Essays
This section of the website is a deeper analysis of some of the issues we are asked about most often. We wrote a few of the essays ourselves and asked a group of specialists, all leaders in their respective fields, to write the rest. The essays are on topics designed to be of interest to anyone interested in collecting paintings or in the art world.
- Essay 1 - Introduction to the Russian Art Market by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 2 - Picture Cataloguing by Christopher Wright - Read Essay >>
- Essay 3 - Rediscovering great artists by Lindsey Shaw-Miller, Wolfson College, Cambridge - Read Essay >>
- Essay 4 - Picture Hanging by Christopher Wright - Read Essay >>
- Essay 5 - Prices by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 6 - Restoration of Old Masters by Patrick Corbett - Read Essay >>
- Essay 7 - The History of Collecting Old Masters by Constantine Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 8 - Good lighting for fine pictures by William Allen, CBE., Bickerdike Allen Partners - Read Essay >>
- Essay 9 - Scientific examination of Old Master paintings by Dr. Nicholas Eastaugh - Read Essay >>
- Essay 10 - An Introduction to Collecting by Ivan Lindsay - Read Essay >>
- Essay 11 - The insurance of works of art by Aron Shapiro, Swire Blanch - Read Essay >>
- Essay 12 - Framing of Old Master paintings by Paul Mitchell - Read Essay >>