Evaluations, expertise and certifications

Evaluating a work of art is a process that requires the intervention and analysis of professional experts.

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ESTIMATE

The estimate is a price range (minimum-maximum) on which to base the value of the work and within which it can eventually be sold / purchased. Usually estimates are provisional, especially if it is based on a photograph of the asset and not on its inspection from life. This has an active role when the work in question is submitted to an auction house.

Would you like to request an initial estimate with Artesicura? This step is useful to start approaching the precise evaluation of the work. First, however, it is necessary to have a general idea of the value, so that you can immediately exclude works that have no market (without comma) and give priority to those with more demand.

At this stage our art experts will examine the work and will be able to give a market price range of the work itself. Once the appropriate checks have been made and if the client is interested in continuing, a more detailed evaluation will be made for a possible sale.

EXPERTISE

Expertise is a document in which all the fundamental data are declared in order to understand the work of art and place it in a specific historical-artistic context. The technique, state of preservation, date or time are identified. In addition, the expertise certifies the authenticity of the work. This expertise is carried out by an art expert who analyzes the historical and philological aspect of the work based on documentary research, referring to catalogues and the possible artistic foundation of reference. The result is an in-depth historical-artistic analysis that is integrated with information regarding the current state of the work (possible restoration and damage) together with the exhibitions in which it was presented and the bibliography of reference.
This is a fundamental document to request the economic evaluation of the work.

CONDITION REPORT

The condition report is a summary of the current state of conservation of the work of art. It takes into consideration all possible restorations and changes to the structure of the work itself, as well as its changes of ownership over time.

EVALUATION

Once the expertise has been carried out and you are in possession of the certificates of authenticity, you can request an evaluation of the artwork.

For a correct evaluation we start from calculating the coefficient of the artist and the production of the work itself or how many copies exist of the same subject; if it is a series, how many copies exist. Obviously, the more limited the production, the more the artist and his works acquire prestige and value. It is also necessary to take into account the trend of auctions and the trend of the art market in general.

The other factors to be taken into account for a correct evaluation are those already required by the expertise: dating, value of the artist (emerging, established / in sight – deceased), support and material used for the work, technique, size, style, reviews, bibliography, exhibitions in which the work has been exhibited and the presence or not in important public or private collections.
The price of a work on the market changes over time and in this field there is no specialized body for an art evaluation: there are the rules of the market, never rigid and definitive, in which different bodies participate: museums, archives, auction houses, galleries and art fairs are actors of a correct positioning of the work on the market. This means that the quotation is not a definitive and absolute information, but It can vary slightly, depending on who makes the valuation, taking into account the limits imposed by this great reality.

The authenticity of the work is never fully guaranteed, especially when the work in question is not signed and/or dated. These factors certainly help in the realisation of the expertise, but often – especially for works of 1700/1800 – we find ourselves in front of a series of “schools” to which we can attest the work.

CERTIFICATION

The authenticity of the work is never fully guaranteed, especially when the work in question is not signed and / or dated. These factors certainly help in the realization of the expertise, but often – especially for works of the 1700/1800 – we find ourselves faced with a series of “schools” to which we can attest the work.

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