at public auction during 2018.  Will we see more impressive results in 2019?  The auction room machines need to be fed, so if they continue … More…

On the afternoon of December 13th, Sotheby’s offered up a sale of 19th & 20th-century British art — guys and gals, come on … it is time to scale back.  I understand that the auction rooms want to grab as … More…

Many people in the art world use (and sometimes abuse) the word ‘expert’  – “Is he an expert?” “Who is the expert?” “Did you show it to the expert?” “I am an expert!” The real question is – What, or … More…