OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT ARTISTS

BOOKS FOR ARTISTS' SIGNATURES, MONOGRAMS, AND MARKS

• Caplan, H. H. The Classified Directory of Artists' Signatures, Symbols, and Monograms. Enl. and rev. ed. London: P. Grahame Publishing, 1982. N45 .C36 1982b [Ref--4th fl]
• Castagno, John. American Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1989. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. N45 .C37 1989 [Ref--4th fl]
• Castagno, John. European Artists: Signatures and Monograms, 1800-1990, Including Selected Artists from Other Parts of the World. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1990. N45 .C38 1990 [Ref--4th fl]
• Castagno, John. Latin American Artists' Signatures and Monograms: Colonial Era to 1996. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1997. N45 .C385 1997 [Ref--4th fl]
• Castagno, John. Old Masters: Signatures and Monograms, 1400-born 1800. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1996. N45 .C39 1996 [8th fl--Art]
• Falk, Peter H. Dictionary of Signatures and Monograms of American Artists: from Colonial Period to the Mid 20th Century. Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1988. N45 .F35 1988 [Ref--4th fl]
• Goldstein, Franz. Monogramm-Lexikon: Internationales Verzeichnis der Monogramme bildender Kunstler seit 1850. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1964. N45 .G6 [Ref--4th fl]
• Pfisterer, Paul, and Claire Pfisterer. Signaturenlexikon [Dictionary of Signatures]. Berlin: De Gruyter, 1999. N45 .P457 1998 [Ref--4th fl]
• Ris-Paquot. Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des Marques & Monogrammes, Chiffres, Lettres Initiales, Signes Figuratifs, etc. 2 vols. Reprint of Paris ed. of 1893. New York: B. Franklin, 1964. N45 .R5 [Ref--4th fl]
• Self, James, and Nobuko Hirose. Japanese Art Signatures: A Handbook and Practical Guide. London: Bamboo Publishing, 1987. N7358 .S47 1988b [8th fl--Art]
• Signatures and Monogrammes d'Artistes des XIXe et XXe Siecles. 3rd ed. Paris: Van Wilder, 2001. N45 .S54 2001 [Ref--4th fl]

ART AUCTION INFORMATION

ONLINE RESOURCES

Note that many auction websites require registration and subscription fees, so included below are a few that allow free access to some portion of their information and/or databases.

• Sotheby's (http://www.sothebys.com/): You can search or browse for lots in the online or live auctions. You need to register only if you intend to bid on an item.
• Christie's (http://www.christies.com/home_page/home_page.asp): Information about upcoming sales is put on the web site as soon as the catalog is published (up to 2 months before the sale); images are available online until the day after the sale, but the catalog text remains for a month after the sale. Also useful might be the glossary of terms. You need to register only if you intend to bid on an item.
• Fine Arts Trade/ArtPrice.com (http://art-trade.com/art-trade.com_finearts_index.html): Click on "enter" to get to the search box (at top center of page). It does not cost to search for the list of the works by an artist.
• AskArt.com (http://www.askart.com): This web site covers only American artists. Some information is free; for example, the images of paintings that have been up for sale are free for browsing, but if you want the title of the painting and auction information, you need to pay for a subscription. The other information on the site may be useful: the biographies are written by galleries (so the information is not necessarily authoritative), and the books and periodicals listing isn't much better than what you would find in the three art databases. But the list of museums that hold works by that artist may be useful in tracking down online images.

PRINT RESOURCES

• Mayer's International Auction Records [4th floor--REF N8640.I5]--1991-1999, 2000/2001; arranged alphabetically by artist's name.
• Art Price Index International (2 vols.) [4th floor--REF N8670.A69 1995]--arranged alphabetically by artist's name; covers the 1993-94 auction season.
• American Art Analog (3 vols.) and its supplement, The Blue Book [4th floor--REF N6505.A56 1986 and N6505.A561 1986]: These volumes are a record of international auction figures for a ten year period, with a financial analysis of changes in prices. The book is arranged in chronological order by period.

ART APPRAISERS

The following web site has links to sites that provide information on how to find an appraiser in your area, as well as information on how to become an appraiser: Maine Antiques Digest (http://www.maineantiquesdigest.com/appraise/appraise.htm).

Created by Martha Kallstrom -- 02/28/2002

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