Auction Databases
- SCIPIO: Art and Rare Book Sales/Auction Catalogs
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Only existing online union catalog of auction catalogs; describes art and rare book catalogs from North American and European auction houses and important private sales.
- AskART
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PLEASE NOTE: Username and password required for access. Login details available at the Wells Library Reference desk. An artist directory with millions of paintings and art, artwork prices, valuations, signatures, images and artist biographies.
Provenance Research
- Indiana University Art Museum Provenance ProjectThrough extensive research on museum holdings, the Indiana University Art Museum strives to document the complete provenance history of each object in its collection, from the time the work was created until the time it entered the IU Art Museum’s collection. he works listed on this site were created prior to 1946, and are known or thought to have been in Europe between 1933 and 1945. Nazi-era provenance research is focused on European paintings, sculptures, drawings, watercolors, and Judaica.
- Getty Provenance IndexThe Getty Provenance Index databases currently contain 1.5 million records taken from source material such as archival inventories, auction catalogs, and dealer stock books.
- WorldCat
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Use WorldCat to look up auction firms (especially defunct dealers and houses) to learn where archives are held.