Marina Viatkina
Art Collecting Guide
How to build a valuable art collection?
Essential guide for beginners
How not to waste money with your first Old Master?
4 things that make a painting worth investing
How to buy art at auction?
Act like a pro even doing it for the first time
Nail your art auction bidding strategy
How to play it safe at online art sales
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.
Part II — back of a painting. Essential guide to making right purchasing decisions when buying art online
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
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
«Edmond Belamy» is destined to go up in price but its followers won’t
Inside an Auction House: venue tour #1
Drouot in Paris, France
Inside an Auction House: venue tour #2.
Sotheby's in London, UK.
At PORTOBELLO ROAD ANTIQUE MARKET
Overpriced tourist attraction?
Russian FLEA MARKET under SNOW
Unexpected finds
What makes ART valuable
Painting Quality: part 1 - hands
What makes ART valuable
Painting Quality: part 2 - face
How to BUY ART at AUCTION #1
Interesting PORTRAITS
How to BUY ART at AUCTION #2
OVAL PORTRAITS and Louis XIV
How to BUY ART at AUCTION #3
Signs of BAD RESTORATION
How to BUY ART at AUCTION #4
CHRISTIES Old Master Evening Sale Special
How to BUY ART at AUCTION #5
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