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Colucci Art Magazine

Discoveries, research, exhibitions and the art market, from our specialists.

Art Market03/11/2026

Geneva: confidentiality and documentation when selling a private collection

Balancing discretion, verifiable provenance and the choice between auction and private sale for a collection in Geneva.

Art Market03/11/2026

Zurich: how to read auction results before selling an Old Master

Hammer price, buyer’s premium, attribution and condition: understanding auction comparisons before selling an Old Master in Zurich.

Insights03/11/2026

Mendrisio: inventorying an art collection before an inheritance

How to document an art collection in Mendrisio: inventories, provenance, condition and the distinction between sentimental and market value.

Art Market03/11/2026

Lugano: when a signature is not enough to value an Old Master painting

Signatures, provenance and comparisons: what to examine before valuing an Old Master painting in Lugano.

Art Market03/11/2026

Chiasso and Balerna: selling an Old Master painting without moving it before valuation

Photographs, provenance and condition: how owners in the Mendrisiotto can begin a painting valuation before arranging transport.

Insights29/10/2026

Collectible photographs: the exposure date is not enough

William Henry Fox Talbot's The Open Door at the Metropolitan Museum, dated before May 1844, is a salted paper print from a…

Insights29/10/2026

Historic posters: when advertising enters a collection

In Toulouse-Lautrec's Divan Japonais, dated 1892–1893 by the Metropolitan Museum, four-colour lithography builds a scene through sharp contrasts. The image was designed…

Insights29/10/2026

Books and bindings: keeping two histories in one volume

A small French binding of 1776 at the Metropolitan Museum, classified among embroidered textiles, reminds us that a book can also be…

Insights29/10/2026

Antique maps: read the sheet, not only the territory

Sebastiano di Re's map of Greece at the Metropolitan Museum belongs to the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae and dates to the mid-sixteenth century.…

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