What is a certificate of authenticity?

An art authentication or C.O.A. is a certificate made by the solely recognized authenticator for an artist. A solely recognized authenticator is an expert..

Art authentication is not a rigorous science.

Many scandals in the art world have caused lots of damage not only to the auction houses but also to the reputation of galleries, museums, and art collection..

Is a Certificate Of Authenticity 100% sure?

In my opinion, it is impossible to have a 100% certitude that a painting that comes with a C.O.A. is authentic. Unless you bought a painting directly  ... 

Is a C.O.A. indisputable?

Is a certificate of authenticity for an artwork, painting, watercolor, print, sculpture, necessary?" "Is a C.O.A. indisputable? " I am working ...

So much customers spending tons of money to have a poor research for authentication. Recently a customer contacted me with what she thought was a Monet painting....

The seven steps in a process of authentication

For example, a client in Abu Dhabi consults me to research a Picasso he discovered in his attic. Step 1: First, I ask the customer to send very high-quality ..

Provenance is essential to obtain a C.O.A.

The provenance is the study of ownership of an artwork. It is essential in the research of authenticity of an artwork, the ownerships, the exhibitions....

We can see that a respected writer of several books, about Warhol, pre-historic animals, still classified 794,000 in Amazon is also a painter himself. We see on his web site that he offers to make C.O.A. for Warhol. Basquiat, and Haring! Nothing less....

President CNE, Mr. Castaing (1) concluded that the expert today is under threat for 3 aspects The enormous amounts of money arriving on the art market, which makes it inevitable that the market is flooded. ....

Obtain a C.O.A. with chemical analysis.

Authentication of a painting with the help of scientific analysis The analysis of paint helps to 1- identify the manner an artist is handling his work  .....