http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/default.php Copyright 2011 Global Fine Art Registry LLC. Fine Art Registry is the World's First Permanent Online Registry and Marketplace for Art and Collectibles en-us 01 Nov 2011 18:30:00 MST http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/ben-valenty-and-his-company-imaginart-sued-for-art-fraud.php 01 Nov 2011 18:30:00 MST On October 25, 2011, a lawsuit was filed in United States District Court for the Western District of Washington by Brian Wells, against Benjamin "Ben" Valenty and his respective companies for art... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/surrealists-top-art-auction-results.php 31 Oct 2011 16:10:00 MST Surrealists artists. Since 2001, the price index for surrealist artworks has risen by close to 123%! The top four auction stars of the movement are Dali, Miro, Magritte and de Chirico... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/from-the-estate-art-works.php 24 Oct 2011 15:25:00 MST It is one thing to sell questionably authentic art at sea where no laws exist to protect the buyer, and little willingness of regulatory agencies to engage the con artist. It is another to sell... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/justice-served-royal-caribbean-cruise-line-and-park-west-gallery.php 12 Oct 2011 18:35:00 MST As we have reported in recent articles, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCL) and Park West Gallery are rapidly running out of slick legal maneuvers to try to weasel their way out of paying... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/the-never-ending-dali-fraud.php 10 Oct 2011 15:35:00 MST Dealer JOE NUZZOLO and His Gallery "THE DALI SOCIETY" Sued for Conspiracy to Defraud -- Tied to Park West Gallery and Bernard Ewell: And is the "DALI DETECTIVE" a Friend of Forgers and Anti-Semites? http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/art-of-fashion-and-fragrance-elsa-schiaparelli-surrealism.php 08 Oct 2011 16:05:00 MST Italian fashion designer, Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973), was one of the most influential creators of Parisian haute couture in the era between the two World Wars. She was a visionary and artist... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-10/collecting-rare-photographs-of-the-american-west.php 07 Oct 2011 10:50:00 MST We have recently published articles on the joy of collecting antiquarian newspapers from the American Civil War era in addition to an article on collecting rare, Native American photographs. This... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/peter-paul-biro-and-a-rainbow-of-deception.php 01 Oct 2011 15:15:00 MST The art industry is completely unregulated, and as most in the industry know, literally anything goes. As a result, art crime and fraud is widespread, unchecked, and is a serious worldwide threat... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/general-george-washington-spymaster.php 29 Sep 2011 16:05:00 MST This work is a three-quarter portrait of George Washington engaged in the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1977. The work, 93 x 57 inches, was created by Charles Peale in 1784, at the request of... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/trial-testimony-of-park-west-gallery-victim-sharon-day.php 27 Sep 2011 12:25:00 MST At the end of this coming October it will be a long three years since Sharon Day first contacted Fine Art Registry concerning the Dali Divine Comedy set her husband, Julian Howard, purchased from... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/art-market-enjoyed-best-half-year-in-entire-history.php 19 Sep 2011 15:10:00 MST Against a backdrop of slow economic growth during the first six months of 2011 and a spreading debt crisis that has amplified the panic on financial markets, the art market has enjoyed the best... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/buddha-a-trustafarian.php 06 Sep 2011 17:25:00 MST The title of the sculpture is, "Lohan the Ascetic." It is from the Yuan Dynasty, 1260-1368, museum purchase, gift of David Steadman, Princeton graduate. It is a statue of an emaciated and bearded... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-09/fine-art-registry-welcomes-artreestr-of-russia.php 01 Sep 2011 19:35:00 MST Fine Art Registry welcomes ARTREESTR (translated: Art Register) of Russia to our world registry of artists. We are pleased to introduce our new Russian artist members and we look forward to... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/old-masters-war-of-the-titans-art-auctions.php 30 Aug 2011 18:40:00 MST The Old Masters art market has two distinct levels: on the one hand there are hundreds of lesser-known artists whose works can often be acquired for 3-figure dollar prices, and on the other... