Watercolor cartoon of a Black woman appraiser holding a magnifying glass beside a landscape painting in a sunlit studio

Painting Detective: Can You Read the Clues?

Five quick questions on signatures, labels, and appraisal fees.

5 questions · no sign-up needed

  1. 1.What should you do first when you inherit a painting?

  2. 2.Which part of a painting is a small archive of labels and stamps?

  3. 3.What does a gallery certificate of authenticity prove?

  4. 4.Under ultraviolet light, old natural varnish usually glows…

  5. 5.Which appraisal fee arrangement is a conflict of interest?