PARIS, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Le
Figaro this afternoon: https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/encheres/a
-londres-christie-s-closes-its-archives-to-professionals-of-the-art-world-20210222
"In London,
Christie's closes its archives to art-professionals"
"The sales catalogues, the first of which date back to 1766,
are an invaluable resource for specialists. Faced with this
decision to close, they expressed their anger and their
incomprehension.
The prestigious auction house has decided to end access to
its archives due to staff lay-offs.
"As a courtesy, Christie's has given free access to its
archives for research purposes," said a spokesperson for the
auction house, as reported by the Art Newspaper. "However, the
archives team has been reduced and can now only meet the needs of
our own specialist teams".
Inestimable resource...
"The auction house has responded to the criticism and didn't
sound very certain about a possible reopening. Dirk Bool, President of Christie's in
Europe, Middle East, Russia and India, said: "Unfortunately, the entire
King Street building has been closed
to the public due to the health crisis. Rest assured that we will
continue to maintain our records in an appropriate and accessible
manner. We will also explore ways to expand access to these
archives in the future".
thierry Ehrmann, President and Founder of Artmarket.com
and its Artprice department: "The answer for Art Professionals,
Auction Houses, Experts, Galleries, Museums and Collectors is the
archives department of Artprice by Artmarket, a global player in
the Art Market and world leader in art price databases and Art
Market indices."
Artprices' archive "Artprice Images®" is absolutely
unique...
It allows unlimited access to the largest Art Market archive in
the world... a library consisting of 180 million images and
engravings of artworks from 1700 to today, commented by our
historians, econometricians and writers, and covering more than
770,000 artists.
This archive, which according to the specialized press
worldwide, is unique in the world, consists of more than 750,000
manuscripts and art catalogues from more than 6,300 auction houses,
carefully preserved in standardized archive blocks and, according
to a former French Minister of Culture, it constitutes "a State
mission, accomplished by a private company which managed, by
raising capital, to do what the State should have done..."
The Artprice archive – covering the art market from 1700 to the
present day – has been built up since 1987 by the selective
acquisition on all continents of a multitude of archives and/or
companies (Sound View Press, Frank Van
Wilder, Mayer, Bayer USA,
Hippolyte Mireur etc. ..).
It is the fundamental core of the services offered by Artprice
by Artmarket databases with more than 30 million art market
indices and sales results.
It is accessible online at www.artprice.com or
www.artmarket.com via our unlimited subscriptions.
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Artmarket is a global player in the Art Market with, among other
structures, its Artprice department, world leader in the
accumulation, management and exploitation of historical and current
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indices and auction results, covering more than 770,000
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Artprice Images® allows unlimited access to the largest Art
Market image bank in the world: no less than 180 million digital
images of photographs or engraved reproductions of artworks from
1700 to the present day, commented by our art historians.
Artmarket with its Artprice department accumulates data on a
permanent basis from 6300 Auction Houses and produces key Art
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to ads posted by other members, a network that today represents the
leading Global Standardized Marketplace® to buy and sell artworks
at a fixed or bid price (auctions regulated by paragraphs 2 and 3
of Article L 321.3 of France's
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Artmarket with its Artprice department, has been awarded the
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(BPI) (for the second time in November
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company in its project to consolidate its position as a global
player in the market art.
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