In keeping with 2024’s Year of the Dragon, Amelia Zhu, Senior Asian Art Specialist at Waddington’s Toronto and ISA member, collaborates with Austin Yuen, ISA Canadian Chapter Treasurer and fellow specialist at Waddington’s, to share a selection of Chinese works of art featuring dragons at auction.
One of the earliest depictions of dragons in archaeological …
The Canadian Chapter of the International Society of Appraisers (ISA) is thrilled that the annual ISA conference, ASSETS, will be hosted in the vibrant city of Montreal, Quebec this year. This marks a significant occasion, as it is the first time in over a decade that the ISA will hold its flagship conference in …
The Year of the Tiger is off to an auspicious start with the wildly successful auction results of Asia Week in New York City from March 16-25, 2022. Attendees were celebrating being back in person, buying enthusiastically, reflecting the overall current strong market for Chinese works of art, both ancient and contemporary.
Tina Zonars, Co-Chairman …
Personal property appraising is a growing profession. As Canada prepares for the largest transfer of wealth in history, third party expertise in high-value personal property is in demand from estate lawyers, insurance companies, cultural institutions and government agencies.
A personal property appraiser is a professional who develops and reports an opinion of value on items …
London Sale Sets World Record for Picasso Ceramics
June 21, 2013: A ceramic vase by Pablo Picasso, which has sold for a new world record price of almost £1 million for ceramics by the artist at a Christie’s sale (photo from Christies). PABLO PICASSO (Spanish, 1881-1973) Large Vase with Veiled Women (Grand Vase …
“It’s Not Right”: Fakes, Fear and Litigation
It is no wonder authenticators are dwindling in numbers and appraisers, writers of catalogue raisonnés and just about everyone else in the art world seems to run in fear of litigation when there is doubt about the authenticity of a work of art. Getting it wrong, or getting …
