Artwork Research

Before you collect, get the context.

From the artist’s career to the artwork’s history and the seller’s record, Artwork Research brings the information behind a listing into one readable report.

Starting at $79, or $99 for one report.

or research an artwork without a url

An actual card from a report

Artist identity

Strong evidence

Artist and listing identity corroborated

Oliver Projects identifies Kemi Onabulé, Rewarded, 2020, as a 29 × 21 cm monoprint on paper offered framed at £500.

Sim Smith, the Walker Art Gallery and artist records consistently identify the British artist and the nature-centered figurative practice.

Association boundary: the historical listing is clear; current availability, unique or edition status, signature, condition and ownership remain unconfirmed.

4 verified sources

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One listing opens a much wider record

Addresses 49 key questions about an artwork—before you know to ask them.

CollectRight researches the artwork, the artist and the seller across independent public sources, looking for evidence that can confirm, contextualize or challenge what appears in the listing.

Each finding brings the evidence back to the purchase. See what we found, why it matters, which sources support it and what may be worth asking the seller before you buy.

The seller

Everything you know about the artwork comes from the person trying to sell it to you.

Research that stops at the artist answers half the question. The other half is the counterparty.

CollectRight builds a commercial profile of the seller from public record, then reads this specific offer against it.

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  1. 01

    WHO THEY ARE

    Registration, trading status, and the name behind the storefront — not just the display name on the listing.

  2. 02

    WHAT THEY SELL

    The artists, mediums and price bands the seller's public record actually covers.

  3. 03

    HOW THIS OFFER SITS

    Whether this listing is ordinary for this seller, or an outlier inside their own record.

  4. 04

    WHAT CANNOT EXIST

    A first sale has no ownership history. We say so, instead of showing you an empty box.

How it works

Three steps. No account until you want the report.

Paste a listing, let the search run, and read a brief that names its own sources and its own gaps.

Typical turnaround is under an hour. You keep the brief whether or not you buy the artwork.

  1. 01

    PASTE THE LISTING

    One URL. If the page cannot be read safely, we open manual entry instead of guessing at the fields.

  2. 02

    WE SEARCH THE PUBLIC RECORD

    Registries, museum collections, catalogues, trade press and seller filings — and we log every search that returned nothing.

  3. 03

    YOU GET A BRIEF YOU CAN ARGUE WITH

    Each finding names its sources inside the sentence and states its limits directly underneath.

Pricing

Research the purchase before you make it.

Artwork Research gives you an independent view of the work you’re considering, built from public evidence beyond the listing.

Before you buy, see what the broader record can tell you about the artwork, the artist and the seller, with sources attached to the findings.

Start with one report

Research one artwork before you decide.

The complete private, source-linked decision brief for a single listing.

$99
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5 reports

$445

$89 per report. For a short list, a fair, or a buying trip.

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10 reports

$790

$79 per report. For a short list, a fair, or a buying trip.

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5, 10 or 20 reports a month, billed monthly or annually.

What this is and is not

Decision support, not a verdict.

CollectRight does not authenticate an artwork, appraise it, guarantee a seller, or tell you whether it is a good investment.

It organises public evidence and turns uncertainty into specific next actions before you pay.

CAN COLLECTRIGHT AUTHENTICATE AN ARTWORK?
No. The report uses public evidence and cannot physically inspect or authenticate the object. Where authentication matters, the report names who could do it.
IS THIS AN APPRAISAL OR INVESTMENT ADVICE?
No. It provides research context, not a valuation and not a recommendation to buy.
ARE REPORTS PUBLIC?
No. Reports are not indexed or listed publicly, and the listing you research is never published.
WHAT IF THE EVIDENCE IS INCOMPLETE?
That is the normal case. Missing, conflicting and inaccessible information stays visible on the card, with the specific question it leaves you to ask.