Artfact, the largest and most complete database of antiques and fine art auction sales results in the world, announces the introduction of Artfact Fine Art. This complimentary service offers access to summary auction records on almost 50,000 American and European artists with realized prices, original auction estimates, dimensions, brief descriptions, and any available images for the complete range of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, prints and photography.
(PRWEB) May 17, 2004 -- Artfact, the largest and most complete online price guide of antiques and art auction sales results in the world, is pleased to announce its new free Artfact Fine Art service, making vital and valuable information available to the fine art and antiques trade and collectors around the globe. For more information, please visit the website at www.artfact.com.
Artfact Fine Art, available free of charge with Basic registration, offers access to summary auction records on almost 50,000 American and European artists with realized prices, original auction estimates, dimensions, brief descriptions, and any available images for the complete range of paintings, sculpture, works on paper, prints and photography. Fast and simple search results can be sorted by date and by price.
"We believe that the art and antiques market needs a one-stop price guide and research solution that Artfact is uniquely capable of providing", comments Joshua F. Eldred, Vice President of Marketing. "Since re-launching in December of last year with new technology to make our database widely available on the Internet and an array of new subscription plans, we have attracted an unprecedented number of personal property appraisers, antiques and art auctioneers, and antiques dealers. Now Artfact Fine Art provides art galleries and consultants with free, fast access to our extensive database of auction records for both American and European artists."
Artfact pioneered the first complete art and antiques auction price database in 1989. The Artfact database contains more than 1 million photos and 5 million unabridged lot descriptions direct from 1,000 leading auction houses worldwide. Furniture, jewelry, paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, textiles, wine...virtually everything that is sold by traditional auction houses.
In less than two months since its re-launch, Artfact has gained the support of all three national appraisal associations in the United States: the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), Appraisers Association of America (AAA), and International Society of Appraisers (ISA). These organizations combined represent almost nine thousand appraisers. Artfacts subscribers include demanding, knowledgeable antiques and art experts such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Smithsonian Institute, Frick Art Reference Library, Dallas Museum of Art, Antiques Roadshow, U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Chubb Corporation.
Artfacts free Basic Service also allows users to search complete upcoming auction catalogs comprising tens of thousands of antiques and art objects for sale at 100 leading auction houses. Artfacts upcoming auctions are updated daily, with most transmitted directly from participating auction houses.
Artfact is the only service licensed by auction houses such as Sothebys and Christies to publish all of the original auction house information, research, provenance, estimated and realized prices, and photos. For those professionals or collectors who want the detailed auction catalog entries and this greater depth of information, access to the complete, unabridged auction records is available in two affordable subscription plans:
Artfact Professional, with access to the largest archive of antiques and fine art information in the world is the premier service for professionals, institutions and serious collectors, and is available for as little as US $29.95 for a one-day subscription with unlimited searches. Artfact Annual allows subscribers access to over 300,000 auction records from about 750 auctions over the latest 12 calendar months, and is available for as little as US$7.95 for a one-day subscription with unlimited searches. One month, six month and twelve month subscriptions are also available to both Artfact Annual and Artfact Professional. For more information, visit www.artfact.com or call 617-252-5090.
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