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/judith-the-slayer-saint-or-sinner.php 29 Aug 2011 17:25:00 MST The title of the painting is Judith and the Head of Holofernes, circa 1595-1600. The location is Princeton University Art Museum which is also the owner. The work was a donation from George Craig... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/contemporary-photographers-top-art-auction-results.php 25 Aug 2011 15:15:00 MST Photography sales - with particularly strong results in the US and in London - have demonstrated collector's appetites for the Contemporary segment of the market. However, this market is still... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/jacques-louis-david-master-of-wiggle-room.php 24 Aug 2011 14:55:00 MST The Death of Socrates by Jacques Louis David. The work is the property of Princeton University Art Museum and is located in Princeton, New Jersey. The medium is oil painting created in 1787, with... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/park-west-gallery-and-the-art-of-the-con.php 19 Aug 2011 15:25:00 MST Avery Hershkowitz first contacted Fine Art Registry in approximately August 2007, at the very beginning of our investigation into cruise ship art auctions. The first couple of articles we published... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/roman-opalka-polish-painter-remembered.php 18 Aug 2011 15:45:00 MST Artists who devote their entire lives to a single project are rare. Roman OPALKA will go down in art history as one of the most ascetic and most coherent of them all. Roman Opalka died suddenly... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/george-segal-pop-artist.php 16 Aug 2011 18:55:00 MST George was born in the Bronx in 1924. His parents arrived from Eastern Europe and operated a butcher shop. They moved to New Jersey where they opened a chicken farm. George worked on the farm but... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/another-cruise-ship-art-auction-ripoff.php 15 Aug 2011 14:25:00 MST Fine Art Registry has been reporting on fraudulent, unfair, and deceptive art auction sales aboard cruise ships for well over four years now and the monkey business continues. You will want to... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/lucian-freud-british-painter-remembered.php 05 Aug 2011 15:45:00 MST Lucian Freud, grandson of the founder of psycho-analysis, Sigmund Freud, passed away on 20 July 2011. His powerful body of work, adored by some, hated by others, is nevertheless immortal and the... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/insurance-investigation-reveals-stolen-dali-prints-sold-by-park-west-gallery-are-forged.php 02 Aug 2011 17:25:00 MST The following story is a warning to all prospective buyers and holders of Park West Gallery Dali inventory--and especially those Park West Gallery Dali prints that are purportedly signed by Dali... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/peter-paul-biro-and-ex-con-tod-volpe-hit-the-mark.php 01 Aug 2011 16:20:00 MST As most in the art world now know, Peter Paul Biro is suing the New Yorker magazine and its writer, David Grann, and others for defamation. This third article in our continuing series will focus... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-08/worthless-dalis-sold-on-cruises-new-york-post.php 31 Jul 2011 12:00:00 MST On their honeymoon cruise in 1998, Long Islanders Carl and Stacey Kolansky fell in love with two woodcuts by Salvador Dali. They saw them during an art show aboard their Royal Caribbean cruise... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/making-silver-gilt-roman-drinking-cups.php 29 Jul 2011 13:55:00 MST The Mycenaean civilization crashed in 800 BCE. Following its collapse, Greek city states began developing a strong economy with notable imports of silver products from the eastern Mediterranean... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/park-west-gallerys-financial-abuse-of-richard-english-family.php 27 Jul 2011 17:05:00 MST Richard English and his wife, Tracey, are two more financial fatalities in a long and never ending line of Park West Gallery victims. Richard English testified at trial for Fine Art Registry... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/amedeo-modigliani-hero-or-villian.php 25 Jul 2011 17:05:00 MST The painting is an oil on canvas portrait of Jean Cocteau, a famous and acclaimed artist, poet and writer. It is held in the collection of Princeton University Art Museum. It was made in 1916... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/park-west-gallery-propaganda-does-anyone-really-buy-this-rubbish.php 23 Jul 2011 14:35:00 MST Park West Gallery must truly believe that its customers are just plain dim or altogether brainless. Perhaps they are much too trusting in the far-fetched and completely unreliable verbal... