http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/09/art-appraisers-to-be-replaced-by-glorified-calculator-wired/ Art Digest Daily brings news about art from all over the web to one convenient, syndicated blog. Updated every weekday. Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:06:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/09/art-appraisers-to-be-replaced-by-glorified-calculator-wired/#comment-21 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:56:17 +0000 http://www.artdigestdaily.com/2005/12/09/art-appraisers-to-be-replaced-by-glorified-calculator-wired/#comment-21 [...] Rembrandts, despite their obvious cachet for collectors, have traditionally had a hard time selling because their enormous value limits the pool of collectors with the cash to buy them, and also because most of the best work is already in public museums, leaving gloomy also-rans like Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes to the private market. Exchange rates have also shut out all but the richest American collectors, and we have to imagine that the risk of buying something that turns out not to be a real Rembrandt is also giving potential buyers the fantods. [...] […] Rembrandts, despite their obvious cachet for collectors, have traditionally had a hard time selling because their enormous value limits the pool of collectors with the cash to buy them, and also because most of the best work is already in public museums, leaving gloomy also-rans like Self-Portrait with Shaded Eyes to the private market. Exchange rates have also shut out all but the richest American collectors, and we have to imagine that the risk of buying something that turns out not to be a real Rembrandt is also giving potential buyers the fantods. […]

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