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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
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
Strategic advice regarding consignment and selling options, including
the European auction market
Customised sales strategies or direct management of sales
Confidential auction bidding service
MARKET ADVICE
Knowledge
and expertise on current market and investment trends, including the European
auction market
Practicalities of buying and selling at auction
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
Valuations
for charitable donations, including the Federal Cultural Gifts Program
Preparation of insurance valuations, and updating pre-existing valuations,
including inventory and photographic documentation
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
WHAT'S NEW
2009 VICTORIAN
INDIGENOUS ART AWARDS ANNOUNCED
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Wet Paint
and Wet Behind the Ears - Parisian Aboriginal Art Auctions Need Refining’
Australian Art Sales Digest, News and Opinion, 9 November 2009 (subscribers
only).
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here for pdf
‘Art
Aborigène en Paris: Contemporary Art, bien sûr!, mais avec
un peu Primitive Appeal’
Australian Art Sales Digest, News and Opinion, 5 October 2009 (subscribers
only).
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here for pdf