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/collecting-civil-war-era-newspapers.php 21 Jul 2011 14:25:00 MST The following is a wonderful 1862 contemporary newspaper report from the New York Tribune. It is the true story of the events surrounding the birth of the 1st South Carolina Colored Regiment... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/peter-paul-biro-and-his-wild-tale-of-conspiracy.php 19 Jul 2011 19:10:00 MST As promised, this is the second article in what will be a continuing series of articles on the Fine Art Registry investigation into Peter Paul Biro and company. You will recall from our initial... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/cy-twombly-american-painter-remembered.php 18 Jul 2011 17:01:00 MST Cy Twombly died on 5 July in Rome. The American artist had lived the last 60 years of his life in Italy. A Post-War artist, Cy TWOMBLY was marginally associated with the American abstract... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/artists-mentail-issues-posthumous-psychiatric-diagnosis.php 15 Jul 2011 15:01:00 MST Vincent Van Gogh, Munch, Michelangelo, Pollock, and scores of other artist's lives were circumscribed by mental illnesses which did not inhibit their creativity, but cast a dark cloud on their... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/former-park-west-gallery-auctioneer-tells-all.php 11 Jul 2011 15:55:00 MST Penny Tyler is a former Park West Gallery assistant auctioneer. On November 8, 2008, after being sufficiently indoctrinated at the Southfield, Michigan gallery by the fork-tongued auctioneer... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/old-masters-top-art-auction-results.php 09 Jul 2011 09:45:00 MST While most Old Masters are today exhibited in the world's most prestigious museums and most-visited monuments, some rare works – more often than not, showing signs of age – occasionally makes... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/richard-prince-american-painter-and-photographer.php 08 Jul 2011 14:20:00 MST Richard Prince draws on the culture of his age, as Andy Warhol did previously. In spite of censorship and litigation over copyright, his contact with the worlds of publicity and fashion, his work... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-07/peter-paul-biro-sues-new-yorker-magazine.php 04 Jul 2011 20:00:00 MST BREAKING NEWS: The self-proclaimed "art authenticator" (cough-cough) Peter Paul Biro, has foolishly thrown down the gauntlet, accusing award-winning writer, David Grann and Conde Nast... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/the-auction-house-know-your-risk-factors.php 04 Jul 2011 16:40:00 MST In previous earlier article about auction house consigning and bidding it was noted that there are several assumptions grounding the approach to using an auction house to buy or sell your art. It... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/joy-of-collecting-civil-war-era-newspapers.php 01 Jul 2011 19:05:00 MST Collecting artifacts, rare books, manuscripts, photographs, and other relics from the American Civil War era is surely one of the most popular collecting genres in the U.S. If ever there was... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/the-auction-house-business-of-art.php 01 Jul 2011 19:00:00 MST There are many ways to buy and sell works of art. You can work with an art dealer or broker, buy and sell through classified advertisements, or by engaging the services of an auction house. There... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/park-west-gallerys-abuse-and-financial-rape-of-the-szostak-family.php 22 Jun 2011 19:43:00 MST "The conclusion I came to was that I was completely swindled and that what I owned had absolutely no value.... I couldn't breathe, to suddenly realize that I had been duped, that this was like a criminal act against me personally. And that's how I left it. I told my story." --Martha Szostak, Sworn Testimony, April 9, 2010... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/collecting-rare-historical-native-american-photographs.php 13 Jun 2011 17:05:00 MST There is a significant body of collectors today (this writer among them) that enjoy collecting rare and historical photographs of Native American Indians and their culture. It is a wildly popular... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-06/art-authentication-boards.php 13 Jun 2011 17:00:00 MST As technology takes many industries to the heights of efficiency, effectiveness and control, the fine art industry seems to be moving to greater levels of disorganization, inefficiency, and chaos... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/the-museum-docent.php 31 May 2011 20:00:00 MST Those of us who frequent museums are usually met with individuals sitting at an information desk or lecturing to groups about a given work of art. Such individuals are known as docents. Docents... