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Newsletter 3

Welcome to the 3rd Issue of my newsletter. One of the focuses of my businesses is on Art Valuations and Consultancy, and this will be the emphasis of this newsletter.

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Crispian Riley-Smith talks about a pair of rare Jacob Hackert gouaches and their discovery.

In anticipation of Master Drawings New York 2021 (Saturday 23 January - Saturday 30 January 2021), Crispian Riley-Smith examines a work by the German landscape painter Jakob Philipp Hackert.

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Video of Crispian Riley-Smith for Master Drawings New York 2021 digital event

In anticipation of the Master Drawings New York digital event (Saturday 23 January - Saturday 30 January 2021), Crispian Riley-Smith explains the important Hans Bol drawing. Our drawing, plus the two side ‘panel’ drawings in the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence and The Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, are for a painting in a private German Collection.

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Art valuations and probate video.

Watch a brief video explanation of our services.

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Newsletter 2

Welcome to the second Issue of my tri-annual newsletter. The main purpose of my newsletter is to keep you informed of my business and news and events in the art market. I have chosen to focus on areas that are of particular interest to me, but please do let me know if there are other areas of interest to you- I would love to hear from you. Do follow me on social media, I post regularly. Click button below to download.

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Newsletter 1

Welcome to the first Issue of my tri-annual newsletter. The main purpose of my newsletter is to keep you informed of my business and news and events in the art market. I have chosen to focus on areas that are of particular interest to me, but please do let me know if there are other areas of interest to you- I would love to hear from you. Do follow me on social media, I post regularly. Click button below to download.

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How To Hang, Frame And Mount Drawings And Watercolours

This Article Was First Published In Antique Collecting https://antique-collecting.co.uk/

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5 Questions with Crispian Riley-Smith, Co-Founding Director of Master Drawings New York (MDNY)

One Art Nation chats with Crispian Riley-Smith, Co-Founding Director of Master Drawings New York (MDNY), coming up January 25 – February 1, 2020.

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From Lely To Lawrence: The Artist As Collector Of Drawings.

Artists have always collected drawings, from the 16th century, Giorgio Vasari was one of the first collectors of drawings, though he is best known today as the author of the Lives of the Artists. As a collector, his Libro de' Disegni represented one of the first systematic and extensive collections of drawings to be made.

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Crispian Riley-Smith is launching a new art business.

Crispian Riley-Smith has launched an art valuations and consultancy business. Article from Antiques Trade Gazette 12th October 2019.

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A day in the life of…

Crispian Riley-Smith chronicles a day in the life of a dealer.

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Newly discovered botanical watercolours for sale at LAPADA Fair

Originally published in Antique Collector Magazine

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Reasons to be cheerful

Crispian Riley-Smith looks at the importance of regional sale rooms in the fine art market - and how to add value by the most careful research.

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Collectors Focus

This Article First Appeared In Apollo Magazine, September 2007. For further information see this link www.apollo-magazine.com

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