Art Appraisal and Art Authentication

Experts for over 30 years in art appraisal and art authentication, we assist private collectors, corporations, insurances, lawyers with our knowledge of art.
IFAA, International Fine Art Appraisers member, we have the largest information resources available, library with over 350 "catalogue raisonne" for major artists. Mayer, Adec, Artprice, etc c.d. with auction results. We also are active research associates in several museum in USA and Europe, the Getty Museum, Ecole du Louvre, etc.
By clicking on "art appraisal" or " art authentication " you will find an important documentation about both themes, to explain the differences, to help you to find information, to find out what you need to do to submit your art work.
Before to apply for an art authentication please make sure that you have:
- a verifiable provenance of your art. Without provenance it is almost impossible to obtain an attest.
- the confirmation nobody submitted your art. Many request for authentication come back with a negative
  opinion because they were already archived as fake, copy etc.
- that you are the legal owner of the art.
We refuse all inquiries for art bought on Ebay, or similar online auctions, art without any provenance or unverifiable provenance. We accept only exceptional quality paintings for research.
This site is exclusively dedicated to art appraisal or art authentication information, if you look for art investment or art consignment information please visit our website: http://www.vwart.com .

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