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/chubb-collectors-newsletter-fine-art-registry.php 31 May 2011 19:30:00 MST With the earthquake and tsunami that recently hit Japan still fresh in our minds, there is no better time to humbly consider how to prepare for disaster, no matter what the calamity. After all... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/21st-century-art-dealers.php 31 May 2011 19:00:00 MST The round up of players and their roles below is not meant to pinpoint any required activities or responsibilities. It is a quasi-representation of who does what in the creating, selling... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/busted-again-park-west-gallery-sues-its-insurer-for-bad-faith.php 26 May 2011 17:00:00 MST The Pot Calling the Kettle Black? Is Scaglione's latest lawsuit against his insurer, the proverbial pot calling the kettle black or what? Who is really acting in bad faith here? Before we answer... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/park-west-gallerys-financial-rape-of-the-vallillo-family.php 25 May 2011 11:40:00 MST (Q.) Sir, in your opinion, do you believe that Park West is engaged in unethical conduct? --Jonathan Schwartz, FAR Attorney, April 12, 2010, p. 49, lines 21-22. (A.) Unethical, criminal activity. Like I said before, I think they are worse than the Mafia. Only difference, the Mafia is being put in jail everyday and they haven't been. --Mike Vallillo, April 12, 2010, p. 49, lines 23-25... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/madcap-trial-testimony-of-bernie-ewell.php 18 May 2011 16:25:00 MST As promised, this article will be the first in a continuing series on the Michigan Federal Court trial testimony of Park West Gallery's star "expert" witness, the Mad Hatter of the Park West Dali... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/louise-rayner-visiting-the-shadow-of-artists-past.php 18 May 2011 12:25:00 MST Continuing our journey into the study of artists of the past, one woman artist and her exceptional artistic family captured my attention. In our first article of this series, the remarkable... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/will-hooper-american-western-frontier-artist.php 18 May 2011 12:20:00 MST The artists and illustrators of the American West are not often thought about in the 21st century. But it was these creative and courageous individuals of the 19th century that traveled to the... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/salvador-dali-foundation-blasts-park-west-gallery.php 17 May 2011 17:48:00 MST The following is perhaps the greatest and biggest news since Fine Art Registry announced its huge win at trial against Park West Gallery in April of last year. We are pleased to announce that... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-05/round-2-park-west-gallery-royal-caribbean-jury-trial.php 09 May 2011 13:37:00 MST It has been some time since our last update as it relates to Park West Gallery and all of the related litigation that is ongoing, but it certainly does not mean that our investigation into cruise... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/art-nouveau-and-art-deco-periods-in-france.php 30 Apr 2011 23:10:00 MST Art Nouveau (New Art) was, "A reaction to academic art of the 19th century, it is characterized by organic, especially floral and other plant-inspired motifs, as well as highly stylized, flowing... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/virgin-of-passion-and-guanyin-comparison.php 30 Apr 2011 23:00:00 MST Anthropologists and Ethologists have noted that there is a significant bond between mothers and their children, human or animal. This bond has roots in that the mother, from both a nature and... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/19th-century-artist-love-story.php 19 Apr 2011 10:24:00 MST A delightful story was written and published anonymously in the mid-19th century. A handsome, young artist unexpectedly finds himself agreeing to an unseemly portrait commission... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/glove-making-the-ancient-art-and-craft.php 16 Apr 2011 10:50:00 MST For centuries, gloves have been worn by the rich, the wealthy, and the fashionable. In ages past, they have represented many things to many people world wide. The art of glove-making can be... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/antique-auction-forum-teri-franks-interview.php 08 Apr 2011 16:00:00 MST Martin Willis, of Antique Auction Forum, talks to CEO Teri Franks of Fine Art Registry. Listen in to find out the advantages of registering your artwork and how the service can benefit you as an artist or collector. They talk about art fakes, frauds and much more... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-04/buying-art-at-sea-dont-blame-the-victim.php 08 Apr 2011 12:01:00 MST Starnes argues that art fraud is an invisible crime: you do not know you have been duped unless someone tells you. Yet in the response to assigning responsibility for purchasing cruise line art... