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JANE RAFFAN

 

 

Jane Raffan’s consultancy practice, ArtiFacts, is an enterprise focused on delivering dependable and expert advice in the specialist field of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art. Services include collection management; market advice; and appraisals and valuations.

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT

Australian and European auction market agent; strategic advice regarding consignment and selling

Customised sales strategies or direct management of sales
Confidential auction bidding service

Developing and managing collections, including sourcing works
Advice regarding acquisition options, including leasing

Network of contacts with Australian and international public institutions, auction houses and dealers in the primary and secondary markets

Advice and services for documentation, cataloguing, storage and collection care
Logistics advice including insurance, freight, framing, lighting and installation

Curatorial services including management of loans to exhibitions and short/long term loans to public institutions

MARKET ADVICE

Australian and European auction market agent; knowledge and expertise on current market and investment trends read more

Practicalities of buying and selling at auction
Provision of tailored pre-sale auction reports with objective ratings on specified lots

Advice on cultural gift provisions under Australian and American income tax law, and attendant donation processes

Advice regarding art purchases for superannuation investment under Australian tax law

APPRAISALS AND VALUATIONS

Tax incentive valuations for charitable donations, including the Cultural Gifts Program

Insurance valuations for newly acquired work, and renewals; superannuation portfolio valuation updates

Market valuations for probate and family law proceedings
Appraisals for secondary market sales
Asset validation for corporate registers; acquisition financing and loans

ACCREDITATIONS

Accredited valuer for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program: approved to value Australian indigenous art after 1970, and bark paintings after 1950; all regions.
Member of the Australian Auctioneers and Valuers Association, Inc., NSW
Member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia

 

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image of Mowanjum wandjina courtesy ABC radio KimberleyIndigenous Communal Rights are not supported in Australian Intellectual Property Law. Listen to my interview with ABC Radio Kimberley regarding copyright law and wandjina art. click here (image of Mowanjum wandjina courtesy ABC Radio Kimberley)

 

 

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Sam cover'Moral Lip Service: Government's Hard Hit at the Art Market is a Soft form of Redress', Sydney University Alumni Magazine, Autumn 2010.
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Judy Watson imageJudy Watson and Girrungun Aboriginal Art Centre Bagu ceramics add to the $1 million line up at the June Shalom Gamarada exhibition.
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