Courses begin their work from April 3

Today Collecting antiques is not just a fashion, but also a profitable business. Investing in antiques can bring 15-20 percent profit per year, but only if the collector has a certain awareness and knowledge of the art market.

The course will include four main direction.

1. How the antique house, gallery, auction. Rules of conduct and rules of conduct. This area will include sessions on topics such as: "Rules of the auction," "History and Practice of the leading auction houses in the world," "Key figures and rules for the auction," "The general trends and trends in today's auction policy" «Law and legal issues, customs regulations on the import and export of cultural property." "The principles of pricing antiques. Estimate the antique market in Russia and Europe ».

2. Practical arts. Auktsionovedeniya course participants will learn about the following topics: «Art Nouveau", "History of Russian interior", "Russian jewelry art in the modern era," "foreign jewelry art: history of the brand," "Russian painting and graphics XVIII - XX centuries. "Modern Russian Orthodox iconography," "History of furniture art", "Art Deco»; « Claude Monet and Impressionism," "Diaghilev Seasons in Paris».

3. Original or a fake. Examination of antiques for the novice collector. Course topics: « The examination for the beginner: how, without special equipment, to determine what the true antiques»; « Porcelain. How to determine the authenticity of stigma "," fraud in numismatics. Learning to understand and differentiate, "" Attribution and expertise of military weapons and objects of art ».

4. Collecting and investment. Russian art market and international trends and trends. «What is different from the collection of household gathering, where to start: useful contacts and invaluable advice," "Efficient investment in the arts. How to determine the chances of success, "" Investment potential collectibles in art "," prospects for global art market and pricing factors. Estimating the cost of the asset-art "," Investments in coins, faleristics. The modern market of coins and medals, "" Collecting Russian porcelain: the objects and principles. " "The Western European porcelain. How to learn to understand the stamps and featuring Meissen porcelain from Sevres, "" It is not wrong in choosing antique porcelain "," What is interesting style of art nouveau and art of Emile Galle. " All this topic forthcoming courses in this area.

experts and lecturers of courses auktsionovedeniya Eastern European antique house:

• Helen Long, Associate RSUH, a leading expert on the glass, an art historian, professor of history at Moscow State University CIO;
• Tatiana Mozzhukhina, Art Museum-Estate "Kuskovo", one of the foremost experts on porcelain in Russia
• Krivtsov Vladimir, one of the best experts on the coins, medals and orders in Russia, the author of numerous books on numismatics;
• Gryaznova Elena, a member of the Union of Artists , vice president of the Russian National Committee of IAA to UNESCO;
• Leah Chechik, MA «Peggy Gugenheim center, Venice».

Courses begin their work from April 3. Course Registration - Call East European antique house: 8-499-750-00-55.

Source : press release of Eastern European antiques home