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-03/visiting-the-shadow-of-artists-past.php 31 Mar 2011 15:00:00 MST There are names of artists that most today would not recognize. Examples of their works are difficult to find, if you are able to find them at all. One might well say that perhaps they aren't... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-03/art-viewed-through-prism-of-1870s-era-2.php 15 Mar 2011 15:25:00 MST Part 2 of this series reveals Aloys Senefelder's own account of his discovery, as related by an 1879 unknown author K.M.H., whose writings were published in a monthly magazine. As artists we can... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-03/art-dealers-in-the-21st-century.php 03 Mar 2011 11:25:00 MST New York City is known as one of the three major art cities in the world with 500 Art Dealers/Galleries, 80 museums, 20 art schools which have trained many of the artists found in the museums... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-02/art-viewed-through-prism-of-1870s-era.php 28 Feb 2011 12:00:00 MST While in the process of dusting off the books of history, one may discover a hidden gem, a little treasure containing some very interesting tidbits of information. It is indeed fascinating how... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-02/forensic-authentication-of-remington-bronze.php 24 Feb 2011 14:36:00 MST There are 7 exhibits below providing visual and textual data regarding the authentic and questioned sample. Exhibit 1 provides the visual image of the authentic work in a grid format with... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-02/tour-and-art-review-of-william-h-vanderbilt-picture-gallery.php 23 Feb 2011 14:04:00 MST The following anonymous article is a rare opportunity to tour the wealthy William H. Vanderbilt's art gallery as it existed during its renovation in June 1883. This delightful art review was... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-02/navigating-an-unregulated-art-industry-coming-soon.php 15 Feb 2011 12:00:00 MST Navigating an Unregulated Art Industry - Art Crime and Fraud - Understanding Art Authentication Boards - Appraisal Organizations - and Much More http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/remington-bronzes-evidentiary-factors.php 31 Jan 2011 12:00:00 MST In the earlier series of Art Forensics it was noted that photography or imaging was an evidentiary methodology used to ascertain information or data. Investigators of crime scenes utilize images... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/bernard-ewell-park-west-gallery-zany-dali-authenticator.php 27 Jan 2011 16:42:00 MST It's hard to believe that we are coming up on the four year anniversary of our reporting on cruise ship art auctions. Since that time, in an effort to silence Fine Art Registry from reporting the... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/new-salvador-dali-museum-opens-in-florida.php 27 Jan 2011 10:28:00 MST On January 11, 2011, the new digs for the Salvador Dali Museum opened in St. Petersburg, Florida. The who's who of the Dali world attended including Spanish royalty. Present at the gala, ribbon opening ceremonies were world Dali experts, Nicolas Descharnes and Frank Hunter. Nicolas Descharnes' father, Robert Descharnes, now 85, was represented at the event by his photography of Dali that was projected onto the exterior structure of the new museum which could be seen from blocks away... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/class-action-lawyers-slam-park-west-gallery-in-amended-lawsuit.php 06 Jan 2011 13:20:00 MST Recent research has revealed that the Class Action plaintiffs (Park West Gallery victims) have filed a Third Amended Complaint (or revised allegations) against Park West Gallery. The amended complaint is excellent and hard hitting. It sets forth grave and severe allegations against the Park West Gallery Empire and its CEO, Albert Scaglione... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/park-west-gallery-tightens-the-refund-noose.php 06 Jan 2011 11:10:00 MST Since Fine Art Registry first started reporting on the bad business practices cruise ship art auctions in 2007, Park West Gallery has frequently and significantly changed, revised, edited, and rehashed their contract terms and conditions, including its refund policies. And trust us when we say, that the changes and revisions do not in any way benefit the buyer or the consumer - much to the contrary... http://www.fineartregistry.com/articles/2011-01/paul-cezanne.php 01 Jan 2011 16:22:00 MST Paul Cezanne was born in Aix-en-Provence France on January 19, 1839 into a family that enjoyed a very comfortable lifestyle. His father was a successful banker allowing Paul to attend the finest...