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
Potential sleepers?