Here are my ten top tips for eBayers who want to turn their eBay activities into a regular income. This is one of a series of no-nonsense, advert-free, "coffee break" guides I have written for UK based...
Introduction. I'm a keen fan collector of Banksy works. I've been collecting for about 4 years now over those years I seen the interest in his work increase at a rapid rate of knots. With this so have...
I have been selling on ebay for just over one year and during this period I have witnessed an alarming number of fake Irish painting being offered for sale. An art forger will go to great lenghts to dupe you...
Things to beware of: HAND FINISHED CANVAS PRINTS. Beware when buying a canvas painting. Make sure that you are actually getting an original and not a hand finished print. These items are often sold as "hand...
Please be aware that almost all of these "vintage" pictures are modern fakes. Forget the aged frames, the old-looking (often partly-torn) labels on the back of such pictures - they're also fake. Another clue...
Hanging Display Traditionally oil paintings are framed without glass as they already have the protection of their coat of varnish. However works on paper such as watercolours, drawings, prints,...
Sadly Govinder passed away over Christmas 2008, and my thoughts are with his wife Sarah and of course Eden. To say I am devasted is an understatement, as someone who loves his art, and has enjoyed it...
Caring for your artwork. At Modern Fine Arts the techniques used in creating and framing your artwork is largely the same as those used by artists for many hundreds of years. These techniques have generally...
Buying art on eBay is an exciting venture. Firstly the number of works currently available on the market place,by so many different types of artists easily surpasses anything that is available from your high...
Hand Painted Silk - What is it? A peice of silk fabric (material) that has been painted by hand, using dyes. Which ever type of dye has been used to paint the silk, needs to be fixed or cured, to allow...