Marina Viatkina | Art Collecting

Marina Viatkina

Art Collecting Guide

How to build a valuable art collection?

How to build a valuable art collection?

Essential guide for beginners

How not to waste money with your first Old Master?

How not to waste money with your first Old Master?

4 things that make a painting worth investing

How to buy art at auction?

How to buy art at auction?

Act like a pro even doing it for the first time

Nail your art auction bidding strategy

Nail your art auction bidding strategy

How to play it safe at online art sales

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Part I — painting surface. Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Part II — back of a painting. Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Assessing Old Master artwork condition.

Part III — frames. Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online

Art provenance through the lens of history

Art provenance through the lens of history

Searching for the date of creation of a particular Napoleon piece from my collection

Why AI-generated portrait sold for $432,500 is still underestimated

Why AI-generated portrait sold for $432,500 is still underestimated

«Edmond Belamy» is destined to go up in price but its followers won’t

Inside an Auction House: venue tour #1

Inside an Auction House: venue tour #1

Drouot in Paris, France

Inside an Auction House: venue tour #2.

Inside an Auction House: venue tour #2.

Sotheby's in London, UK.

At PORTOBELLO ROAD ANTIQUE MARKET

At PORTOBELLO ROAD ANTIQUE MARKET

Overpriced tourist attraction?

Russian FLEA MARKET under SNOW

Russian FLEA MARKET under SNOW

Unexpected finds

What makes ART valuable

What makes ART valuable

Painting Quality: part 1 - hands

What makes ART valuable

What makes ART valuable

Painting Quality: part 2 - face

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #1

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #1

Interesting PORTRAITS

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #2

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #2

OVAL PORTRAITS and Louis XIV

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #3

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #3

Signs of BAD RESTORATION

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #4

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #4

CHRISTIES Old Master Evening Sale Special

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #5

How to BUY ART at AUCTION #5

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